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Agents with the state Gaming Control Board's enforcement division have seized two slot machines that were on display for sale at an Albuquerque department store.

Hundreds of rallied today to send a message to Governor Granholm that they don't like having one set of expanded gambling rules for Detroit and another for the rest of Michigan.

The Stratosphere hotel and casino has introduced a topless pool called Beach Club 25 on the 25th floor of its hotel tower.

News Brief: You might be better off talking with a bookie than watching the polls if you want to know whether Sen. John Kerry or President Bush will win the Oval Office this November.

News Brief: Former Washington coach Rick Neuheisel, fired for gambling on basketball games, will not face NCAA penalties under a ruling to be released.

News Brief: Chances are that the President Casino Biloxi will have new ownership, possibly with South Mississippi connections, by next spring.

News Brief: Indiana's racetracks would trade three unused off-track betting permits for 5,000 video gambling machines under a proposal approved by a legislative panel.

News Brief: The new deal with the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, would reward the Crane, Vacco lobbying firm in Albany with more than a million dollars if a Catskills casino project is achieved.

Jacobs Entertainment, Inc. has elected not to proceed with a casino hotel development in D'Iberville, Mississippi.

News Brief: Southern Nevada's top health official criticized a casino company for distributing scarce flu shots to employees while other businesses donate vaccine supplies for those in high-risk groups.

Zone4Play, Inc. is launching play-for-fun casino applications on mobile services offered by Sony-Ericsson, O2 and Orange IL.

News Brief: Three people were helped from a burning casino shuttle boat Sunday by an off-duty Coast Guard rescue swimmer who was boating nearby.

Mega Millions players from coast to coast are feeling the excitement as the jackpot grows to $40 million.

News Brief: As the casino worker strike by Local 54 of Unite HERE approaches three weeks, some of the people who work the odd shifts that keep Atlantic City running 24 hours a day are not getting any rest due to the noisy picketers.

News Brief: It's not yet known how Local 54's strike is affecting business at the targeted casinos, but its costs to the city are becoming clear.

News Brief: The boom in casino gambling, instant lottery tickets and other forms of gambling is causing more people to suffer severe problems, international researchers assembled here for a two-day meeting said Monday.

News Brief: 'Enough is enough!' read one newspaper ad placed by casinos. 'We want you back!' said another, appealing to striking workers.

News Brief: In Coachella Valley, the annual seasonal rise in jobs is being bolstered this year by major expansions at two valley casinos.

Hollywood Casino Shreveport has entered into an Investment Agreement with Eldorado Resorts LLC and certain affiliates providing for the acquisition of the company by Eldorado.

Century Casinos, Inc. report that Mr. Bob Peyton has been selected as the new General Manager for Womacks Casino and Hotel.