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BIA Caught in Off-Reservation Gaming Debate

15 July 2004

News Brief: The Bush administration won't adopt a ‘blanket’ policy on off-reservation gaming, according to a top Bureau of Indian Affairs official.

NIGC Reports Indian Gaming Revenue for 2003

14 July 2004

National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman Phil Hogen announced today that national 2003 gross gaming revenues for Indian gaming facilities topped $16.7 billion, an increase of $2 billion or 13.7 percent over 2002 gross gaming revenues.

NIGC Reports Indian Gaming Revenue for 2003

14 July 2004

National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman Phil Hogen announced today that national 2003 gross gaming revenues for Indian gaming facilities topped $16.7 billion, an increase of $2 billion or 13.7 percent over 2002 gross gaming revenues.

Casinos Get Help from New $50 Bill

14 July 2004

News Brief: On Sept. 28, the U.S. Treasury Department will release its latest tool: a redesigned $50 bill, teeming with high-tech security features to help banks, casinos and other businesses thwart counterfeiters.

Carrow's Not Likely to Survive Merger, MGM Mirage Exec Sees 'Higher and Better Use'

14 July 2004

MGM Mirage's Big Apple-themed New York-New York resort could get some new polish if the gaming company's $7.9 billion acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group is completed as proposed.

Turning Stone Shines with Poker Faces

14 July 2004

News Brief: They're dealing cards and drawing a crowd in a three-day tourney at Turning Stone Casino.

New Las Vegas Sands Resort to Cost $1.6 Billion

13 July 2004

Las Vegas Sands on Monday released new details about its planned $1.6 billion Palazzo casino resort on the Strip at Sands Avenue and started marketing a $975 million credit package to provide financing for the project.

Mermaid Show Planned

13 July 2004

The Silverton hotel-casino plans to produce a live hourly mermaid show at a 110,000-gallon salt-water tropical fish tank it is building as a new attraction.

Track Wants to Use Owners' Money

13 July 2004

News Brief: Vernon Downs is awaiting word from state regulators whether the track's majority owners can keep putting money into the financially troubled track.

Boonville Businesses Against New Missouri Riverboat

13 July 2004

News Brief: Business leaders in Boonville say allowing riverboat gambling in southwest Missouri would siphon gamblers from the Isle of Capri casino and hurt the local economy.

Great Blue Heron Casino Threatened with Strike

12 July 2004

CAW-Canada has set a strike deadline of Thursday, July 15, 12:01 a.m., in an effort to reach an agreement with the Great Blue Heron Charity Casino, covering 700 workers in Port Perry, Ontario.

Racino Revenues Growth Leads Industry

12 July 2004

News Brief: Revenues from racetrack-based slot machines grew faster than any other form of gambling during the past decade, a study has found.

Casino Loan Earns Boston Unwelcome Attention

12 July 2004

News Brief: The Boston Museum of Fine Arts is being challenged for renting 21 Monets to a casino gallery in Las Vegas.

Reno Jackpot Pays Out $1.9 Million

12 July 2004

News Brief: A retired laundromat owner from Fresno, Calif., is $1.9 million richer after hitting a progressive slot jackpot at a Reno casino.

Legislation Allows Board Member to Keep Casino Job

12 July 2004

News Brief: Recently enacted legislation is allowing a Concordia Parish School Board member to keep her job at a Mississippi casino.

Cingular Pulling Poker Sponsorship

9 July 2004

Cingular Wireless has pulled its sponsorship of the "Celebrity Poker Showdown" on the Bravo cable network.

Heard it on the River

9 July 2004

Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news from the Tunica, Mississippi casinos.

Vancouver Holds Public Meeting for Slots at Track

8 July 2004

News Brief: Vancouver city council is planning to lend its collective ear to the public on the contentious issue of slot machines making an appearance at Hastings Racecourse.

Charges Dropped Against Casino Manager

8 July 2004

News Brief: A judge on Wednesday threw out two gambling-related charges filed against the general manager of a closed American Indian casino in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Prairie Meadows Handle Up 20%

7 July 2004

News Brief: Prairie Meadows Racetrack concluded its 2004 meet on July 4 with a 20% increase in all sources average daily handle and a 9% rise in on-track handle.

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