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News Brief: In a letter, Governor Schwarzenegger’s legal affairs secretary says that the governor will not enter compact negotiations with Enterprise Rancheria for its Yuba County casino.

News Brief: Governor Tim Pawlenty is starring in a new series of radio ads on behalf of Minnesota Republican candidates for the House of Representatives, calling for Indian tribal casinos to share some of their profits with the state.

News Brief: Assemblywoman Judy Chu came out swinging Monday against political action committees set up by the local gambling industry that will spend $162,020 on campaign ads against her.

News Brief: The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has been talking with the Bay Mills Indian Community about organizing workers at a casino the tribe hopes to open in Port Huron.

Terrible's casino expects to begin construction next month on a new parking garage that will mark the first phase of a larger casino expansion.

News Brief: Waukee city officials had thought their city was the preferred site for a $150 million hotel and casino but their site for the project has been rejected.

At least two of the four casino companies involved in a long-running strike in Atlantic City have raised the stakes by saying they will begin hiring replacement workers to fill positions vacated by union members on strike.

With occupancy of Southern Nevada's resorts up and the average daily room rate increasing, room tax coffers are bulging.

Beginning next week, New Hampshire Powerball players won't have to go to the store to buy their tickets.

The Hard Rock says it will no longer accept high-roller action from gamblers with million-dollar credit lines who have the potential to lose -- or win -- millions from the casino.

News Brief: Two companies are competing for Pennsylvania’s final harness racing license and a chance at a lucrative slot license.

News Brief: An electrical fire at a downtown office building has disrupted the computer systems of the New Jersey casino industry's two main regulatory agencies and forced one of them to temporarily shut down its Atlantic City headquarters.

News Brief: State Senator Nicholas Asselta and Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew told striking members of Local 54 of Unite Here gathered at the Statehouse steps that they would support them in their negotiations with the casino industry.

Michigan gambling opponents call MGM Mirage hypocrites for backing Michigan’s Proposal 1 after profiting off of Internet gambling as late as 2003.

GTECH Holdings Corporation has entered into a new $500 million senior revolving credit facility.

Prominent Michigan religious leaders have organized a group, Pastors Against the Spread of Gaming, to urge a ‘yes’ vote on Proposal 1.

A flulike illness that has stricken employees and guests at the Flamingo is believed to be caused by a type of Noro virus but the Clark County Health District won't have a final determination until today, a spokeswoman said.

A 64-year-old phone company retiree hit a whopping $6,366,947 Wheel of Fortune statewide progressive slot jackpot at the Ameristar Casino Vicksburg.

An out-of-town couple in their 80s driving in a rental car plowed through a steel-reinforced concrete barrier at the Golden Nugget's parking garage on Monday, sending them plunging 18 feet to the pavement below.