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Park Place Entertainment Corp.'s Caesars Entertainment-branded MasterCard debuted Monday with many credit officials and gaming foes attacking the bank-casino company partnerships

Almost five years after Nevada gaming regulators enacted rules tackling problem gambling, one of the state's leading problem gambling experts is calling on the Nevada Gaming Commission and the Nevada Gaming Control Board to revisit the subject.

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

John Grochowski: Let's wrap up the tour with a look at the area's best video poker.

News Brief: Deluged with more than 9,000 unsolicited resumes for only 300 jobs, Tennessee lottery officials have enlisted help in matching the right people with the right jobs.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $76 million. That's the largest current lottery jackpot in the nation.

News Brief: A chronic gambler who acknowledged embezzling nearly $1 million from the California State Employees Association will spend 30 months in a federal prison.

News Brief: Just five weeks before the opening of the 2004 legislative session, the future of slot machine gambling in Maryland, if there is one, is as muddled as ever.

The owner of the land, Archon Corp., said Friday it plans to build a hotel-casino anchored by a 600-foot ferris wheel at the Wet 'n Wild waterpark just south of the Sahara hotel-casino.

A prominent gambling addiction researcher kicked off a problem gambling conference by advising casino and gambling treatment representatives to establish a `commitment to the scientific method’.

News Brief: One-armed bandits are kinder to gamblers in Reno than Hopland, according to an internal Sho Ka Wah casino document that gives a rare glimpse into the business of Indian gaming.

News Brief: Alaska’s Senate pull-tab subcommittee will be holding public meetings to gather the public’s comments on the gambling proposal.

News Brief: More than half of all Kentucky adults gambled within the past year and 12% of Kentuckians could be at risk for developing acute gambling problems, according to a 120-page gambling study.

News Brief: After more than two years in seclusion and doubts about whether it would survive in captivity, a great hammerhead shark was released this week into a massive aquarium at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino.

News Brief: A stretch of Mississippi Delta about a half-hour's drive from Memphis has quickly become the nation's third-largest gambling destination, bringing riches, but also trouble to the once impoverished region.

Hoosier Park at Anderson concluded its ninth season of Thoroughbred racing Thursday, Dec. 4.

Alliance Gaming has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of 100% of the stock of Rail City Casino located in Sparks, Nevada, to The Sands Regent.

Archon plans to construct and operate a full facility hotel, casino and entertainment complex on its 27-acre parcel of land located at 2601 Las Vegas Boulevard South, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

John G. Brokopp: Harrah’s has already announced intentions to preserve the Horseshoe brand in Hammond. More important, they should stick by the old adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Star Brooks: Reno is getting set for the holiday season.