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News Brief: The New Mexico Racing Commission is hiring an attorney to examine the Downs at Albuquerque's proposal to move to Moriarty in time for the 2009 racing season.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. (PENN: Nasdaq) announced today that, following approval by the New Mexico Racing Commission and New Mexico Gaming Control Board, it has completed the purchase of the assets of Zia Partners, LLC for $200 million.

News Brief: Two sales representatives who resigned Friday from the New Mexico Lottery said they were forced out by being given more work so they could be replaced by younger employees with lower pay.

News Brief: Nambé Pueblo's plans to build a casino in Cuyamungue have cleared a major hurdle: the National Indian Gaming Commission concluded that the project wouldn't cause any significant environmental impacts.

The Pueblo of Nambe has completed its Environmental Assessment and has been accepted by the National Indian Gaming Commission for the approval of a management contract for a casino on Pueblo lands.

News Brief: The New Mexico Senate listened to four hours of testimony Sunday on revising the tribal-state agreements governing gambling.

News Brief: A broader range of students would be eligible for the New Mexico lottery scholarship under three measures that cleared the House on Tuesday.

News Brief: Three bills that would have expanded access to the lottery scholarship were tabled in the New Mexico Senate Education Committee on Monday.

News Brief: New Mexico lawmakers dealing with the long-term agreements that govern tribal gambling in the state have three chances to make changes, starting today.

News Brief: New Mexico legislators might not approve proposed new compacts between the state and its gambling tribes, but they'll get a chance to vote this session, said House Speaker Ben Lujan.

News Brief: A casino proposed for Chaparral could hurt New Mexico State University's chances of receiving a 50 percent ownership share of Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino

News Brief: The Tigua Tribe of El Paso wants to build a casino on 10 acres in southern New Mexico to replace one that the state of Texas shut down four years ago.

ews Brief: Hilton Hotel Corp. will break ground this month on its Buffalo Thunder Resort north of Santa Fe, N.M., the company said Tuesday.

News Brief: A penny slot machine at Ohkay Casino Resort and Hotel told a woman she'd won $1.6 million, but casino officials registered a different message after they inspected the machine.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of Zia Partners, LLC, which are primarily comprised of Zia Park Racetrack and its Black Gold Casino for $200 million.

ews Brief: Ohkay Owingeh , formerly known as San Juan Pueblo, has started construction on a 36,000-square-foot conference center, as an expansion to the Ohkay Casino & Resort, located two miles north of Espanola.

News Brief: Isleta Casino and Resort has broken ground on a new hotel complex next to the casino, located just off of Interstate 25 south of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

News Brief: The Economic Development Committee and the Intergovernmental Relations Committee approved a Navajo Nation position statement Monday calling for defeat of House bill 4893, which would restrict off-reservation gaming.

Electronic Game Card, Inc. confirms that the Santa Ana Star Casino has signed an agreement to use Electronic GameCards in a promotion for its gaming property in the Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico.

News Brief: The New Mexico State Gaming Control Board fined SunRay Park and Casino $7,500 for failing to notify state officials a key executive faced criminal charges in December 2003.