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News Brief: Although she never has to again, Alvenia P. Stephens left Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio with plans to go to work this morning. But the same woman who arrived on a bus left in a limousine.

News Brief: President Bush has signed legislation making it easier for FBI agents investigating terrorism to demand financial records from casinos.

News Brief: Delta Downs plans to bring back a $1 million purse for its Delta Jackpot race in 2004 because of the exposure and money it generated this month, track officials say.

News Brief: A former Harrah's Reno bartender fired for refusing to wear makeup has taken her sex-discrimination lawsuit to a federal appeals court.

News Brief: The deadly Oct. 30 collapse of the Tropicana Casino and Resort garage occurred less than an hour after a city building inspector examined the site and found nothing awry, according to city records.

ews Brief: Workers at Casino Niagara in Niagara Falls, Ont., have voted against joining a union by a 59 percent margin, but the Canadian Auto Workers called the election tainted and vowed to contest it.

MGM Mirage said today it would resume construction of a slot machine casino at the big Aqueduct Race Track in Queens, New York.

News Brief: According to the President of the Jockey Club, if the sport of horse racing does not take action to protect its intellectual property, it could face decline as the value of its products slips across the world.

News Brief: Resorts Atlantic City advertises to have the “Loosest Overall Slots” but the claim is outdated and may land the casino in trouble.

News Brief: The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians made being electrically self-sufficient a priority when building their Spa Resort Casino.

The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing has now grown to an estimated $61 million.

News Brief: Two construction workers injured in the Tropicana garage collapse plan to sue the city, county and state in separate actions, one claiming officials failed to properly inspect the casino site, the other charging they ignored dangerous on-site conditions.

News Brief: American Gaming Association members have pledge to follow the association’s new ‘Code of Conduct for Responsible Gaming.

News Brief: Harrah’s Entertainment Corp. reportedly bid $25-million for the physical assets of Rosecroft Raceway near Washington, D.C., the largest of ten bids for the facility believed to be the most lucrative in Maryland if legislators legalize video lottery terminals at state racetracks.

The World Poker Tour and Lakes Entertainment have formalized a WPT Satellite program designed specifically to encourage casinos and online poker rooms to run satellite events that will feed directly into the season-ending World Poker Tour Championship.

While needing to overcome some significant regulatory and legal hurdles, worldwide revenues for all forms of gambling on mobile phones can reach $16 billion by 2008, according to a new research report.

Kelly Clarkson, is favored to win World Idol, according to Intertops.com.

The National Center for Responsible Gaming wants to establish a working relationship with the regulators and policymakers who continue to make lasting decisions about legalizing gambling and rules governing casinos.

According to a Harvard University researcher, the extent of gambling that occurs on college campuses has been greatly exaggerated.

The Nevada Supreme Court has reinstated a lawsuit by a cocktail waitress at Caesars Palace alleging the resort was negligent in not providing security in the employee parking garage, where she was abducted twice by her estranged husband.