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News Brief: A striking casino-hotel worker who suffered a broken kneecap in a picket line confrontation with security guards has been fired for ‘strike-related misconduct’ along with a fellow striker, officials said Thursday.

Ladbrokes has fine-tuned their projections and now see President George W. Bush remaining in the White House after January 20th and quotes odds of 4/7.

More than 53 million American adults - 26 percent of those 21 and older - made 310 million casino visits in 2003, according to ‘Profile of the American Casino Gambler: Harrah's Survey 2004.’

News Brief: The Canadian Football League has announced a two-year sponsorship agreement with a British-based on-line sports book and casino.

Vestin Mortgage Inc. said this morning that the Cannery Casino & Hotel completed payment in full of the Las Vegas-based lender's $54 million loan.

A selection of news and views this week from inside the industry.

News Brief: A striking casino worker filed a complaint against a private security firm over the weekend, charging he was assaulted while on the picket line.

Strong arguments by Harrah's executives have helped persuade Wall Street that its $9.4 billion plan to buy Caesars Entertainment makes strategic sense, analysts said Friday.

The state of the gaming industry is good -- despite growing pains from the spread of racinos and tribal casinos, political bias against casinos and the threat of terror attacks, top gaming executives said Wednesday at the Global Gaming Expo.

News Brief: A Harrison County judge has refused to reconsider his ruling in August that the Mississippi Gaming Commission was wrong when it approved plans by Treasure Bay to move its casino barge to a man-made basin.

News Brief: Harrah's Joliet Hotel & Casino in September led a third consecutive month of improving revenues at Illinois casinos.

International News Brief: Tsogo Sun's Suncoast Casino fared well over the holiday season, despite a staff strike that lasted almost a month.

While the popularity of televised poker tournaments has helped drive business to casino poker rooms, online poker sites may be equally, if not more responsible, for the surge in casino traffic.

News Brief: Larry Mullin, who got his start in the casino industry nearly 20 years ago manning a promotions booth at Harrah's Atlantic City, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Borgata.

The Northern Lights Casino & Hotel in Walker, Minnesota is hosting the World Poker No-Limit Hold 'Em Satellite Tournament throughout October.

Hoosier Park at Anderson has announced a purse increase of $1,000 per race for its Thoroughbred racing program.

Churchill Downs is revising its earnings outlook for Q3 2004 and further lowering its outlook for the full year to reflect increased spending on alternative gaming efforts and special, non-cash impairment charges for Ellis Park due to softness in business at that racetrack.

According to a panel, technology is improving the chances that an undesirable person in a casino can be quickly identified, casinos haven't been keeping up with technology that gives them the ability to move and store that data.

A host of gaming experts warned casino bosses this week that their industry is coming under attack by a well-organized and well-funded group of anti-smoking activists that aim to ban smoking in casinos.

The Peppermill will be giving away more than $20,000 in cash prizes with the winner collecting $10,000.