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Today Michael French announced he has resigned as Chief Operating Officer of the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino.

International News Brief: Skycity Casino yesterday admitted it had detected four cases of suspected illegal drug use during the past two years, as authorities warned its licence was under threat over its failure to act on one of them.

A Las Vegas-based lottery and casino game designer has developed a scratch-off game that lets the two competing gambling disciplines serve the same customer.

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino report that net revenues for fiscal 2005 were $93.0 million, an increase of $12.1 million, or 14.9%, from $80.9 million for fiscal 2004.

The local water and sewer district would provide services to a proposed off-reservation casino under an agreement made earlier this month with Jemez Pueblo.

State lotteries and casinos have historically had a distant, if not adversarial, relationship to one another.

State Attorney General Patricia Madrid has told federal officials that a plan by Jemez Pueblo and Santa Fe art dealer Gerald Peters to build an off-reservation casino in southern New Mexico is a bad idea.

News Brief: The opening of the Black Gold Casino and pending opening of Zia Park Racetrack is changing the face of Hobbs, New Mexico.

News Brief: After eleven years, the Sandia Casino’s white resin skin bubble roof is going to be demolished as part of a $2 million expansion.

The state of New Mexico and Pojoaque Pueblo will return to federal court next week to discuss their long-running fight over millions of dollars in disputed casino money.

Atronic's Penny Parade Wide Area Progressive awarded $61,551.58 to its second winner on April 26th at the Santa Ana Star Casino in New Mexico.

News Brief: A plan for a casino at Expo New Mexico might be permanently shelved.

The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday refused to order pretrial arbitration in a suit in Las Vegas between two companies over operation of a casino for an Indian tribe in New Mexico.

News Brief: Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino owner Stan Fulton gave $2 million to New Mexico State University in January, a donation only recently announced by NMSU.

The majority owner of racetrack casinos in Hobbs and Ruidoso faces a federal lawsuit in Indiana that could jeopardize his gambling licenses in both states.

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino reported today that net revenue for its fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2005 was $21.7 million, an increase of $1.3 million, or 6.3%, from $20.4 million for the prior year third fiscal quarter.

New Mexico compulsive gamblers could voluntarily have themselves excluded from casinos under legislation the Senate approved unanimously on Friday.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is gathering public comment and information on the proposed acquisition of land in southern New Mexico by Jemez Pueblo to build a casino, the agency announced Monday.

Jemez Pueblo wants to open a casino in southern New Mexico, but the tribe is finding out that off-reservation ventures are facing increased opposition.

News Brief: A veteran state lawmaker is taking her third crack at a bill that would fund a study to determine what negative impacts a booming gambling industry is having in New Mexico.