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News Brief: The pair of casinos in Jackpot, Nevada, raked in 5.0 percent more revenue than a year ago in the fourth quarter, helping to more than triple operating income there.

The Federal Trade Commission has approved Caesars Entertainment Inc.'s purchase of the remaining stake in an Indiana riverboat casino.

News Brief: Mississippi casino companies are courting minority businesses and promoting their successes as they try to head off set-aside requirements and vendor reporting.

Bob Ameral was so excited about watching the Super Bowl in a casino Sunday that he got to the tiny sports book at the Cannery 2 1/2 hours before kickoff to get the best seat.

News Brief: The conflict is accelerating between two developers jockeying to create a glitzy racetrack and gambling palace in Western Pennsylvania.

A fledgling organization formed to protect and promote Kentucky's horse industry indicated it would support legislation allowing casinos at racetracks.

News Brief: Kentucky's largest faith-based organization once again is mobilizing to battle efforts to legalize casino gambling in the state.

News Brief: Saturday was the grand opening of the 240,000-square-foot, Las Vegas-style Gold County casino and hotel, all of which employ roughly 700 full and part-time employees.

News Brief: Riverboat casinos might get to dump the captains and crews that cost them about $1 million annually if they are willing to help pay to move 120 state police officers from gaming enforcement to traditional duties.

News Brief: According to a poll, about three in five Minnesotans believe the state's Indian tribes should be asked to share some profits with the state to keep their monopoly on casino gambling.

News Brief: The Kentucky Equine Education Project , an alliance of state horse industry leaders, might back efforts to bring casino-style gambling into the state if a measure presented to lawmakers basically keeps such gambling to racetracks.

News Brief: In what prosecutors described as a $100-million-dollar bust of organized crime, 12 people in four boroughs were arrested over the weekend for allegedly running an illegal gambling network that included bets on the Super Bowl.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

News Brief: Jim Milne feels on top of the world every time he enters his new office at Jumer’s Casino Rock Island.

Gaming's largely unsuccessful lobbying efforts in the contentious 2003 legislative session led to some fractures within the industry.

With no jackpot winner in Saturday's Lotto South drawing, the jackpot has grown to an estimated $20 million, which is the sixth highest amount since the game began in September 2001.

Local tourism leaders on Friday said they've likely found a way to air a new Las Vegas ad during the telecast of Super Bowl XXXIX.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $32 million.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers in Friday's drawing, the jackpot grows to an estimated $40 million for the Tuesday, February 8, 2005 drawing.

The transaction gives Landry's its first gaming property and a brand name the company hopes to introduce into different casino jurisdictions.