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News Brief: Some New York OTB parlors are hoping for waivers that will allow their customers to smoke.

News Brief: Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas condemns Governor Carcieri’s call for the Narragansett Indian Tribe’s proposed casino to hand over the same percentage of slot machine taxes paid by Lincoln Park and Newport Grand.

Delays in dealing effectively with the burgeoning growth of online gaming is compounding the competitive and regulatory challenges it poses for Las Vegas, industry experts said this week.

Wheel of Fortune slots hit twice on Saturday in Las Vegas paying the two winners a total of nearly $5 million.

News Brief: Gambling interests opened their checkbooks wide last year to Maryland’s governor, Senate President and other state leaders who supported legalizing slot machines, campaign finance reports show.

News Brief: The hearing to determine whether the Shinnecocks should be allowed to open a casino on their land in Hampton Bays, New York.

News Brief: Many in Lafayette County as afraid Governor Jim Doyle may be trumping their chances for building a casino by giving Dane County first crack at Las Vegas-style gambling.

News Brief: Minnesota lawmakers heard testimony about four casino proposals that their sponsors said would produce hundreds of millions of dollars.

Tim Poster and Tom Breitling have received approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission for their $215 million takeover of the downtown and Laughlin Golden Nugget hotel-casinos.

News Brief: If Capital OTB lands a New York license to have video lottery terminals at its, Albany officials are looking for a piece of the action.

News Brief: California started tribal compact negotiations Thursday in a meeting with the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and six other tribes.

News Brief: According to a Shelby County commissioner, an amendment that would allow casinos in the county is a long shot worth launching.

Harrah’s says they will continue the World Series of Poker after it has purchased Binion’s Horseshoe.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $55 million.

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. today said it signed a definitive agreement to purchase Binion's Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas and is working to re-open the historic hotel-casino.

The Hard Rock hotel-casino could face a fine of as much as $300,000 after the state Gaming Control Board filed a three-count complaint against the Las Vegas resort over its advertising on Wednesday.

News Brief: The chairman of the Mississippi Gaming Commission says he believes the Mississippi Gulf Coast is ready for another casino.

News Brief: Five months away from completing a $115 million hotel expansion, Resorts Atlantic City is developing plans for another major project next door.

More than four years and a litany of legal arguments later, Taj Mahal paid $60,000 to settle Division of Gaming Enforcement civil charges that it violated state equal-employment opportunity rules.

News Brief: A company’s demand for mining rights in a levee system may prevent a proposed $90 million casino from going ahead.