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International News Brief: A Las Vegas gambling giant may open a massive casino by the Manchester United ground.

News Brief: A veteran state lawmaker is taking her third crack at a bill that would fund a study to determine what negative impacts a booming gambling industry is having in New Mexico.

Capture a part of history with the D.C. Lottery's Negro Leagues instant scratch ticket.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, the excitement continues to grow for the Friday, February 25, 2005 drawing, which will have an estimated jackpot of $96 million.

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

News Brief: Cocktail waitresses working at Atlantic City hotels and gaming halls fear their bosses will follow the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa's lead and boot them if they become over-weight.

News Brief: Del. Luiz R.S. Simmons renewed yesterday his pitch for a bill to prohibit political donations from gambling interest groups and said that, if necessary, he will propose a ban as an amendment if a slots bill makes it to the House floor for a vote.

The Ohio Roundtable responds to recent attempts by the Eastern Shawnee Tribe to convince Ohio lawmakers to open casinos.

The U.S. Supreme Court said today it won't hear an anti-casino group's challenge to Michigan compacts that allow four American Indian tribes to open casinos.

New UK casinos might be restricted to remote or downtrodden areas where U.S. casino operators wouldn't want to develop.

News Brief: Southwest Indiana's three riverboat casinos got off to flat start in 2005, as January revenue edged up only one percent overall.

A Web site is available for problem gamblers and their friends and families, the state Human Services Department says.

News Brief: Pompano Park and the Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. will host a two-day job fair at the racetrack on Thursday, February 24 and Friday, February. 25.

News Brief: Three more Washington tribes made good on an 8-month-old pledge to help pay for treatment of problem gamblers, handing checks totaling close to $400,000 to Gov. Christine Gregoire out of proceeds from tribal casinos.

The Montana House on Monday reiterated its desire to exempt casinos from any local smoking bans.

News Brief: Local governments with legalized gambling and the state of Mississippi collected more than $29.9 million in casino taxes during January, a month when the industry experienced a 10 percent increase in gross revenues.

Delta Air Lines' discount subsidiary Song made a big splash in Las Vegas when the lime green-scripted Boeing 757 jets first rolled into McCarran International Airport in July 2003.

News Brief: Michigan's top racing official plans to move fast on a request to build a $350 million horse-racing development near Metro Airport, according to a spokesman.

News Brief: Lorain city officials took the next step in seeking state approval for a future casino.