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Spectre Gaming, Inc.has signed contracts with Cache Creek Casino Resort and Konocti Vista Casino Resort and Marina to install its unique 9-reel, 8-line mechanical games.

News Brief: A representative for the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians told residents of a San Pablo senior center that the tribe has scaled down the size of its proposed casino and promised that the facility would look nothing like those in Las Vegas.

Zone4Play has released ZoneITS, it's revolutionary proprietary technology that enables the delivery of wireless Java based applications for fixed odds, Sports book, Lottery and skill based gaming services.

The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians and Black Oak Casino celebrate yet another milestone with the Family Entertainment Floor now open to the public.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. has completed the previously announced sale of The Downs Racing and its subsidiaries to the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority for approximately $280 million.

Beau Rivage plans to build a new 18-hole championship golf course on a 510-acre tract 20 minutes north of the resort.

Two rival interests competing for control of Vernon Downs agreed Monday to pay $75,000 each to keep the struggling track open for another week while a judge decides who gets to invest in the venue

News Brief: Detroit's three casinos raked in more than $1.18 billion in 2004, a 5.2-percent increase, with both MGM Grand Detroit and MotorCity increasing revenues while Greektown lost some ground.

News Brief: Indiana workers voted to ratify their contracts Monday, according to Clare Fauke, spokeswoman for Unite Here Local 1.

News Brief: Analyst William J Lerner of Prudential Financial maintains his ‘overweight’ rating on Station Casinos.

News Brief: The Seneca Nation is willing to pay an extraordinary $500 million premium to the state to get a compact for a Catskills casino, the Seneca's proposed developer said Monday.

News Brief: The Greenville Rancheria says their proposed casino would create thousands of new jobs in the Red Bluff area, contribute more than $665,000 to the county in lieu of taxes, and improve the roads in the immediate vicinity of the casino.

News Brief: The cash-strapped 2005 Legislature has Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway sweating bullets, worried it might try to take gambling tax money from local governments that have casinos.

GTECH Holdings Corporation reports that Paget L. Alves has been appointed to serve as a director on the Company's Board of Directors.

Democratic legislative leaders on Friday proposed yet another attempt to enact a state lottery -- this one to fund education.

World Poker Tour Boot Camp named two-tournament victor Ron Rose and young phenom Scott Fischman as its first champion-instructors for the series of traveling instructional seminars designed to advance the knowledge of students seeking a "Fast Track to the Final Table."

Scientific Games Corporation reports that the Maine Bureau of Alcohol and Lottery Operations has extended the company's lottery contract four additional years through June 2011.

ews Brief: Saratoga Gaming and Raceway approaches its first anniversary on Jan. 28 having delivered on a pledge that video lottery terminal revenues would revive harness racing and provide employment, while faltering on reaching income projections.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to bar the state from paying nearly $400,000 in legal fees to a Las Vegas law firm hired to write gambling legislation.

Tourism experts suggest there are financial rewards for cities that do, and local diversity specialists say Las Vegas is getting better at rolling out the welcome mat for the GLBT market -- gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered visitors.