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Tribal sovereignty, gaming regulations, inter-governmental cooperation and media coverage will be among the issues discussed at the 9th annual Western Indian Gaming Conference.

Agreeing with Governor Schwarzenegger that increasing jobs should be the state's top priority, CMIGA underscored that Indian gaming casinos have created 42,000 new jobs in recent years.

Hollywood's inner circle will put it all on the table in the premiere episode of the World Poker Tour: Hollywood Home Game.

Average daily on-track attendance for the 2003/04 Tropical at Calder meet was 4,816, representing a 5.4-percent decrease from the previous year's average of 5,090.

News Brief: Operators of Carnine Little League's bingo hall has been accused of gambling away more than $760,000 meant for charity.

News Brief: The casino industry continued to slowly recover from the disastrous blow caused by the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., as visitor volumes and gaming receipts slowly crept toward their pre-September 11 levels.

Another piece of Las Vegas history will close next week to make way for The Venetian's second Las Vegas resort on the corner of Twain Avenue and the Strip, across from Wynn Resorts' new hotel-casino.

News Brief: Record-holding Powerball winner Jack Whittaker faces an assault charge after a bar fight over the weekend.

The Internal Revenue Service has placed a second tax lien on Binion's Horseshoe for unpaid employee payroll withholding taxes.

Only in Las Vegas did the FBI require all hotel operators to surrender guest lists and airlines to turn over arriving passenger manifests, sources at the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.

Summerlin homeowners and Station Casinos struck a tentative compromise Tuesday, agreeing to a 198-foot tower at the gaming company's proposed resort, Red Rock Station, sources said.

The Palms hotel-casino has settled one dispute with the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 while another dispute remains unresolved as it makes its way through the appeals process of the National Labor Relations Board.

News Brief: The head of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling implored a meeting room of casino opponents to work as hard as they can to keep a full-blown gambling hall out of Madison, Wisconsin.

News Brief: Supporters of a proposed casino and citizens against gambling faced off in Hampton to hear a report on the gaming industry in Iowa from Wes Ehrecke, president of the Iowa Gaming Association.

News Brief: The executive director of the Missouri Gaming Commission is drafting a proposal to allow problem gamblers choose to ban themselves from casinos for a period of years instead of a lifetime ban.

News Brief: A judge says both the Trump Taj Mahal and the Bank of New York share the blame in a case of where a swindler bilked the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort out of $370,000 in chips.

News Brief: Outgoing Governor Mike Foster has decided to not sign a deal that would allow a central Louisiana Indian tribe to open a casino near Logansport.

Northwest Indiana should be considered as your gaming destination if your from the Chicago area. Jack Binion's Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana is reviewed.