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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.

Not only was there one winning Powerball jackpot ticket worth $25.5 million that was sold in Tennessee, but also there were 21 tickets that won $500,000, and an additional 89 tickets that won $100,000.

Station Casinos, Inc. and Regal Cinemas, Inc. have commenced the development of a 17-screen movie theater complex.

News Brief: Winning scratch tickets may lead police to a suspects in a robbery and homicide.

News Brief: Florida senators considering the tax and regulation of slot machines had several suggestions including a tax rate between 30 and 35 percent.

The Greater Cedar Valley Alliance's long-awaited study on three competing casino projects in Waterloo has failed to define a clear winner.

News Brief: A Berkeley developer’s plans for a $700 million luxury casino resort at the foot of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge will move another step closer to realization Thursday night.

News Brief: Governor Bill Owens brought 10 state governors and leaders from 23 tribes to Denver on Tuesday to look at ways Congress might improve the 17-year- old Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

Buzztime Entertainment, the Play-Along TV community and a subsidiary of NTN Communications, Inc. launches the debut of multiplayer Texas Hold'em for digital cable television.

News Brief: A South Carolina bill that lets cities and counties ban or regulate casino boats passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 16-5 Tuesday after a contentious discussion.

News Brief: The Legislature on Tuesday passed a measure that would afford casinos more protection from hurricanes and saltwater corrosion.

News Brief: The manager of electronic gaming for the Cherokee Nation Casino in Catoosa has been charged with embezzlement, according to a statement from the U. S. Department of Justice in Tulsa.

News Brief: Developer Kurt Carlson is dreaming of a passenger rail link to connect Rockford and Chicagoland to the proposed casino he hopes to build in Beloit for two northern Wisconsin Indian bands.

News Brief: Kirk Ladner, a developer wanting to build South Beach Casino and Resort near Clermont Harbor, has asked the county to create a special-use district, allowing the casino and a 14-story hotel and parking garage in the proposed zone.

News Brief: Governor Tim Pawlenty's proposal to have three northern Indian bands operate a metro casino jointly with the state would likely be found unconstitutional and should go to voters first, according Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. announced today that it received approvals from the Louisiana Gaming Commission in accord with its previously announced plans to open L’Auberge du Lac to the public on the evening of May 26, 2005.

No ticket matched all six numbers to win Tuesday's jackpot, so the jackpot for the Friday, April 1, 2005 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $75 million.