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News Brief: Churchill Downs Inc. will stop offering simulcast signals from its racetracks to Indiana Downs' off-track-betting facility in Evansville, Ind.

News Brief: Two Kanawha County officials disagree over the latest twist in the still-undecided referendum to allow table games at Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center in Nitro.

Mount Airy Casino Resort announced today that it has launched a new and improved website.

News Brief: According to a report released Friday by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, The Isle Casino and Hotel at Waterloo is initially doing more business than those rivals.

News Brief: New deals with four casino-operating Indian tribes ratified last month by California legislators give Temecula officials significantly better odds of getting the Pechanga tribe to ante up millions of dollars to offset the impacts of the casino on the city.

News Brief: The Rincon Indian band is challenging a long-standing practice in which states ask for cash when negotiating with Indian tribes trying to open or expand casinos.

VeCommerce Inc. reports its contract with Woodbine Entertainment Group to expand their existing telephone wagering system.

News Brief: Penn National Gaming Inc., owner of Hollywood Casino in Tunica, has entered into a preliminary agreement to buy Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Md. from Cloverleaf Enterprises Inc.

The River Rock Entertainment Authority, the operator of the River Rock Casino in Sonoma County, California, today announced that Joseph Callahan has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.

A construction worker was killed Thursday at a Strip construction site when he was cut in half by a counter-weight system used to operate an elevator, authorities said.

Tamares Las Vegas Properties filed a complaint Thursday in Clark County District Court to block Elad Group of New York from using the Plaza name in Las Vegas.

Binion's gave back its winnings and then some to the state of Nevada to correct an unemployment tax discrepancy that occurred from March 2005 to December 2006.

News Brief: With the pounding of a drum, the singing of the Lightning Spirit musicians and the swish of grass dancers' elaborate costumes, staff dropped the curtain, and spectators milled in to catch their first glance of the Saskatchewan's newest and largest casino.

News Brief: The Shinnecock Tribal Council is upset that an out of state tribe is being considered to run proposed video lottery terminals at Belmont Park and Aqueduct while they struggle to get their casino approved

Penn National Gaming, Inc. has entered into a binding letter of intent to purchase Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Maryland from Cloverleaf Enterprises, Inc.

News Brief: An attempt to renegotiate its contract by the company hired by Maine to monitor Hollywood Slots at Bangor has caused the state’s Gambling Control Board to question its own authority.

News Brief: Owners of Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center can’t yet say how much they’ve spent on advertising for Saturday’s vote on table games.

Foxwoods Resort Casino today announced an exclusive 5-year agreement to simulcast horse racing events from the world renowned international horse racing organization, the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

News Brief: Plans are now set for a permanent slots casino at the Meadows Race Track in Washington County.

Cynthia Fields discovered what many in the casino business have learned after they've been fired from their jobs: It can be tough to get back into the game.