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Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.has plans for a $165 million expansion of the Harrah's Rincon hotel-casino owned by the Rincon San Luiseno Band of Mission Indians.

Frank Scoblete's Gamblers Jamboree is coming to Isleta Casino and Resort on December 6.

News Brief: Lehman Brothers bankers told an executive committee of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority that the state should consider selling control of the Meadowlands and Monmouth Park to a private investor.

News Brief: Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa was a boon for the gaming industry's top line and a bust for its profits line in the third quarter.

News Brief: Hours after Sands Casino Hotel reported a heist of more than $140,000 in chips, police arrested a man in connection with the crime when he showed up at Superior Court to be sentenced for an unrelated crime.

News Brief: The president of Vernon Downs said he would step aside if his past criminal convictions hurt the racetrack's chances of opening a casino.

News Brief: Mohegan Sun opened a new slot machine room over the weekend, hosting a by-invitation-only tournament on 261 new machines installed in the 7,000-square-foot space formerly occupied by the poker room.

News Brief: A daughter of the late Chicago mob boss William `Willie Potatoes’ Daddano was sentenced to a year in federal prison for destroying bookmaking records.

ews Brief: Two powerful Colorado legislators said they will push for changes in the state's management of the Conservation Trust Fund, a $43 million pot of lottery profits that is supposed to pay for parks and recreation.

News Brief: The University of Washington announced disciplinary action against 12 athletic department employees, including football coach Keith Gilbertson and compliance officer Dana Richardson, for participation in gambling pools on college basketball.

News Brief: The state will not conduct field audits of Wisconsin's American Indian casinos until state regulators are trained on details of the tribes' new gaming compacts.

News Brief: Regulators say riverboat casino didn't report theft of $10,000 quickly enough

News Brief: A Des Moines Register Iowa Poll conducted in September found that 69 percent of adults opposed more casinos in Iowa, although a majority believed gambling has been good for the state.

News Brief: The Tamarack Junction Casino and Restaurant takes its plans to nearly triple its size to the Reno City Council this morning.

News Brief: Casinos No! has not decided whether to campaign against the so-called racino proposed for Saco.

News Brief: Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino will pay the state a total of $33.6 million from their slot machine revenues in October, the casinos reported Monday.

News Brief: A heart patient got a little too much excitement at the Foxwoods Resort Casino.

News Brief: Arson and conspiracy charges were dropped against a man accused of setting a blaze that destroyed the historic Moulin Rouge casino.

News Brief: Flint, Romulus, and Monroe County are all vying for a possible American Indian-owned casino.