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News Brief: The National Football League have admitted Manchester United's plans to build a casino next to Old Trafford is a ‘potential issue’ for new owner Malcolm Glazer.

Winning Powerball’s 10th largest jackpot can be overwhelming so it pays to understand the most important steps to protect your new-found wealth.

Mega Millions players are feeling the excitement as the jackpot continues to grow to an estimated $80 million for the Friday, May 27, 2005 drawing.

Next Shift Enterprises, LLC and Game Time Marketing, LLC have reached an agreement with Foxwoods Resort Casino to bring a week-long celebration of professional hockey to New England.

Poster Financial Group Inc.'s deal to sell its Laughlin casino to competitor Barrick Gaming Corp. has apparently blown up, with sources familiar with both companies saying the transaction will likely wind up in court.

The third annual Gaming Technology Summit gets under way Wednesday at the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas, continuing throughout the day Thursday.

News Brief: Draft legislation spurred by a World Trade Organization ruling on a dispute between the United States and Antigua could endanger legal Internet betting on horse racing, along with a big chunk of that industry's profit, it if becomes U.S. law.

A law firm hired by the governor to review a prospective buyer for Lincoln Park has cleared the would-be purchaser, despite some lawmakers' reservations.

Gamblers on their way home from a West Virginia casino were robbed in two separate incidents this month.

News Brief: Blyn's 7 Cedars Casino will be home to a destination resort with at least 200 rooms and conference space for up to 500 people, Jamestown S'Klallam Executive Director Ron Allen told the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce on Monday.

News Brief: The Cherokees say they need the new card games to fight off new competition.

The Oneida Indian Nation is protesting the placement of its Turning Stone Casino complex and more than 200 other properties on local tax rolls, a town official said Monday.

A man convicted of using a light optic device to cheat slot machines in Laughlin, has lost his appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court.

Bentley Motors has delivered four personally commissioned Arnage RL limousines to the Wynn Las Vegas resort for use in chauffeuring high-rolling guests and VIPs.

The Atunyote Golf Club at the Oneida Nation's Turning Stone Resort and Casino has been selected as one of the world's finest new courses by the Robb Report.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $180 million.

The jackpot for the Tuesday, May 24, 2005 Mega Millions drawing is growing to an estimated $70 million.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. is likely headed toward developing a master-planned urban village on the 135 acres adjacent to its newly opened Wynn Las Vegas.

Prof. I. Nelson Rose: If Nevada casinos ever start taking bets online, or state lotteries begin selling their tickets on the Internet, everything changes.

News Brief: The Casino Queen fully expects East St. Louis to hand over the $11 million it promised the boat last month to help build a larger facility, a casino attorney said Thursday. Without the money, the plans to expand are not feasible, he said.