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News Brief: An Assembly committee will hold hearings next week on a bill to legalize sports betting, but lawmakers need to overcome several hurdles before wagers can be placed on games.

Today's gaming floor will meet the future's software thanks to a new transitional protocol from the Gaming Standards Association.

News Brief: The bustling new Black Gold Casino and Zia Park Raceway under construction north of town will diversify Hobbs' oil-based economy and create a cornucopia of jobs, said local business people and an economic development official.

Caesars Palace will open its first poker room in at least 12 years in response to the burgeoning popularity of poker, while Bellagio and Bally's Las Vegas are considering expanding their poker areas.

ews Brief: The Oneida Indian Nation has begun an expensive TV advertising campaign aimed at blocking a casino gambling deal between the state and a rival tribe.

News Brief: Harrah's is a leader in using computer technology to boost gambling. The company can trace 75.6 percent of its gambling revenue back to specific customers.

News Brief: A casino worker was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis last week, Atlantic City Health and Human Services Director Ronald Cash confirmed Sunday.

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

The Casino Review is a website that features listing for all of Idaho’s Casinos and Card Clubs.

News Brief: The Atlantic City casinos are hitting the jackpot with No-Limit Texas Hold'em, the wildly popular brand of poker that seems to have swept the nation. This writer tested his luck in a No-Limit Texas Hold'em tournament.

Experts will convene to examine new model for explaining addiction, implications for treatment and responsible gaming.

The Standardbred Owners Association of New York has reportedly signed a five-year deal with Yonkers Raceway that will pave the way for long-awaited track renovations and the construction of the proposed video lottery terminal facility.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $127 million.

This December, the National Geographic Channel (NGC) takes you from Sin City to Atlantic City to get an inside look at the making – and the breaking – of these magnificent structures. Meet all the players, from the team that built the first super casino on the east coast, to the infamous M.I.T. college students that took several casinos for millions, to the Loizeaux family that makes a living tearing them down.

Churchill Downs saw increases in on-track attendance and wagering while total wagering registered a slight decline from a record total as the historic track's "Fall Festival Of Racing" completed its 21-day run on Saturday, Nov. 27.

Barney Vinson: I must’ve been the hardest-working chump in Vegas.

News Brief: Despite unexpected opposition from the planning board, Maine's first racetrack casino is back on track.

Federal law requires the state of Wyoming to negotiate with the Northern Arapaho tribe on allowing casino-style gambling on the Wind River Indian Reservation, a federal appeals court.

Minnesota's new lottery director said the state will need to introduce a new lottery product if the lottery hopes to meet its revenue goals.

News Brief: Mid-State Raceway may be days from going broke, according to federal government officials.