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News Brief: With good road access and proximity to a large city, Danbury is seen as a good spot for a new casino.

News Brief: The NCAA cited the University of Washington on Tuesday for lack of institutional control in the gambling flap that led to football coach Rick Neuheisel’s firing, the coach's lawyer said.

News Brief: Two Maine Indian tribes and the group Casinos No! want a state court to take back a conditional racing license awarded to Penn National Gaming.

News Brief: In a narrow vote, Wyoming lawmakers chose to take a chance and support a bill that would allow the state to get into the lottery game.

News Brief: Lawmakers could give horse breeders and racetrack owners in Indiana a reprieve today as Republican leaders in the state Senate propose an increase in the state's horse-racing subsidy.

Since no winning ticket correctly matched all six winning numbers last night, the jackpot has been pushed to an estimated $215 million for Friday's drawing, a new Mega Millions jackpot record.

News Brief: A federal excise tax on wagers taken by sports and race books and keno games would be abolished under a provision attached by Sen. Harry Reid to the six-year, $318 billion transportation bill that passed the U.S. Senate late last week.

News Brief: Maine Harness Racing Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a conditional license for Penn National Gaming Inc. to operate Bangor Raceway.

News Brief: The Nipmuc Nation with hopes of becoming a gambling powerhouse is keeping its options wide open when it comes to a casino location.

News Brief: Detroit's three permanent casinos -- or at least two of them -- got a step closer to reality Tuesday, but it's a small step.

News Brief: Hancock County residents and leaders went to the Statehouse Tuesday, asking that residents of the four counties having racetracks be allowed to vote on whether to permit casino gambling.

News Brief: After almost 18 months of work, Michigan’s congressional lawmakers are losing hope they will be able to clear the way for an Indian casino near Port Huron's Thomas Edison Inn.

News Brief: Clark County commissioners unanimously approved an agreement that will govern relations with the Cowlitz tribe if it develops 152 acres west of La Center junction. It is anticipated that the tribe will use the land for a casino.

News Brief: By 10 in the morning on its opening day, about a thousand patrons had already flooded the Finger Lakes Race Track.

News Brief: It appears that gambling legislation in Kentucky won't yield any results this year.

News Brief: A part of Governor Kathleen Sebelius' plan authorizes up to 2,500 VLTs at existing pari-mutuel tracks without voters’ approval.

News Brief: No casino supporters were at the Great Falls city meeting to protest the extension of a six-month moratorium on where casinos can be located.

The negotiations between Hard Rock hotel-casino and lawyers for the Nevada Gaming Control Board towards a possible settlement of the board's Jan. 21 complaint involving the Hard Rock's advertising campaigns have been extended.