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News Brief: Republican leaders of the Alaska state House are pushing ahead on video poker and a state lottery and are pointing to a new poll as evidence that Alaskans are interested in more gambling.

ews Brief: Kentucky Governor Paul Patton has urged the state lottery to launch a Keno game to raise more money for college scholarships, and lottery officials will discuss the proposal tomorrow.

Las Vegas recently enjoyed its best September in three years, but the city's tourism industry continues to lag behind its peak level set in 2000.

News Brief: Governor Rendell is fighting a daily battle to turn an outlawed industry into one of Pennsylvania’s largest sources of revenue.

News Brief: Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is expected to unveil a deal reached with the bankrupt Emerald Casino that is aimed at freeing up the firm's unused casino license for sale to another gambling operation.

News Brief: A casino shark, of the fish not the loan variety, is leaving the Mohegan Sun Casino for New Jersey.

Tribal, state and national regulators charged with overseeing the conduct of tribal government gaming in California will converge in Sacramento Thursday and Friday for the California Tribal Gaming Regulatory Summit.

News Brief : Operators of established racinos will have to be more inventive as other states climb onto the racino bandwagon, according to industry executives at the Racino 2003 Conference.

News Brief: The Maryland Tax Education Foundation has released a report refuting arguments made by the owners of horse racing tracks that they will wither if they do not get slot machines.

ews Brief: Despite spending millions of dollars to defeat Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's recall candidacy, some of California's wealthiest Indian tribes are actively pursuing him and his plan to renegotiate their gaming compacts.

News Brief: Rockaway Beach residents will be able to decide in February whether to bring a casino to their struggling town.

News Brief: Tropicana Casino & Resort took another step toward normalcy Tuesday afternoon, when authorities allowed the casino to reopen the walkway over Pacific Avenue and the other half of its parking garage.

ews Brief: Kentucky's horse-racing industry plans to ask the General Assembly to put the controversial issue of racetrack slot machines on the November 2004 ballot as a constitutional amendment.

News Brief: As part of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and Stations Casino’s push to build a gambling hall in Sonoma County, they have given the local community a $4.2-million option to buy nearly 1,700 acres along the environmentally sensitive San Francisco Bay.

News Brief: A northwest Indiana woman gave her husband a fatal dose of insulin so he would not discover that she had spent some of his savings, authorities said.

News Brief: Slot machine legislation has a 50-50 chance of passing in Pennsylvania this year, and any successful bill will have to allow slots at non-racetrack settings, according to an aide to the state's lawmakers.

ws Brief: The New Mexico Racing Commission will hear from the four groups seeking the license during public hearings today and Thursday.

News Brief: South Carolina Baptists has passed a resolution to opposethe Catawba Indians creating more gambling venues in the state.

News Brief: Colorado’s tourism industry is eyeing casino revenue stream as a possible source for promotion funding.

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