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News Brief: A downturn in revenue at Alton Belle Casino has left city officials with fewer dollars to spend.

News Brief: As construction on the new, $250 million Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa nears completion, the Morongo human resources department is looking to fill approximately 1,000 new staff positions.

News Brief: Greenville, Mississippi, police are searching for two armed robbers who allegedly stole more than $70,000 from a casino over the weekend, then escaped by boat.

News Brief: After losing another round in its long bid for a casino, the Narragansett Indian Tribe is looking to Washington for help.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

News Brief: At least four Oklahoma tribes are asserting claims to land in other states where they want to build casinos.

News Brief: In the aftermath of federal law-enforcement assertions that he spent more than $100,000 on gambling tips and admittedly bet on football and college basketball, Philadelphia Flyers center Jeremy Roenick said he was ‘only human.’

News Brief: Within hours of a Supreme Court's advisory opinion that a planned casino referendum is unconstitutional, Rhode Island’s Attorney General and governor filed a motion to prevent the question from being considered by voters.

ust over 3 million people visited Las Vegas in June, a 2.2 percent increase from the same month last year, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported today.

Konami Gaming Inc. has won tax incentives through a Nevada program designed to promote diversity in the economy, prompting questions as to whether more slot manufacturing is really economic diversification.

News Brief: The Nevada Gaming Control Board voted to endorse plans by the newest member of the Nevada Gaming Commission to sell his interest in a slot-machine venture -- an interest that blocks him from serving on the panel.

Nevada's gaming industry propped up the state's economy in June with a total gaming win of $855.5 million, up nearly 6 percent from a year earlier, the state Gaming Control Board reported Thursday.

Customers and marketing gurus are warning Harrah’s that playing with the Caesars brand, arguably could damage the value of Caesars Entertainment.

News Brief: If the Washington State Gambling Commission approves a request from the Puyallup Indian Tribe to allow a casino on land that currently isn't federally approved for tribal casinos, critics fear it could open the door for other tribes to do the same.

News Brief: Public sentiment has turned sharply against two November ballot measures that would dramatically expand Nevada-style gambling in California, according to a new Field Poll.

News Brief: Three of four Northern Kentucky legislative candidates participating in a forum Wednesday said they would be open to expanded gambling as a way to boost the economy of the state and region if voters ratified that idea.

News Brief: About a dozen political and community leaders including the Christian Coalition to labor unions and an environmental organization kicked off the No on I-892 campaign in the bar area of a restaurant on Wednesday.

News Brief: Armed with 6,000 petition signatures, opponents of a proposed Lynwood casino took their fight Thursday to the Homewood office of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

After four straight months of double-digit increases in gaming win, Nevada casinos cooled off in June, posting a 5.7 percent gain over June 2003 with gross revenue of $855.4 million.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court said today that a referendum on whether Harrah's Entertainment can build a resort-style casino in West Warwick is unconstitutional.