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Texas lottery officials have recalled all tickets for the instant game "Set For Life" and suspended sales after discovering errors that prize amounts for tickets do not match the amounts in the lottery computer system.

News Brief: In a decision released Thursday, a member of the state Casino Control Commission recommended a $50,000 fine against Harrah's for violating New Jersey laws prohibiting businesses from serving drinks to a visibly intoxicated patron.

e Tulalip Tribes today presented a check for $150,000 to Mercy Corps founder, Dan O'Neill, and nationally respected journalist and relief worker, Margaret Larson.

Opening March 15, 2005, the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino encompasses the beauty and splendor of the Southwest.

IGT and Scientific Games Corporation have agreed to formalize terms for a worldwide, long-term strategic alliance to jointly provide products for the converging gaming market.

Lakes Entertainment reports that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California has issued a favorable ruling with respect to the casino development planned by the Shingle Springs Rancheria.

News Brief: International Game Technology is expected to earn 33 cents per share, flat with a year ago, on revenues of $613 million, up 1 percent, according to the average estimates of analysts polled by Thomson Fist Call.

News Brief: This year’s Massachusetts House debate over casino gambling should avoid the usual wrangling over increased crime vs. cash windfalls for cities and towns because gaming results in neither, a new study says.

International News Brief: The Isle of Man, a British crown dependency in the Irish Sea, is reversing a four-year-old policy that has deterred Internet casinos based there from accepting bets from United States residents.

News Brief: Governor Mitch Daniels today tapped a longtime Clay Circuit Court judge to lead the Indiana Gaming Commission.

Midas Entertainment, Inc. has taken over $32.6 million in bets, processed more than $3.2 million in payments and generated $712,000 in gross revenue.

News Brief: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who struck deals with Indian tribes last year aimed at infusing state coffers with more than $1.3 billion, now concedes that the state will receive no more than $16 million this year.

News Brief: Richard G. Moyse, employment manager of the new, $200 million Fantasy Springs Resort Casino and Special Events Center in Indio, projects that 15 percent of 450 individuals hired in recent months moved from places outside the valley.

News Brief: Three Indian tribes have taken Governor Tim Pawlenty up on his offer to allow a new casino in the state if revenue is split with the state, and the new casino could be combined with the racino at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota, southwest of the Twin Cities.

News Brief: The roulette wheel is still spinning on a proposed tribal gaming compact that could bring a flashy $210 million casino and hotel to the growing commerical hub around the Kansas Speedway, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said today.

News Brief: Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against Cordish Co. and its partners in the Seminole Hard Rock Casino project, claiming the developers fraudulently represented themselves as Trump associates to land the lucrative deal with the tribe.

The Venetian and Wynn Las Vegas will raise the bar in their use of private gaming salons to attract high rollers, a gaming regulator said.

News Brief: A former executive director of Far East marketing at Bally's Atlantic City casino admitted Wednesday in federal court in Camden that he helped arrange prostitution for casino patrons.

John Yaskin, who is credited with expanding the customer base of Caesars Palace during a 14-year tenure at the Strip resort, died Monday evening after suffering from cancer for nearly a year.

Despite cancellation of the once-giant technology trade show that brought more than 200,000 visitors to town as recently as November 2000, Las Vegas’ leisure and convention travel industries hardly missed a beat.