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News Brief: State legislators on Tuesday said they would propose laws to prevent conflicts of interest at the Colorado Lottery.

News Brief: Many state lotteries are under investigation due to tough economic times and employees being more comfortable whistle-blowing on questionable situations.

MGM Mirage confirmed Tuesday it still has its sights on developing a new casino in Macau, but said reports over the weekend of an imminent deal between Stanley Ho and the Las Vegas gaming giant were premature.

News Brief: Resorts Atlantic City reports earnings were hammered by the effects of its major expansion project.

News Brief: The Atlantic City industry as a whole endured bad weather to win $336.5 million from gamblers in January, up 9.7 percent from January last year. The new Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa drove the big gain with gross winnings of $47.4 million.

News Brief: 55 Ho–Chunk Nation employees have been laid off, including 35 people from the Baraboo Casino.

News Brief: Ohio’s horse industry leaders face a deadline today on deciding whether they can support a proposal that could bring legalized gambling to racetracks but would also include off-track casinos.

After three straight months of gains, winnings at Nevada casinos slumped in December by 1 percent compared to December 2002 as table game revenue weakened.

News Brief: Kanawha County officials say they are getting an unclear response from North Carolina officials about their plans to restrict the locations of businesses with video gambling terminals.

The top executive of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Tuesday quietly received a $9,360 annual pay raise and $23,400 bonus for his role in leading the city's tourism industry through a struggling U.S. economy and the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

News Brief: Kansas Senate President Dave Kerr says expanded gambling would produce little if any new revenue for the state.

Local tourism officials are confident their latest round of television advertisements will effectively cross cultural lines thanks largely to a message told in black, white and varying shades of gray.

News Brief: The Parkersburg city council amended a video lottery ordinance to exempt businesses that have filed a lottery commission application by Feb. 20 from the stricter rules.

News Brief: Attorney General Lisa Madigan says that she and other law enforcement officials, and the Illinois Gaming Board, have concerns about locating a casino in Rosemont in light of its proximity to O'Hare International Airport.

More than 100 former Castaways workers turned out Tuesday for help at a one-stop re-employment assistance center even while the new owner of the hotel-casino confirmed several businesses have expressed an interest in buying the property.

ews Brief: A Southern California county supervisor says that he would support legalizing gambling statewide if voters reject a $15 billion bond in March to bail the state out of debt.

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman has renewed his call for local tourism officials to take legal action against the National Football League over its perceived anti-Las Vegas policies.

Pinnacle Entertainment has been picked as the developer of choice for a new gaming location in south St. Louis County.

Terrible's Casino & Hotel celebrated its third anniversary by offering gamblers a pair of sweet six-hour deals that most gamblers can only dream about.

What happens here, may stay here. But unfortunately for many local businesses, it seems a growing number of visitors' dollars didn't even make the trip this past year.