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AngelCiti Entertainment, Inc. has retained OTC Financial Network, a division of National Financial Communications Corp., to implement a comprehensive investor relations program.

Calder Race Course reports average daily on-track attendance for the 2004/05 Tropical at Calder meet was 4,408, representing an 8.5-percent decrease from the previous year's average of 4,816.

News Brief: The Seminole Coconut Creek Casino is on the verge of a major makeover, a move that is expected to put the gambling hall on par with the glitzy Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and Casino in Hollywood.

Magna Entertainment Corp.’s parent company, MI Developments Inc. has agreed to provide project financing for the reconstruction of facilities at Gulfstream Park race track in Florida of $115 million and at The Meadows race track in Pennsylvania of $77 million.

News Brief: A trial judge agreed Monday to remove 15 county elections supervisors as defendants in a lawsuit filed by opponents of the South Florida slot machine amendment that voters approved on Election Day.

News Brief: Tampa Bay area's first major gaming ship, The Ocean Jewel, is so successful that it can’t shuttle customers to the casino ship fast enough.

News Brief: Opponents of slot machines at South Florida pari-mutuels have filed a lawsuit seeking an official recount of about 78,000 absentee ballots cast in Broward County on Amendment 4 in the Nov. 2 election.

News Brief: The Horizon's Edge casino boat won't be sailing from Gloucester over the winter, a business decision that could leave some part-time employees out of a job and loyal patrons without a place to gamble.

News Brief: The Seminole Tribe spent more than $5 million trying to defeat a proposal that could bring slot machines to South Florida racetracks and jai alai frontons. South Florida's tracks and jai alai frontons spent nearly $15 million on the slot proposal.

An amendment that allows Broward and Miami-Dade counties to hold a future referendum on whether or not slot machines can be placed at racetracks and Jai Alai frontons, has been passed.

Rev. Tom Grey believes Tuesday's election results show it's about time for the gaming industry to fold its hand. Gaming analyst Marc Falcone of Deutsche Bank, however, disagrees with Grey.

News Brief: A Florida proposal that would open the door to slot machines at South Florida tracks could be headed to a recount.

Overall, the Calder meet showed declines in attendance and wagering, but the Festival of the Sun and the Summit of Speed, Calder's popular day of sprint stakes in July, once again proved to be successful events.

News Brief: Governor Jeb Bush has released a letter opposing the proposal to allow slot machines in parimutuel facilities.

News Brief: Three people were helped from a burning casino shuttle boat Sunday by an off-duty Coast Guard rescue swimmer who was boating nearby.

News Brief: A union representing Florida police officers have endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow Broward and Miami-Dade voters to decide if they want slot machines at local tracks and frontons.

News Brief: Foes of a measure that could allow slot machines at South Florida race tracks and jai alai frontons lost an attempt Monday to keep the issue off the Nov. 2 ballot when a judge refused to expedite a hearing on allegations of fraud by the initiative's backers.

Prof. I. Nelson Rose: Racetracks in Florida, like racetracks everywhere, have been searching for years for a way to bring in more gambling dollars.

News Brief: Mayport-based La Cruise Casino has been ordered to close operations and move the boat from U.S. waters after the Coast Guard said it found ongoing safety problems with the 215-foot vessel.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida has announced it is implementing GSA's landmark Best of Breed and System-to-System protocols at its Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Seminole Casino properties in Florida.