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News Brief: More than half of South Coast residents responding to a recent UMass Dartmouth telephone poll said they favor bringing a resort-style casino to the southeastern part of Massachusetts.

News Brief: Advocates of gambling legislation rallied outside the Massachusetts State House, arguing that blocking a vote on a slot-machines bill would rob the state of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in lost revenue.

News Brief: The first roll call vote ever taken on slot machines in the Massachusetts Senate paid out handsomely for the proponents of expanded gambling Thursday, as senators approved the installation of 8,000 slots at the state's four racetracks.

News Brief: Employees from Massachusetts’ four racetracks packed a State House hearing to urge the passage of a bill that would allow slot machine gambling at those struggling facilities, but top lawmakers say the chances for the bill are slim.

News Brief: Mitt Romney is now vowing to oppose any legislation that would expand gambling in Massachusetts.

Twin brothers James and John Daly are returning to their jobs after winning $11 million lottery prize.

A federal prosecutor tried Thursday to discredit a British gambling executive's claim that he knew nothing about the role of the speaker of the Rhode Island House when he allegedly conspired to offer him a $4 million bribe.

A group of investors has abandoned plans to launch a Boston-to-Nova Scotia ferry service this summer, although they still hope to begin the trips in May.

A North Andover convenience store owner who admitted stealing a customer's winning lottery ticket has been stripped of his license to sell Massachusetts Lottery tickets, a lottery spokeswoman said.

News Brief: With Massachusetts tracks pinning their survival, and the jobs of approximately 3,000 employees, on the introduction of slot machines, local legislators see hope for gaming at racetracks.

News Brief: Poker winner, Kevin Cantwell, has paid $54,000 in child support repayments after his ex-wife heard about his $640,000 poker jackpot windfall.

News Brief: As Bay Staters plunk down their cash on today's Kentucky Derby, millions will be flowing offshore to unregulated online casinos that lure gamblers away from the state's racetracks with plum rebates.

News Brief: Massachusetts horse racing officials expressed concern that a virtual horse racing game proposed by the state lottery, could draw bettors away from live and simulcast racing.

News Brief: If Massachusetts puts video slot machines in its racetracks near the Rhode Island border, Lincoln Park and Newport Grand would stand to lose about $100 million a year, which in turn would cost the state over $60 million.

News Brief: Bay State racetracks have temporarily cut business ties to a New Hampshire dog track where top managers.

News Brief: The New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry is one of the biggest in sports history. But a new reality series will have it play out among their fans at the poker table rather than on the baseball field.

News Brief: As the battle over casino gambling heats up again in Massachusetts, Gary Loveman, chief executive of Harrah's Entertainment, contends gambling foes may be losing their grip on Beacon Hill.

Sportbook.com has offered to by the baseball from the Boston Red Sox’s historic win.

News Brief: This year’s Massachusetts House debate over casino gambling should avoid the usual wrangling over increased crime vs. cash windfalls for cities and towns because gaming results in neither, a new study says.

News Brief: The two-year moratorium on the issue of casino gambling imposed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives in the early days of the Romney administration has reached it’s end.