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Hundreds of rallied today to send a message to Governor Granholm that they don't like having one set of expanded gambling rules for Detroit and another for the rest of Michigan.

Supporters of Proposal 1 are countering the Michigan Lottery and Gov. Jennifer Granholm, saying in new advertisements their initiative would not hurt funding for public schools.

The Michigan School Aid Fund will receive a record $644.5 million from the Michigan Lottery with its fiscal year 2004 net proceeds.

News Brief: An email from the Michigan Lottery commissioner referencing a future game targeted at young adults with personal computers sparked a controversy this week with some state legislators concerned the state was getting into the Internet gambling business.

News Brief: Voters will decide Nov. 2 how much power they should have over gambling expansion in Michigan.

News Brief: A total of 821 people have voluntarily placed themselves on a list that permanently bans them from Detroit's three licensed casinos. That is triple the number of people on the list in 2002.

News Brief: Representatives of the coalition of Detroit and Indian casino operators and gambling opponents who support the measure called the fears groundless and accused the education lobby of using scare tactics.

Casino executives expressed frustration and concerns over some states’ casino taxes while speaking the Global Gaming Expo.

News Brief: Michigan Racing Commissioner R. Robert Geake granted a racing license on Tuesday to Platinum Partners, conducting business as Windsor Downs, to operate a pari-mutuel racetrack in Windsor Township south of Lansing.

The coalition working to pass Proposal 1 on the Nov. 2 ballot has now grown to include more than 25,000 Michigan organizations and citizens.

News Brief: One month before the November election, supporters of a controversial Michigan casino ballot proposal are leading by a 2-1 margin, according to a recent newspaper poll.

News Brief: Voters will decide Nov. 2 how much power they should have over gambling expansion in Michigan.

News Brief: The owners of Detroit's MGM Grand Casino and Soaring Eagle in Mt. Pleasant have spent nearly $7 million in the opening rounds of the campaign to win voter approval of a constitutional amendment to limit the expansion of gambling in Michigan.

News Brief: Groups on both sides of a Michigan ballot proposal that would require voter approval for expanded gambling say they are building large coalitions as the Nov. 2 election nears.

News Brief: Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians’ tribal chairman John Miller says that a casino would help the tribe pay off the $40 million debt it as acquired since its federally recognized status was reaffirmed.

Grand Rapids and Metro Detroit leaders today kicked off a campaign to pass Proposal 1, a constitutional amendment that would give Michigan voters the power to approve future casino-style gambling expansions.

News Brief: Michigan voters appear to be standing firm in support of limits on the expansion of gambling.

News Brief: Magna Entertainment Corp.’s plan to build a racetrack in the Detroit suburb of Romulus is close to gaining full government approval.