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News Brief: Last-minute negotiations with Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts netted a deal for the casino-hotel union late Thursday, as the union made final preparations for a strike expected to begin this morning.

Gaming stocks had a banner month in September, recovering from their summer doldrums with a surge of 12 percent in the Dow Jones Casino Index and 6 percent in the Applied Analysis Gaming Index.

News Brief: The Tarrant County Sheriff's Department raided an eight-liner game room in southeast Tarrant County, where they seized 39 gaming machines and cited patrons.

News Brief: The Pennsylvania attorney general has asked the state Supreme Court to referee a dispute over the appointment of a Democratic legislator to the body that will oversee implementation of slot-machine gambling.

News Brief: The board of directors of Western New York Regional Off-Track Betting on Thursday approved a $9.4 million financing package that will pave the way for the March 1 installation of 1,500 video lottery terminals at Batavia Downs.

News Brief: Shawnee American Indians who talked about building a casino in Middletown have shifted their attention to Monroe, says Middletown Mayor Bob Wells.

News Brief: Executives from the Trump Casino company will appear before the Indiana Gaming Commission today to discuss the company's financial problems.

News Brief: A lawsuit against the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin that began with a bang six years ago has ended in a whimper.

Slot players from around the country will descend on Atlantic City in a quest for $1 million and the title of Champion of Slots for the 10th annual Harrah's Millionaire Maker.

News Brief: Isle of Capri Casinos has put up $1 millions to prove their commitment to help build a vibrant Waterloo, Iowa, downtown.

News Brief: A lawsuit filed this week alleges that thousands of signatures submitted to get a gambling measure on the November ballot in Florida were forged, some with the names of dead people.

The slot industry has been on a licensing binge over the past few years to capture and retool brands ranging from TV shows and game shows to vintage cartoons.

Slot maker Konami Gaming Inc. has received first-time approvals to make and distribute slot machines in New Jersey and Missouri.

News Brief: The Convention and Visitors Authority cranked up its media presence in the Keystone State on Tuesday, announcing a $500,000 advertising blitz in eastern Pennsylvania.

A federal judge Wednesday tossed out provisions of the Patriot Act that the FBI used to force casinos and airlines to turn over customer records for thousands of Las Vegas visitors in December.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $151 million.

Aristocrat Technologies President Gavin Isaacs was named "Gaming Professional of the Year" by the Casino Management Association of Southern Nevada.

News Brief: A lobbyist who billed American Indian tribes tens of millions of dollars for work on casino issues refused Wednesday to answer questions from the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.

News Brief: To build more awareness about people who suffer from problem gambling and other disorders, such as depression or alcoholism, the state and a private organization are sponsoring a conference next month that will bring in some of the world's leading researchers.

News Brief: While the fate of the fast ferry is being decided, some Rochester-area residents maintain that allowing gambling on the ship or inside the terminal would pump money into the operation.