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News Brief: Organizers and developers hope a sprawling casino and entertainment complex in Country Club Hills would beat out other casino plans soon to be paraded before Illinois gaming regulators.

News Brief: An Indiana bill would take gambling winnings from deadbeat parents to give to their children.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plans to expand tribal gaming could further hurt already struggling smaller markets in Nevada and drive up costs in Las Vegas, according to industry experts.

Archon Corporation reports the closing of the purchase of the fee ownership of the Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada on December 29, 2003.

THEhotel at Mandalay Bay ushers in a new model of understated luxury to the Las Vegas Strip, affording guests a haven of sophistication and service on par with the best boutique hotels in the world.

News Brief: Calumet City aldermen and lawyers are expected to meet behind closed doors today to discuss land acquisition for a casino, possibly one run by a Native American gaming company.

News Brief: Don King has been able to sign casino partnerships for big fights in Atlantic City without holding a casino license. The Division of Gaming Enforcement say they’re fed up with his tactics.

Trump Taj Mahal has launched ‘The $100,000 Apprentice Challenge,’ in which gamblers compete by selecting the losing and winning contestants of the reality show, ‘The Apprentice’.

News Brief: Even though Pete Rose named them as his bookies, the allegations are from so long ago that gambling charges likely can't be brought against them.

News Brief: The South Carolina lottery has provided more than $429 million to pay for scholarships and education programs since it began selling tickets two years ago.

News Brief: Iowa riverboats and racetracks report that gamblers left behind a record $529 million, up 9 percent from a year earlier.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air said today that on March 3 it will begin non-stop flights five days per week between Peoria, Illinois, and Las Vegas.

ews Brief: An Illinois judge set bail at $25,000 for a Chicago Board Options Exchange clerk accused of swiping her co-workers' winning $175,000 lottery ticket.

News Brief: A report from the Dane County Regional Planning Commission staff on the economic impact of a casino in Madison was discarded by city and county officials as insignificant.

News Brief: Wood County commissioners are pushing to change West Virginia code so counties can have authority to control where video lottery establishments locate in unincorporated areas.

News Brief: A half a dozen California tribes are agreeing to ante up $1.5 million each to derail a move to end their monopoly on Nevada-style casinos.

News Brief: An environmental impact statement for the Royal D'Iberville Hotel and Casino has been completed, and the favorable results mean a casino could open in D'Iberville within two years.

News Brief: The Mohegan Tribe has invested in a gaming and entertainment facility planned by the Kenosha, Wisconsin-based Menominee tribe, and will sit on the board overseeing its development.

News Brief: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed a negotiator to hammer out new accords with California tribes operating casinos that the governor has said could pay up to $2 billion in gambling revenue to close the state's budget shortfall.

Concern about the relationship of strip-club owner Rick Rizzolo to prospective Golden Nugget buyers prompted the Gaming Control Board to tack a one-year limitation on the duo's license recommendation.