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A selection of news and views from inside the gaming industry this week.

News Brief: Gambling promoters poured millions of dollars into lobbying and campaign contributions in a behind-the-scenes effort to expand gambling at racetracks, casinos and betting parlors in New York, state records show.

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

News Brief: Nationally, legalizing gambling has taken a political front seat in many states.

News Brief: The eleven New Mexico tribes that own casinos brought in more than $112.5 million in slot machine net wins during Q3. That's up from the more than $107 million in net wins reported for Q3 2002.

News Brief: An Indiana regulation that allows some Orange County officials to communicate with casino companies outside the public eye is raising concern that those charged with selecting the state's newest casino operator could be swayed by quiet negotiations and gifts.

News Brief: The owner of a company that hopes to bring slot machines to a Bangor harness race track acknowledged his connection to a group that's been advocating against racinos in other Maine cities, but said he knew nothing about it.

In addition to the possible purchase of a major Las Vegas resort, a real estate limited partnership controlled by investor Carl Icahn is making other moves in an apparent attempt to consolidate and grow its gaming investments, experts say.

inion's Horseshoe is behind on its payments to the Internal Revenue Service for employee payroll withholding taxes. The IRS has placed a federal tax lien on hotel-casino, claiming some $5 million in taxes are past due.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air is ending its service from Las Vegas to Denver and shifting resources to nearby Colorado Springs and Fort Collins, Colorado.

The Roadhouse Casino is expected to re-open under new ownership and management this evening after having been closed for more than a year.

The course California elects to take on expanding gambling to clip the state's budget deficit has industry experts concerned about the possible impact on Nevada.

The two newest developments planned on the Strip, Wynn Las Vegas and The Venetian II, are shaping up as a pair of titans challenging the rest of the industry for uppercrust convention business.

ews Brief: Families of two ironworkers killed when the casino garage they were building in Atlantic City, New Jersey, collapsed filed a lawsuit Wednesday.

News Brief: With Washington State expected to face a budget shortfall of up to $800 million in 2005-2006, Olympia continues to look at ways to cash in on gambling.

News Brief: The Dane County Board of Supervisors passed two resolutions last night concerning the expansion of Ho-Chunk Nation's DeJope gaming facility in Madison, Wisconsin.

News Brief: Gloucester's newest casino ship is attracting customers from Cape Ann and retaining clients from its summer port in Lynn, according to its owners.

Frank Scoblete: In a time when many casinos have become lock stepped in a narrow corporate-think that attempts to soak every last dime from the players, seemingly incapable of understanding that players’ bankrolls and their desire to play losing session after losing session are not infinite, the Isleta Casino Resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico is breaking the mold and it’s breaking it big time.

Nevada's taxable sales jumped 12 percent in September over the same month a year ago, the second double-digit increase in the important economic indicator in as many months, the Department of Taxation reported Tuesday.