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ews Brief: Just who has final say over the state's 10th casino license will likely be decided Monday in a showdown in federal bankruptcy court that pits the Illinois Gaming Board against its own attorney, Attorney General Lisa Madigan.

News Brief: Tarrant County sheriff's deputies raided Liberty Communications in what they described as the most sophisticated eight-liner machine operation they've ever seen.

ews Brief: Michigan's House of Representatives voted to double the amount of taxes casinos would pay to the state and Detroit city from 18 percent to 36 percent.

The combination of stock car racing, college basketball, a crowded convention calendar and warm spring weather helped make March the second busiest month in history.

Mandalay Resort Group is working with three local ethnic chambers of commerce to diversify the gaming company's employment, purchasing and contracting, an executive said Wednesday.

News Brief: The Oklahoma House passed a measure today calling for a Nov. 2 statewide vote that will allow casino games at Oklahoma's horse-race tracks and allow some regulation of tribal casinos.

News Brief: Harrah’s has offered to pay the Rhode Island $100 million for the license to own and operate the state’s first 24-hour casino.

News Brief: The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, one of the smallest of Arizona's 21 tribes, has reached a treaty with the Navajo Nation that could lead to a casino's being built 10 miles west of Flagstaff, according to Evelyn James, president of the Paiute Tribe.

News Brief: A California appeals court has rejected bids to block a November vote on an initiative that seeks to end the tribal monopoly on slot machines by allowing some racetracks and card rooms to run slots.

News Brief: The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Gov. Jim Doyle overstepped his authority in negotiating an expansive gaming compact with the Forest County Potawatomi tribe.

Fans and collectors are scrambling to find mementos and information surround the history of the World Series of Poker.

A jury found a woman guilty of murdering a man over a $44,000 sports ticket.

News Brief: The Minnesota State Lottery shed 15 more jobs and closed two offices Wednesday in a move intended to save $1 million beginning in July.

News Brief: The Illinois Senate is moving ahead with hearings on sweeping gambling plans despite the governor's threatened veto.

Atlantic City’s Bally's new Bikini Beach Bar, The Hilton Beach Bar, and Caesars Sand Box Beach Bar will offer live entertainment, specialty drinks, promotions and special events throughout the summer on the beach in front of each property.

A new world record for Wheel of Fortune slot machines was set this afternoon when a local woman won $11.2 million on a Wheel of Fortune dollar machine at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas.

The New Jersey Casino Control Commission has unanimously renewed the casino licenses for Caesars Entertainment's three Atlantic City resorts - the Atlantic City Hilton, Bally's Atlantic City and Caesars Atlantic City.

News Brief: An international tax bill that would eliminate the 30% alien withholding provision on foreign wagers and reduce by one year the holding period for horses to qualify for capital gains treatment passed the United States Senate on Tuesday evening.

News Brief: A vote on bringing a revamped version of Oklahoma’s state/tribal gaming compact to public referendum could come as early as today in the House of Representatives.