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News Brief: Since last June, the emergence of Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln, California, has created a firestorm of reaction casinos in Placer County to Northern Nevada.

The Culinary Training Academy, a nonprofit partnership of the Culinary union and 24 resort operators, on Friday announced it will launch a first-of-its-kind ad blitz next week to recruit workers for the gaming industry.

News Brief: In less than 20 years' time, the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians has gone from lending a hand in the building of its Capay Valley bingo hall to overseeing the opening of a full-fledged resort.

News Brief: The latest deal to put a casino in Rosemont has been loudly questioned by both Governor Rod Blagojevich and Attorney General Lisa Madigan, but they are hardly working in tandem when it comes to confronting the riverboat controversy.

News Brief: Cherokee Casino, which is owned by the Cherokee Nation, has purchased Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Oklahoma.

As part of a move by Harrah's Entertainment Inc. to settle all pending claims against Binion's Horseshoe, Harrah's has paid a former dealer who alleged wrongful firing $25,760 in backpay.

The Aladdin reported a $4.1 million profit in February, reversing the $402,122 loss reported in January and the $4.1 million deficit recorded in December.

Orlando-based discount carrier AirTran Airways will continue its expansion in Las Vegas with nonstop round trips to and from the Quad Cities on the Iowa-Illinois border.

Former Horseshoe workers both literally and figuratively moved closer to their old jobs Thursday after they met with officials from Harrah's Entertainment Corp.

News Brief: Powerball lottery tickets went on sale at 390 sites around North Dakota late Thursday morning.

News Brief: New York Assemblymen Joseph Morelle, David Gantt, and State Senator Joseph Robach have introduced legislation to allow video lottery terminals on Rochester’s fast ferry.

News Brief: The City Council of Kenmore, Washington, has decided to let voters decide whether they ought to allow gambling within the city limits.

News Brief: National Indian Gaming Commission has ruled that the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma may not legally operate the Wyandotte 7th Street Casino across the street from City Hall in Kansas City, Kansas.

News Brief: Acting Mayor Marvin Pratt and County Executive Scott Walker announced an initiative to determine whether the Potawatomi Bingo Casino should move downtown, an idea tribal leaders greeted cautiously.

News Brief: An Asian prostitution ring conspired with six Atlantic City casino employees to sell sexual services to favored gamblers, authorities said Thursday.

News Brief: The Wayne County Election Commission rejected petitions for the recall of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and five members of the Detroit City Council. The petitioner opposed the city's decision to revise development agreements with local casinos.

News Brief: Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan has publicly linked Rosemont and its mayor to the mob and has threatened to thwart a deal to open a casino in the suburb unless regulators fully explain why they backed the proposal.

News Brief: A 25-year-old Greenwood woman claimed the $6.5 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot, four months after she bought the winning ticket at a Shelbyville gas station.

This May, the legendary Catalina Casino will celebrate its 75th Anniversary.

News Brief: Comments made to Lac du Flambeau Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians spokesman Carl Edwards are fueling a dispute over a proposed Wisconsin tribal casino.