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News Brief: A federal appeals court Thursday delivered one more dose of bad news to the owners of the defunct Hudson dog track and three Chippewa tribes that had hoped to convert it into a casino.

News Brief: Three members of the seven-member Historic Hotel Preservation Commission have been chosen as part of a team that will negotiate with the three applicants for the casino contract in Orange County, Indiana.

News Brief: A new bill would allow operators of Albany’s fast ferry to add VLTs.

News Brief: The state received $37.8 million from Arizona tribal casino gambling revenues in the first full year of contributions under a voter-approved proposition in 2002 to expand Indian gambling.

News Brief: The defeat of a $1.5 billion proposal to legalize and tax Texas video lottery terminals at horse and dog racetracks would mean less money for education instead of less property tax relief, according to House leaders.

Legendary casino host Dan Chandler, who raised the expression "My man!" to an art form in Las Vegas gaming circles, died in his sleep Tuesday in his father's cabin on the family's Versailles, Ky., estate.

Las Vegas was again named the nation's top convention destination for 2003, extending a remarkable 10-year reign as the industry's No. 1 host market, editors of a respected industry publication said this week.

News Brief: Louisiana Downs is scheduled to open its new casino facility on Friday, with live racing set to begin on May 14.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $145 million.

News Brief: With just days before the end of Colorado’s legislative session, two special-interest bills are lurking that would dramatically alter the regulation of horse and dog racing.

News Brief: More than six months before election day, racetrack and card club owners are already fighting with Indian tribes over who will feed California’s appetite for slot machines.

News Brief: A taxpayers’ group is joining with a religious coalition to urge Minnesotans and their legislators to oppose more gambling.

News Brief: The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority gave approval Wednesday to an $86 million casino-funded bailout of the state's financially troubled horsetracks.

News Brief: The New Jersey gaming regulators have banned controversial boxing promoter, Don King, from doing business with the casinos at least until 2005.

News Brief: The federal government will release findings today from its investigation of the Tropicana Casino and Resort garage collapse that killed four men and injured 21 more in October.

News Brief: Anti-gambling advocates hope to block a bill going through the Illinois General Assembly that could allow many charities to operate raffles without some legal restrictions now part of state law.

News Brief: Texas Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. plans to propose legislation that would call for a constitutional amendment allowing casino gambling on South Padre Island.

News Brief: Uniland Development Co. and the Seneca Nation of Indians have cemented their relationship for a proposed Cheektowaga casino by agreeing to retain the company as the developer of the proposed gaming and hotel venture.

News Brief: Anti-gambling leaders from Maryland met yesterday with their Pennsylvania counterparts, hoping to establish a defensive perimeter against the expansion of gambling in the Mid-Atlantic.