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News Brief: Armed with anti-gambling statistics and a promise to fight, a group of residents urged the Lansing Village Board to approve a resolution against the proposed Native American casino in Lynwood.

News Brief: Through tribes in neighboring states are building casinos, Kentucky remains an unlikely place for tribal gaming any time soon.

News Brief: The Santa Ysabel band of Diegueño Indians secured funding from an Arizona tribe to build a $30 million, 70,000-square-foot casino on its reservation in the Volcan Mountains.

News Brief: Sterling Casino Lines may face fines or other penalties after the Coast Guard found the gambling ship was overloaded with passengers Saturday night during an offshore cruise out of Port Canaveral, a Coast Guard official said.

News Brief: Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown said today that he's had some meetings with representatives of California Indian tribes about the possibility of allowing a casino in Oakland.

National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman Phil Hogen announced today that national 2003 gross gaming revenues for Indian gaming facilities topped $16.7 billion, an increase of $2 billion or 13.7 percent over 2002 gross gaming revenues.

National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman Phil Hogen announced today that national 2003 gross gaming revenues for Indian gaming facilities topped $16.7 billion, an increase of $2 billion or 13.7 percent over 2002 gross gaming revenues.

News Brief: Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sent a letter yesterday urging three downtown Stamford bars to stop hosting weekly ‘poker nights,’ but bar owners said they are confused because state officials initially told them the tournaments were legal.

This morning Gov. Kenny Guinn and other dignitaries arrived at the MGM Grand for a VIP ride on Las Vegas' long-awaited new public transportation system.

News Brief: The Appellate Division's unanimous opinion that the New York's video gambling program is illegal represents a ‘positive ruling’ that won't disrupt plans for lottery casinos across the state, Gov. George Pataki said Monday.

ews Brief: A Shawnee Indian tribe's proposal to open up to seven casinos in Ohio might go before Governor Bob Taft's staff as early as this month.

News Brief: On Sept. 28, the U.S. Treasury Department will release its latest tool: a redesigned $50 bill, teeming with high-tech security features to help banks, casinos and other businesses thwart counterfeiters.

MGM Mirage is continually looking for new acquisition and expansion possibilities although it prefers dealing with some gaming jurisdictions more than others, the company's chairman said in a recent interview.

One of the nation's largest cement companies said this week it has struck a deal to build a $250 million plant less than 40 miles northeast of Las Vegas on land owned by the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians.

News Brief: Detroit’s three casinos reported total revenue of more than $93.4 million for June, up more than $1.5 million over June 2003 receipts.

News Brief: A powerful ally of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma spoke out Tuesday against the closure of its Kansas casino by state authorities.

Imperial Palace Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $325,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

MGM Mirage's Big Apple-themed New York-New York resort could get some new polish if the gaming company's $7.9 billion acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group is completed as proposed.

News Brief: It is likely Detroit’s three casinos soon will be paying more taxes to the state, but it’s unclear how much more.

News Brief: They're dealing cards and drawing a crowd in a three-day tourney at Turning Stone Casino.