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A special legislative session tackling casino-style tables games is not in the cards as Gov. Bob Wise enters his final week in office, a spokeswoman for the governor said Monday.

News Brief: The New Jersey Assembly Appropriations Committee released a bill to allow voters to decide whether in-person wagering on sports teams should be legal in Atlantic City casinos.

News Brief: Borgata was spectacular, Resorts was solid and the rest of the casinos were so-so - except, of course, for Donald Trump's bankrupt gaming halls.

The New York-based travel and financial giant was introduced at Monday's centennial executive committee meeting as a national sponsor of this year's citywide birthday extravaganza.

News Brief: Revenue from table games at Lakeside Casino Resort in Osceola plummeted nearly 30 percent in December after the same gambling options became available at Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Altoona.

News Brief: The Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino has signed a consulting agreement with the operator of the Foxwoods casino in Connecticut, one of the world's largest gaming centers.

Card Player magazine has launched a new Web site that offers expanded content, customization tools, and an enhanced version of its proprietary software.

The Council Bluffs City Council today cleared the way for work to begin on the region's largest casino and its only land-based full-service gaming destination.

The ninth stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT) is in paradise, literally.

The U.S. appealed a World Trade Organization ruling that American legislation criminalizing online betting violates its own commitments to the WTO in a case that may shake up a global industry worth $6 billion.

News Brief: Local electronic bingo establishments are again being closed down across the state after a decision addressing legality issues of electronic gaming in Wyoming.

News Brief: As the New Hampshire legislative session begins with an estimated $300 million state budget deficit looming, gambling may not be the political outcast it was last term.

News Brief: The group Kansans for Economic Growth, LLC wants to see a destination casino in southeast Kansas.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. report that it is experiencing severe weather conditions at two of its casinos, Belterra Casino Resort and Boomtown Reno.

The city council is scheduled to consider a proposed $85 million expansion of Bluffs Run Casino tonight.

News Brief: What's going on with the Illinois Gaming Board? What's happening with the 10th casino license? What's with Gov. Blagojevich?

News Brief: Just as Broward County officials are considering whether to schedule a referendum to allow slot machines at racetracks and jai-alai frontons, they may have to bail out the gambling ships that sail out of Port Everglades because of declining business.

News Brief: Taxpayers of Michigan Against Casinos is presenting new legal challenges before the Michigan Court of Appeals.

News Brief: San Pablo's mayor, city manager and police chief are expected to join state and tribal officials for a hearing on a compact for a 2,500 slot machine Nevada-style casino.

News Brief: New Mexico is at a gambling crossroads, facing its biggest public-policy questions since approving casino gaming and a lottery.