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News Brief: A group of local lawmakers trying to bring more state casino revenue to southeastern Connecticut heard what they hoped to hear Monday morning in a meeting with House Speaker.

Aristocrat Technologies' Millioni$er progressive video slots awarded $500,000 to a lucky player at Connecticut's Mohegan Sun.

News Brief: A Mohegan Sun employee who was cooperating with the FBI attended a party at the Uncasville home of co-worker LeLe Lam last November and secretly recorded a game of Pai Gow, according to a court document.

News Brief: The president of the Norwich city police union filed a complaint Tuesday alleging that the police station was used Saturday for an illegal NASCAR gambling ring in which the on-duty shift commander and numerous off-duty police officers participated.

News Brief: Foxwoods, the world largest casino, is celebrating it’s thirteenth birthday.

News Brief: Governor M. Jodi Rell's proposed budget contains good and bad news for the towns surrounding the state's two Indian casinos, representatives here and across the region said Wednesday.

News Brief: With a page from the playbook of Las Vegas gambling giants, Connecticut's Indian casinos are taking their act nationwide in a bid to create wagering empires stretching from coast to coast.

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority reports that net revenues for the Mohegan Sun for the Q1 2005 increased by $12.3 million, or 4.0%, to $319.3 million from $307.0 million for Q1 2004.

Foxwoods Resort Casino, one of the world's largest casinos, will be getting bigger under a new plan approved by the Mashantucket Pequots' Tribal Council.

News Brief: A $25 million Mohegan Sun ad campaign launched this week aims to convince consumers that there's a world of entertainment surrounding its two casinos.

News Brief: On an average night, Foxwoods Resort Casino attracts 50,000 visitors. But New Year's Eve is not an average night

News Brief: You can count on the Beauregards and tens of thousands of others to visit Eastern Connecticut's two Indian casinos.

The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has completed its offer to the holders of its 7 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 to exchange such notes for an equal amount of its newly issued 7 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014.

News Brief: All this week, Barbara Wolberg of Newton wrestled with whether to buy her son a Texas Hold 'Em poker set for his 16th birthday, which falls on Christmas Day.

TransAct Technologies Incorporated , a subsidiary of International Game Technology , reports that they have signed an agreement for the integration of TransAct's Epic 950 printer to become a standard option on all IGT slot machine platforms.

News Brief; Donald Trump is offering to drop his breach of contract lawsuit against the Eastern Pequot tribe and the casino investors who replaced him in exchange for a half a billion dollars.

News Brief: Foxwoods Resort Casino's $99 million Rainmaker expansion added its final element this holiday weekend -- a valet parking area that would add 800 spaces to the casino.

News Brief: Catering to a predominantly Asian clientele on Thanksgiving Day, then hosting diverse crowds of gamblers over the long holiday weekend, is an annual tradition at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun.

The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the operators of Mohegan Sun, announced today that Robert Soper has been designated to become President and Chief Executive Officer of Pocono Downs and five Pennsylvania off-track wagering operations.