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News Brief: Money from nontribal casinos and bowling alleys is powering Tim Eyman's initiative campaign widen the use of electronic slot machines.

News Brief: University of Cincinnati researchers say selling Ohio Lottery tickets over the Internet could add $1.18 billion in lottery sales over five years.

News Brief: California’s race for slots has been whittled down to two gambling proposals.

The property made plans to reopen Wednesday as tourists gawked at the idled Las Vegas Strip resort, subject of the longest single power outage on the Strip in recent memory.

News Brief: The Illinois Gaming Board plans to hold a special meeting Tuesday to discuss whether to hire an investigator who would examine the suitability of Rosemont as a casino site.

News Brief: The House overwhelmingly voted for legislation that would oversee the operation of racinos in Maine, including a 1,500-slot limit and a smaller share of the winnings to the owners of the track.

News Brief: Delta Blues Casino president Charles Preiser got final approval Monday for his Greenville casino and blues museum.

New Jersey's casinos won 4.3 percent more last month than they did in March 2003, but the boost was due mainly to the addition of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa to the market, according to data released Monday.

News Brief: A professional gambler has emerged victorious after betting everything on a single spin of a roulette wheel in Las Vegas.

Isleta Pueblo's governor has apologized for an Isleta casino ad that suggested people could pay their debts by gambling.

The Golden Nugget casinos in downtown Las Vegas and Laughlin today reported a profit of $2.9 million for 2003, up from a loss of $529,000 for 2002 primarily due to increased operating efficiency at the properties.

News Brief: Robert L. Johnson, the billionaire founder and CEO of Black Entertainment Television, may be joining the competition for a gambling franchise in Pennsylvania.

News Brief: Several avenues to a popular vote on slots this fall seemed to close Monday in Maryland, along with the chance of legalizing slot machine gambling this year.

News Brief: The $137.5 million in Louisiana riverboat revenues for March mark the third consecutive year-over-year decline for the month, dating to a high of nearly $155 million in March 2001.

The continuing power outage at the Bellagio has left many of the megaresort's 8,000 workers out of work and without pay for at least a day.

News Brief: Pac Ten presidents have accepted the recommended penalties against the University of Washington for gambling.

News Brief: Iowa Senate Republicans gave new hope Monday to counties lobbying for riverboat casinos even as they fired a hard curveball at racetracks in Dubuque and Polk County seeking a Statehouse deal on tax rates.

The nation's second-largest shopping center owner on Monday stepped up to Las Vegas' brightest stage with its reported $1.5 billion acquisition of The Venetian's Grand Canal Shoppes and future considerations.

News Brief: Under a court-approved settlement, MotorCity Casino and Greektown Casino will pay $79 million to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

Winter's chill did little to cool off Las Vegas' white-hot tourism industry in recent months as the city enjoyed its third consecutive best-ever month in February.