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News Brief: Mystic Lake Casino officials says that its lobbyists will file amended documents with the state about the cost of an advertising campaign it waged to thwart plans for a state-sponsored casino.

News Brief: The growth of gambling at Minnesota's tribal casinos is slowing, an indication of a maturing market where opportunities for expansion have been limited.

News Brief: A Duluth-based nonprofit that provides programs to help compulsive gamblers did not adequately account for some of its state and city funding and some of its work was shoddy, a legislative audit released Friday contends.

News Brief: Despite formidable legal and economic hurdles, the Potawatomi tribe is looking at the proposed PabstCity development and land north of the Bradley Center as possible new locations for an expanded casino.

News Brief: A Minnesota gambling hotline received a record number of calls in March, which officials attribute to wagering on the NCAA basketball tournament and increased awareness of the need to seek help for a gambling addiction.

News Brief: A draft report from the legislative auditor finds that the Minnesota Council on Compulsive Gambling received payments for costs not allowed under state or city contracts and that the council's work didn't meet state expectations.

Cash Systems, Inc. reports a renewed contract with Jackpot Junction Casino to provide credit and debit card cash advance services.

Conceding their bill would have been defeated, Gov. Tim Pawlenty and his state casino bill allies again put off a House committee hearing Tuesday while refusing to declare the issue dead for the year.

News Brief: Backers of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's plan for putting two state-sponsored casinos at Canterbury Park delayed a vote in a House committee Monday, fueling speculation that they needed more time to round up support for a still-evolving bill.

News Brief: Legislators on a House Tax Committee say that the contributions from gambling interests amount to a small share of all the money they raise, wouldn't influence their vote and reflect support for longstanding positions they've taken on gambling.

The Legislature's most vocal supporter of a casino at Canterbury Park racetrack said Tuesday that he no longer supports linking that project with a second, state-tribal casino in Shakopee.

News Brief: Governor Tim Pawlenty's plan for two state-sponsored casinos at the Canterbury Park racetrack appears in danger of dying in the Republican-controlled House.

The House dealt a major setback Tuesday to Gov. Tim Pawlenty's plan to pad the state budget with gambling money, sending a bill that would establish two casinos at Canterbury Park back to a committee seen as hostile.

News Brief: The tribal council of the Red Lake Chippewa voted unanimously against joining the Minnesota Lottery and the owners of Canterbury Park racetrack in Pawlenty's latest gambling plan, which calls for two casinos to be built at the track in Shakopee.

News Brief: A bill blending Canterbury Park racino with the aspirations of Northern tribes for a metro casino passed a House committee on Friday.

News Brief: Governor Pawlenty says he was disappointed that one of three Indian tribes he's been negotiating with on a state-tribal casino proposal rejected any casino partnership with the owners of Canterbury Park racetrack.

Talks over the possible merger of a proposed state-tribal casino and a casino at Canterbury Park racetrack will continue -- even without the participation of one of the state's tribal partners, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Tuesday.

Down-on-their-luck backers of state-sponsored casino gambling are trying to shortcut the committee process, House Democrats charged Monday.

News Brief: State representatives from Northeastern Minnesota uniformly blasted a Republican budget resolution that passed the House of Representatives by only two votes Wednesday.

News Brief: Duluth City Council members on Monday night began to figure out exactly what their spending philosophy should be for the city's multimillion-dollar trust fund from casino profits.