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News Brief: Three days before Monmouth Park's 60th season gets under way, things couldn't look any better.

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.

Gov. Joe Manchin's combination of signing one horse racing-related bill and vetoing another could lead a Northern Panhandle racetrack to lose about $2.3 million a year.

While the new kid on the block has received the bulk of the admiration, older neighbors are getting renewed attention.

The estimated Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $42 million for the Friday, May 13, 2005 drawing.

Some of the richest merchandise in Las Vegas has changed hands in recent days at the Ferrari and Maserati showroom at Wynn Las Vegas, which beckons passers-by with luxury cars displayed like fine art.

The $1.5 billion Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino boldly addresses an emerging trend in Las Vegas where a tourist's primary vacation purpose is shopping, dining and entertainment.

News Brief: The Phoenix Suns has signed a multiyear sponsorship deal with Casino Arizona for title sponsorship to the new Pavilion area at America West Arena.

News Brief: As the Hollywood Hard Rock Hotel & Casino nears its one-year anniversary May 11, it's no secret the resort and the Seminoles' other casinos are raking in the bucks.

ews Brief: Construction activity at the currently closed 7th Street Casino in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, is renovation work, not demolition, a tribal business official says.

Goldman Sachs Group on Monday downgraded its rating on Wynn Resorts Ltd., citing jitters about the gaming industry in general and the owner of the Strip's latest megaresort in particular.

VIPpoker.com has partnered with the Normandie Casino in Los Angeles to create a $25,000 cash-guaranteed poker tournament with proceeds benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

The Seneca Nation of Indians, Seneca Niagara Falls Gaming Corporation and Freemantle Limited have come to a mutual agreement to terminate a $80 million loan.

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and Harrah's Kansas Casino Corporationreports that Harrah's will not seek renewal of its management contract for Harrah's Prairie Band Casino.

Boomtown Casino can legally move from leased property on Biloxi's Back Bay to land it owns nearby, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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.

After winning a $1 million slot machine jackpot less than a year ago, one would think Jo Ann Argyris would easily recognize the symbols that signify a large cash prize.

News Brief: Negotiations over how to disburse revenue from Seneca Niagara Casino have picked up speed in the State Legislature since Niagara County filed a lawsuit seeking 75 percent of the local money, Senator George D. Maziarz said last week.

News Brief: The Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort, a 10-year-old, multimillion-dollar gambling casino, four-diamond hotel and entertainment complex, owned and operated by the Saginaw Chippewa tribe, is a role model for a future Ohio casino resort.

Wynn Las Vegas went all the way to Europe to hire eight specially trained members of the $2.7 billion Strip hotel-casino's security detail.