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News Brief: A group rallying against expanded gambling in Nebraska is attracting big-name contributors, including billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Congressman Tom Osborne.

The Mississippi Gaming Commission exceeded its authority when it approved plans by Treasure Bay to move its casino barge to a man-made basin outside of state waters, Harrison County Circuit Judge Robert H. Walker has ruled.

Wynn Resorts Ltd., the company behind the $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas megaresort, said in a Wednesday filing with federal regulators that it sold its Global Express aircraft this month for $33 million.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger spread his message Wednesday about the revival of his state's economy, but the crowd that lined the runway and second floor at Fashion Show mall seemed more interested in the show than the substance.

With the expected takeover of the Aladdin by the Planet Hollywood ownership group less than a month away, an estimated 1,500 union protesters rallied Wednesday against the property's failure to recognize the union's organizing claims.

News Brief: A defiant woman convicted of embezzling more than $300,000 from a former off-track betting facility in Hartford incurred the wrath of a Superior Court judge Tuesday before being sentenced to serve more than three years in prison.

Saying the company intends to aggressively defend patent rights on its products, Shuffle Master Inc. filed a pair of lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas.

Without so much as a sneak preview, some notable critics dismissed today's planned Arnold Schwarzenegger Strip stage show as too much style and too little substance.

The casino industry has stepped up its campaign against problem gambling with more than $13 million in contributions to a national research center and one program that slams the door on gamblers who show serious symptoms of addiction.

News Brief: The D.C. elections board yesterday threw out thousands of signatures gathered in support of the legalization of slot machines, saying a July petition drive illegally misrepresented the gambling initiative as a harbinger of jobs, improved public schools and better health care.

News Brief: Missouri voters rejected a plan Tuesday to rewrite the state constitution to allow riverboat gambling in the struggling resort town of Rockaway Beach.

News Brief: Some gambling ads on Google, Yahoo and other major Web sites are illegal in California, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

News Brief: After less than two months in operation, the company that runs the gambling ship Lady Luck is pulling up stakes and reportedly looking to dock in Martin County.

News Brief: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has not received any contributions to his campaign to defeat two gambling initiatives on the November ballot, according to a fund-raising report released Monday.

The sign on Wynn Las Vegas was erected on the side of the building Friday.

House leaders and the governor's budget secretary emerged from another round of talks on slot machines Monday with no agreement on a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize slots, but they will keep talking.

News Brief: Experts told a Senate committee on Monday that Atlantic City needs to significantly boost entertainment and other nongaming options in order to limit any loss of casino business when slot machines arrive in Pennsylvania.

The merger between the Ellis Island Casino & Brewery and the Tuscany Suites and Casino Resort has been scrapped and Ellis Island's owner has filed suit in Clark County District Court over the abandonment of the deal.

Full House Resorts Inc. said a recent ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court paves the way for the company to develop a casino with a Michigan Indian tribe.

News Brief: The state Board of Education cautioned Missouri voters last week about unanswered school funding questions arising from a proposed amendment on Tuesday's ballot to allow a casino in southwest Missouri.