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News Brief: New Jersey gaming regulators approved a motion this morning to suspend the casino employee licenses of six people charged last week for participating in a $22 million illegal sports-betting ring at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.

News Brief: Admitting mistakes were made, the owner of Tropicana Casino and Resort said changes are under way to woo back customers after a rocky 11 months of operation.

News Brief: The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians probably won't cut the ribbon on the Firekeepers Casino east of Battle Creek until the first quarter of 2009.

News Brief: Opponents of Philadelphia's budding casino projects scored their first court success yesterday with a state Supreme Court ruling that likely further delays Foxwoods Casino's plans to build in South Philadelphia.

News Brief: The National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., has refused to review the Mashantucket Pequots' claim that the agency has no jurisdiction over the unionizing effort at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

The River Rock Entertainment Authority reports that Norman Runyan has resigned as Chief Operations Officer to pursue other interests.

News Brief: A small fire led Beau Rivage officials to evacuate part of the casino's retail area Tuesday afternoon.

Caliente Ink, the in-house advertising team for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, has taken top honors at the Electronic Media Awards in Las Vegas for the second year in a row.

International News Brief: Publishing and Broadcasting says it has commenced due diligence on a gaming business outside of Australia.

News Brief: Local school and government leaders celebrated Thanksgiving a little early Tuesday when they received more than $3.7 million from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.

News Brief: Labor organizers are accusing the management of Foxwoods Resort Casino of harassing Asian table-game dealers by singling them out for separate meetings in advance of a union vote Saturday.

News Brief: The Shawnee Tribe's economic development chairman scoffed at the idea that a tribal casino a mile away would cripple Remington Park Racing Casino, and said Tuesday that the tribe wants to work with the horse track-gaming center.

World Mahjong Tour, Inc. has secured Series A funding from Leo Chu who is owner of the Hollywood Park Casino and Crystal Park Casino based in Los Angeles, California.

The Detroit skyline was completely reinvented today as the sweeping stainless steel roof of the new MotorCityCasino Hotel was completed while high-intensity programmable LED light tubes illuminated the exterior of the new landmark.

News Brief: A lawsuit regarding the new Northwood Casino has been dismissed by a federal judge.

News Brief: Interest in Mount Airy Casino Resort waned for a third-straight week, even as a luxury hotel was added to the complex.

Tamares Las Vegas Properties, the private investment group that owns the historic Plaza Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, won a legal victory Monday in its bid to protect its Plaza Hotel & Casino name in Las Vegas.

SAS reports that Delaware Park Racetrack & Slots selected SAS for Patron Value Optimization to maximize loyalty and share of entertainment budget.

The Bush administration should consider relaxing laws against Internet gambling rather than risk setting a potentially expensive and "worrisome" precedent with European nations and other trade partners, eight lawmakers said in a letter on Monday.

Ernie Acevedo had not yet turned 21 when he first walked into Caesars Palace - a wide-eyed UNLV student who wanted to witness the casino's opening day in 1966.