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Less than a week after a judge ruled a Georgetown County ban on casino boats unconstitutional, a high-profile video gambling operator has said he wants to bring a gambling boat near Georgetown.

News Brief: Governor Schwarzenegger is riding another winner in his opposition to two measures on next month's ballot that would expand gambling while requiring Indian tribes to give up some of their profits, a nonpartisan poll released Saturday shows.

News Brief: Representatives of the coalition of Detroit and Indian casino operators and gambling opponents who support the measure called the fears groundless and accused the education lobby of using scare tactics.

News Brief: Lansing is gearing up to host a town hall meeting over the Ho-Chunk Nation's proposed casino and entertainment complex in Lynwood, the first time such a meeting will take place regarding the project.

News Brief: A bus trip from Chicago to a Mississippi gambling town for a group of friends and relatives ended in a tragic crash.

Churchill Downs is revising its earnings outlook for Q3 2004 and further lowering its outlook for the full year to reflect increased spending on alternative gaming efforts and special, non-cash impairment charges for Ellis Park due to softness in business at that racetrack.

According to a panel, technology is improving the chances that an undesirable person in a casino can be quickly identified, casinos haven't been keeping up with technology that gives them the ability to move and store that data.

A host of gaming experts warned casino bosses this week that their industry is coming under attack by a well-organized and well-funded group of anti-smoking activists that aim to ban smoking in casinos.

Tribal leaders attending a conference in Las Vegas on Thursday applauded the likely defeat of a voter initiative in California that threatened to remove their monopoly on slot machines.

A reader poll for Miami-based Recommend magazine has selected Las Vegas as "Best Selling Destination -- U.S.A./Canada" and "Best Travel Agent Support -- U.S.A

The company that operates the VEGAS.com Web site has asked a Clark County District Court judge to permit it to purchase the rights to use the rival lasvegas.com domain name.

The Peppermill will be giving away more than $20,000 in cash prizes with the winner collecting $10,000.

News Brief: Atlantic City Council President Craig Callaway publicly accused the mayor of attending a casino function in spite of the strike by the casino-workers union.

News Brief: The Atlantic City casino pickets have shown lots of creativity in making their music to strike by, finding the percussion possibilities in everything from water jugs to cheese graters to turkey trays to bleach bottles to dog bowls to picket signs to, in a few cases, actual drums.

News Brief: Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc. is saying thanks, but no thanks to a surprise $400 million investment offer made last week by online gaming company, Casino Fortune.

News Brief: Combatants in the battle over gambling initiatives on the Nov. 2 ballot raised a combined total of $85.8 million through the end of September, according the latest campaign statements filed Tuesday.

Spectre Gaming, Inc. reports the appointment of Robert Bonev, to the company's Board of Directors.

News Brief: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called on a gathering of business and political leaders in San Jose to join him in opposing two statewide ballot initiatives that would increase the opportunity gambling at race tracks and card rooms.

News Brief: Negotiations between the state and two Kansas tribes hoping to open a large casino close to Kansas Speedway have neared completion.

News Brief: Georgetown County plans to ask a circuit judge by next week to reconsider his decision allowing casino boats to operate in the county, which the county says holds up any immediate plans gambling vessel operators have to set up shop there.