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Global Casinos reports revenues for the fiscal 2004, were $3,144,877 compared to $2,770,073 for fiscal 2003, an increase of $374,804 or 14%.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. has entered into an agreement whereby a subsidiary of Penn National will sell The Downs Racing and its subsidiaries to the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority.

Jack Binion, the original host of the first World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe Casino, is returning to serve as host of the 2005 World Series of Poker.

Interactive Systems Worldwide Inc. has completed the development of the interactive television version of its SportXction play-by-play betting system.

Multimedia Games, Inc. reports that it expects its fiscal fourth quarter and full-year results for the period ended September 30, 2004 to be below prior expectations.

News Brief: A striking casino-hotel worker who suffered a broken kneecap in a picket line confrontation with security guards has been fired for ‘strike-related misconduct’ along with a fellow striker, officials said Thursday.

News Brief: Supporters of a state question that would allow casino-type gambling at Oklahoma's horse racing tracks have raised nearly eight times as much money as groups that oppose the expansion of gambling in Oklahoma.

News Brief: A proposed casino in southern New Mexico could have a negative impact on Dona Ana County's economy, according to a new study.

News Brief: Voters will decide Nov. 2 how much power they should have over gambling expansion in Michigan.

The company that owns the lasvegas.com domain name says that it has the only valid contract to reacquire the rights to lease the name.

News Brief: Striking casino workers will take their protest back to the streets this weekend in what promises to be a massive rally, even larger than a Boardwalk march last month that drew thousands of people.

Ladbrokes has fine-tuned their projections and now see President George W. Bush remaining in the White House after January 20th and quotes odds of 4/7.

News Brief: California voters who flip on their televisions over the next 2 1/2 weeks are almost certain to see a deluge of campaign ads about gambling.

News Brief: The long-awaited town hall meeting to debate and discuss the proposed casino in Lynwood will be held Oct. 28.

News Brief: A former partner at a major law firm has admitted stealing $9 million that his clients paid the firm, according to a top official at the firm. The firm’s clients include Pinnacle Entertainment and Bally Gaming.

News Brief: Secretary of State Eric Clark has asked a group he organized to drop discussions of inland casinos as a means of protecting the coast's gambling industry.

News Brief: A total of 821 people have voluntarily placed themselves on a list that permanently bans them from Detroit's three licensed casinos. That is triple the number of people on the list in 2002.

News Brief: The managing partner at one of Pennsylvania's biggest law firms has been chosen to lead the state's gambling commission.

More than 53 million American adults - 26 percent of those 21 and older - made 310 million casino visits in 2003, according to ‘Profile of the American Casino Gambler: Harrah's Survey 2004.’