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The World Trade Organization handed down a landmark decision on Internet gambling today that online gambling supporters say could end up forcing the United States to allow gambling sites based in Antigua and Barbuda to accept bets from U.S. gamblers.

News Brief: Senator Joseph Lieberman says that state and federal officials still have some cards to play in preventing Schaghticoke Tribal Nation from opening up a casino in Connecticut.

News Brief: The Isle of Capri's $170 million expansion at its Biloxi, Mississippi property will offer plenty of ways to party or chill.

News Brief: UNITE HERE, a union representing casino workers, is moving forward with plans to organize hotel and food/beverage employees at Caesars Entertainment properties in Mississippi, including the Grand Casinos.

News Brief: The developers of the Solid Gold Casino have faced obstacles and court battles.

News Brief: Some 2,000 seniors arrived by bus Tuesday as part of Foxwood Casino’s promotion to improve business during the week.

News Brief: The state of Kansas and the Sac and Fox Tribe have reached an agreement that both entities will be responsible for the inspection of gaming machines at the tribe's casino near Hiawatha.

Atronic's Penny Parade awarded its first jackpot for $82,751.62 at River Rock Casino in California on March 30th.

The Gaming Technology Summit returns to the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas May 25-26, 2005, featuring a stellar lineup of keynote speakers and panellists.

Flush with an extra $25 million in room tax revenue, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board will next week discuss a revised budget that calls for an extra $2.5 million advertising blitz aimed largely at three U.S. cities.

News Brief: Governor Ted Kulongoski reached a groundbreaking agreement with the Warm Springs tribes to build the state's first off-reservation casino in the Columbia River Gorge town of Cascade Locks.

The small nation of Antigua and Barbuda could experience the proverbial 'David versus Goliath scenario' come April 7th when the World Trade Organization's (WTO) trade ruling is announced.

To celebrate the Running of the Roses, All Horse Racing is offering a free bet on the Kentucky Derby as well as free bets on the other two jewels of the Triple Crown, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.

The Board of Directors of the Seneca Gaming Corporation announced the election of John Pasqualoni as interim President & Chief Executive Officer of SGC.

News Brief: Empire Resorts Chief Executive Robert Berman blasted Assembly Democrats for stymieing economic development in a blighted upstate region.

Housekeeper Lisa Sparks practiced with other co-workers competing in bed-making Tuesday at New York- New York.

Hyatt Hotels Corp. has signed an agreement with the planned Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino to operate the property's 2,700 hotel and hotel-condo units under the Grand Hyatt brand -- the brand's debut in Las Vegas.

Powerball states have voted to make changes to the nation's first big jackpot game to meet players' demands for larger and faster growing jackpots.

The owners of the Fair Grounds racetrack and some members of the City Council differ over whether local voters must decide whether the track can have up to 700 slot machines.

Three tracks and a jai-alai fronton in Broward County could install as many slot machines as they want and run them 16 hours a day, 365 days a year under a bill approved by a Senate panel Tuesday.