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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.

International News Brief: American casino operators were livid last night over the Government's latest retreat on the Gambling Bill, which will limit a new class of mega-casinos to just one venue.

News Brief: Senator John McCain, the powerful chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, criticizes the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians’ controversial bid to build California's first major urban casino in San Pablo.

News Brief: Little River Band of Ottawa Indians officials believe Michigan’s Club Keno games in state bars and restaurants violate the gambling agreement between the tribe and state, and they want to halt payments of their slot machine profits to Michigan.

No one will confuse the Forum Shops at Caesars with the Valley Auto Mall, but luxury car shoppers will soon have plenty of opportunity to kick some tires at the Strip shopping plaza.

News Brief: The Suquamish Tribe said it plans to build a resort hotel next to its Clearwater Casino on the Kitsap Peninsula.

It may come as no surprise, but the top-rated pastimes for Clark County residents are movies and gambling.

News Brief: Once again Governor Rod Blagojevich is criticizing state Rep. John Bradley, this time denouncing the lawmaker's plan to eliminate Illinois’ nine riverboat casinos.

Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort is amongst the Michigan establishments given the prestigious AAA Four Diamond Award for hospitality excellence this year.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, the excitement continues to grow for the next Mega Millions drawing, which will have an estimated jackpot of $102 million.

Hyatt Hotels will bring its refined Grand brand with the upscale accommodations at The Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino.

John G. Brokopp: The new vessel will create a gambling atmosphere that Northwest Indiana casinogoers have never experienced.

News Brief: Two upcoming hearings, the first of which is today, could mean a major turning point in the Hollywood Casino bankruptcy.

News Brief: Two of New York's most feared organized crime families joined forces to run a multimillion-dollar illegal sports betting network out of three Queens bars and a gambling Web site, authorities said yesterday.

A $3 wager on a Megabucks $1 slot machine rewarded a 56-year-old oil field rig consultant with a huge $7,161,267 statewide progressive jackpot at the Grand Casino Gulfport Monday evening.

Over the next several weeks, the Plaza hotel and casino expects to introduce Hispanic-theme slot machines, Spanish-speaking blackjack dealers and soccer games in its sports book in an effort to attract Hispanic customers.

International News Brief: A Pretoria holidaymaker left empty-handed after apparently winning more than R1-million at Durban's Suncoast Casino this week.

The majority owner of racetrack casinos in Hobbs and Ruidoso faces a federal lawsuit in Indiana that could jeopardize his gambling licenses in both states.

ews Brief: A consultant could be hired to conduct workshop meetings by the end of April to get public input on what should be done with a stretch of Davenport’s riverfront where the Isle of Capri wants to build a new gambling complex.