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News Brief: Not a single vote has yet been taken this legislative session regarding gambling, but interested parties have already opened their checkbooks, buying billboards, radio ad newspaper ads and mailing information to lawmakers and business leaders.

News Brief: Illinois officials are removing a key member of the gambling board's staff who recommended against Rosemont.

News Brief: The Mississippi College Board is expected to decide today whether to request an attorney general's opinion on the University of Southern Mississippi offering a casino-related degree program.

News Brief: State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wants a moratorium on recognition of American Indian tribes, while lawmakers in Hartford considered a bill that would limit tribes to opening casinos only on their reservations.

News Brief: Resorts Atlantic City won regulatory approval Wednesday for a $40 million financing that will buy 10 acres next door.

News Brief: A Senate committee on Wednesday began working on legislation that could bring state-owned casinos to Kansas.

Tuesday afternoon, Pojoaque Pueblo tribal members and guests gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the four-star Buffalo Thunder Resort.

News Brief: The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has purchased a 92.7-acre tract of land in Shullsburg, Wisconsin on where a casino will be located.

News Brief: Despite an associated 25 percent decline in Tri-State Megabucks sales since July 1, Vermont lottery officials are satisfied with their decision to join 24 states offering the multimillion Powerball game.

News Brief: The Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians may turn to the Mohegans, one of the biggest forces in tribal gambling, for help for its projects.

News Brief: Colorado lawmakers in the House of Representatives have passed a resolution calling for Indian casinos that might be built in Colorado by out-of- state tribes to abide by state rules and regulations.

A temporary 20-cent fuel surcharge approved by the Nevada Taxicab Authority in September has become permanent.

News Brief: Governor Tim Pawlenty appeared to open the door to an expansion of gambling on Tuesday.

Local tourism experts say Tuesday's arrival of Philippine Airlines Flight 106 represents a double boost in international travel for Southern Nevada.

News Brief: Dealers at Bally's, Caesars and Hilton called in Teamsters Local 331 to help get stable wages, a lower threshold for full-time benefits and better treatment from management.

News Brief: Account wagering company AmericaTab has filed a request with the Oregon Racing Commission to begin taking wagers on foreign races.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao kicked off a National Hispanic Worker initiative Tuesday with a $1.9 million grant geared to recruit and motivate workers for Southern Nevada's gaming and hospitality industry.

News Brief: New York's expansion of lottery games and casinos may cause an increase of more than 50 percent in problem gambling, according to an expert.

With the U.S. economy crawling back from the doldrums, those in the nation's trade show and exhibition industry this week expressed renewed confidence their recently moribund sector is on its way to a strong recovery beginning this year and continuing in 2005.