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Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news from the Tunica, Mississippi casinos.

News Brief: Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday that he favors a special session of the General Assembly to address gambling issues but wants lawmakers to pass a slots plan outright rather than authorize a November referendum.

News Brief: Angered by another tribe's recent purchase of Blue Ribbon Downs racetrack, Cherokee Principal Chief Chad Smith announced Wednesday that his tribe will establish a casino three miles away.

News Brief: The minibottle referendum bill was held up this week by politics over the proposed Catawba Indian Nation bingo hall, but the bingo efforts may have backfired.

News Brief: The minibottle referendum bill was held up this week by politics over the proposed Catawba Indian Nation bingo hall, but the bingo efforts may have backfired.

News Brief: The director of the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs should resign if he's not willing to oversee the critical area of recognition of new tribes, according to Senator Christopher Dodd.

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority outgoing boss Manny Cortez could receive a $79,977 severance gift that would raise his retirement benefits to $219,000 per year.

News Brief: South African gambling magnate Saul Kerzner and his BLB investor group will set up shop minutes from the Massachusetts border after emerging the victor in bidding for Rhode Island's Lincoln Park dog track.

News Brief: Harrah's Atlantic City is sending Brigantine resident Russell Diaz for free after he won the casino's preliminary tournament late Wednesday night.

News Brief: The Ho-Chunk tribe faces long odds in its bid to build a casino in a Chicago suburb but their lobbyists are sure to rake in a jackpot.

News Brief: A study prepared for the Senate Democratic leadership suggests the casino the Narragansett Indians are seeking to build, with backing from Harrah's Entertainment, could bring in $127.5 million.

News Brief: Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack put his signature on far-reaching gambling legislation Thursday, likely dropping the green flag on a high-stakes scramble for new riverboat casinos.

News Brief: An attempt to establish a metro-area casino to benefit Minnesota and two large northern Indian tribes was defeated in a House committee Thursday.

No one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $205 million.

Horse-racing fans hoping to secure reserved seats to the 2005 Kentucky Derby can now apply for tickets with only a few clicks of a computer mouse.

Time share customers may boost Las Vegas' tourist economy but actually do little to increase profit for major casinos, a gaming executive told a group of time share sales agents and vendors Wednesday.

Crackdowns by the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators on wrongdoing by investment companies are having a ripple effect on requests for waivers involving securities before the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

News Brief: The Peppermill Hotel-Casino in south Reno opens its new $12 million expansion.

News Brief: A request to investigate Caesars Entertainment’s campaign contributions to Minnesota House members has been rejected.

ews Brief: David Anderson, assistant secretary of the interior for Indian affairs and head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has recused himself from certain issues, including casino gambling, just four months after being confirmed by the Senate.