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Rudi Schiffer gives the lowdown on the latest news from the resorts in Tunica, Mississippi.

Barney Vinson: My mouth was dry, I was having trouble swallowing, and the world was fading in and out of focus.

News Brief: The Mississippi Gaming Commission has called a special meeting on April 13 to decide whether Silver Slipper Casino Venture can operate the President Casino in Biloxi until the President's new owners start redeveloping the landmark property.

News Brief: A portion of the facade on the west wall of the Isle of Capri's hotel collapsed and landed on a public boat dock before daybreak today as strong thunderstorms moved across South Mississippi.

News Brief: Two environmental organizations are asking a judge to set aside an environmental permit issued by the Commission on Marine Resources for the Bacaran Bay Casino project on Keegan Bayou.

News Brief: The Washington County Citizens for Good Jobs Committee-funded by the casino group that wants to bring gambling to Riverside, Iowa, spent just under $450,000 on the campaign to secure a yes vote Aug. 31, 2004, when county voters approved a measure allowing gambling.

News Brief: Contra Costa county supervisors are aiming to stack the deck to keep Indian tribes from transforming West Contra Costa into an urban gaming mecca.

News Brief: Indiana counties without casinos would get $1 million a year in casino-tax revenue and Harrison County would lose $16.5 million a year under a plan the House Ways and Means Committee narrowly approved yesterday.

News Brief: Governor Blagojevich has proposed doubling the number of slot machines and table games at Illinois casinos, a move he says would generate $300 million in new money for the state's cash-strapped schools.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment says construction of a $62 million hotel and entertainment center should resume within a month and be finished by next spring, now that the project has been approved by the Illinois Gaming Board.

Dean E. Shendal, a former Caesars Palace executive and well-known Las Vegas resident, died Thursday night at St. Rose Dominican Hospital. He was 79.

News Brief : State Rep. Jim Kasper’s legislation to allow Internet poker sites to operate inside North Dakota has passed the House.

Palace Station security officer came across a suspicious sight Saturday morning: a car parked in a far corner of the parking lot with the rear and side windows covered with newspaper.

GSN will host the first-ever annual awards show to celebrate the very best casino players, casino entertainers and casino-related television and movies.

News Brief: Three Democratic leaders in the Texas House announced their opposition Wednesday to proposals that would expand gambling and asked the Republican leadership to remove that option from consideration as a state revenue-raiser.

Officials with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority say their new Internet site won't compete with existing sites about the city and is designed to convince undecided travelers to commit to visiting Southern Nevada.

News Brief: Gov. Bill Owens won assurances from top Indian gaming officials Wednesday that they oppose lobbying Congress to create new casino sites without involving state officials.

News Brief: If backers of casino gambling in Kentucky ever succeed in getting the issue on the statewide ballot, the key to victory may be found in Florida.

Donald Trump's hotel and casino business, which filed for bankruptcy protection in November, agreed to pay $20.7 million to Indiana, settling obligations from a dispute over the way gaming companies computed payments.

Herbst Gaming, Inc. has named Craig Travers General Manager of Terrible’s St. Jo Frontier Casino.