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News Brief: Total handle on Thoroughbred racing in the United States and Canada increased by only 0.9% in 2003, according to the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and Equibase.

ews Brief: Kentucky legislative leaders, however, continue to downplay the chances of passage of any bill to expand gambling.

News Brief: Casinos No!, the group behind successful campaigns to block new gambling ventures in Maine says it will find the money it needs to continue its fight.

News Brief: The debate over slot machines at harness racing tracks shifts to the State House on Wednesday when a legislative committee takes up Gov. John Baldacci's plan to create a gambling commission to regulate the industry.

A Nevada man became a millionaire Friday after playing $1.50 on a two cent progressive machine at the Atlantis Casino resort.

Justin Timberlake is up for grabbing more than one Grammy at the 46th Grammy Awards, according to Internet bookmakers Intertops.com.

News Brief: Two women in Ohio are in hot dispute over a $162m lottery win - after one said she had lost the jackpot ticket.

News Brief: The thick, wet blanket of snow that fell ahead of New Year’s Day didn’t keep Carson City casinos from packing in patrons.

Opponents and planners of a new resort in Summerlin met for four hours Monday night in an effort to find a compromise design for the new Red Rock Station.

An Oklahoma woman feels she's entitled to a $42.9 million payment after hitting a jackpot on a quarter machine at the Mandalay Bay Resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

News Brief: Businesses found disobeying Gov. Bob Wise’s ban against gambling ads have had their gambling machines cut-off. Some businesses are complaining that the ban is unfair.

News Brief: To the world, Nevada is all about slot machines and a roll of the dice. But now the state is about to begin selling a new vision of Nevada.

News Brief: Some Mohegan Sun employees have been denied insurance coverage for prescription medicine since the first of the year because of a computer glitch, according to casino officials.

News Brief: The El Dorado County and the Shingle Springs band of Miwok Indians are temporarily satisfied with the outcome of a state lawsuit which was intended to stall or prevent eventual construction of a casino-hotel in Shingle Springs.

News Brief: Big parties, beautiful weather and high-rollers buoyed by a rising stock market helped to bring about a strong four-day New Year's holiday weekend for four Atlantic City casinos.

Not one high-rolling gambler played in the Strip's three private casinos between March 1 and Nov. 30, the Gaming Control Board reported Monday.

Visitors to Las Vegas have a newfound belief that the city is as vulnerable as the rest of the nation to terror attacks, an MRC Group Research Institute survey released Monday showed.

A selection of news and views from Atlantic City this week.

American Casino & Entertainment Properties has agreed to acquire Arizona Charlie's Decatur and Arizona Charlie's Boulder, two casinos in Las Vegas.

News Brief: Indiana officials say they hope to encourage greater accountability with new regulations that will require Indiana bingo parlors to set aside a certain percentage of profits for charity, regardless of the expenses the parlors face.