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News Brief: Governor Bill Richardson has signed a gambling agreement between the state and the Navajo Nation for a long-sought casino at the To'hajiilee chapter near Albuquerque.

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating competition issues concerning Harrah's pending $1.46 billion acquisition of Horseshoe Gaming.

The newest hotel-casino to open in Las Vegas claimed several other firsts when it checked in its first guests Thursday afternoon.

ews Brief: Governor John Baldacci renewed his promise to veto a bill that would allow off-track betting parlors, including one in Waterville, to install video gaming machines.

News Brief: U.S. Justice Department has asked Clear Channel Communications Inc. for information related to gambling advertisements run on some of its stations.

News Brief: The captain of the Alton Bell Casino boat was fired for helping rescue boaters who had crashed into the Melvin Price Dam.

News Brief: Southeastern Connecticut property owners are paying higher taxes because of the dramatic growth in the tourism industry, according to a new study.

Nearly half of Nevada's hotel-casinos have complied with a new state law requiring them to file emergency response plans with the state and local police and fire departments.

News Brief: With 17 state-licensed casinos in full operation and three more planned, gambling is in full swing, however Louisiana still has major economic woes.

Aztar Corporation is reopening of facilities at the company's flagship Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The election of Ernie Fletcher as governor of Kentucky almost surely will spur change within the state's racing industry, though execs say it’s too early to predict how the industry will change under the new administration.

News Briefs: The gloves have come off in the battle between New York's two most powerful political leaders over who is to blame for the lack of progress on casinos in the Catskills.

News Brief: The Agua Caliente tribe’s new $95 million gaming facility at Spa Resort Casino is the latest addition to the Coachella Valley’s tribal gaming scene, but there is much more activity on the California horizon.

News Brief: Construction crews continued to chip away at the remnants of a 100-foot-tall wall Wednesday at the collapsed parking garage at Tropicana Casino and Resort.

News Brief: Now that Indiana's Orange County voters have approved casino gambling, some see the decision as a panacea to prosperity, others believe that a Pandora's box has just been opened.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has recommended approval of a gaming license for an officer of the Hard Rock hotel-casino, but took the opportunity to criticize the property's risque advertising.

Two contracts were approved last week for the design, construction and equipping of a planned 2.3-mile extension of the monorail into downtown Las Vegas from the Sahara hotel-casino along Main Street to a station near the Fremont Street Experience.

News Brief: Racetrack owner, William J. Rickman Jr., is pushing for legislation to for slots at racetracks and says that he will cancel his proposed racetrack if the legislation is not passed.

News Brief: Supporters of a proposal to bring casinos and video slot machines to Massachusetts abandoned their efforts today, opting to withdraw the amendment from a Senate jobs bill currently being debated.

A subsidiary of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. claims delays on the part of Nevada Power Co. are holding up plans to build a power plant at The Rio hotel-casino and have cost the company more than $1.5 million.