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News Brief: Penobscot Nation and Passamaquoddy Tribe are asking Maine lawmakers to amend the governor's emergency gambling bill to require an ‘open selection process’ for slot machine licensees.

News Brief: A Palm Springs tribe has proposed an initiative that would give Indian casinos almost unlimited gaming in California. In return, tribes would pay the state the equivalent of the corporate income tax that California collects from other businesses.

Don't bet on the drought prompting Las Vegas casino developers to quit building water-themed resorts, industry experts said Wednesday.

Gaming industry sources have expressed confidence this week's Chinese New Year celebration will attract plenty of high-rolling revelers as they ring in the Year of the Monkey.

News Brief: Evangeline Downs opened its casino in Opelousas to fanfare last month, attracting 123,279 people who bet $3.4 million on the racetrack’s 1,627 slot machines from December 19-31.

News Brief: A proposed New Jersey Senate committee that would oversee legislation involving the state’s casino, horse racing, and tourism industries would make a study of slot machines at racetracks a major priority.

The Mega Millions estimated jackpot is expected to grow to $51 million for the Friday, January 23, 2004 drawing.

The owner of the Castaways hotel-casino lost $1.6 million in December and is projected to lose another $1.3 million in January, according to a filing this week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

he Meskwaki tribal official has denied the group would pay millions to keep a casino out of eastern Iowa.

The Illinois Gaming Board's chairwoman on Tuesday said she was pleased the state received bids from seven companies vying for the state's unused 10th casino license, now held by the bankrupt Emerald Casino.

News Brief: Indiana’s share of casino taxes is running $4.4 million ahead of projections for the fiscal year.

News Brief: Rhode Island’s Governor Carcieri is putting forward two pieces of legislation that would act to keep a casino at bay.

A Mediterranean restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas Resort in Henderson has been named to AAA's Four-Diamond List.

For the second time in six years, the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources has approved a permit for casino development in D'Iberville.

News Brief: The Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma will open a small, temporary gambling operation in Miami, Oklahoma.

News Brief: Governor Pataki’s plan to set aside $100 million in matching funds for city schools and turn $325 million in video lottery proceeds into a statewide education fund drew fire from Democratic legislators.

News Brief: Colorado's casino industry reported a 3 percent revenue decline during 2003, the first annual dip in the industry's 12-year history.

News Brief: The Mississippi’s House Gaming committee's creation has been met with both applause and concern.

Wall Street worry about one-year limitations on gaming licenses for the prospective owners of the Golden Nugget is expected to prompt the buyers' lawyers to ask the Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday to extend the limitations to four years, industry insiders said.

News Brief: Examining the addition of slot machines at state racetracks would be top priority for a newly proposed Senate committee that would oversee legislation involving the state's casino, horse-racing and tourism industries.