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News Brief: Two casinos slated for construction in Philadelphia could generate between $668 million and $747 million in their first full year of operation and add up to 12,000 jobs, according to the final report of the Philadelphia Gaming Task Force released.

News Brief: Pat Croce's dream of turning the old Adam's Mark Hotel on City Avenue into a casino came to an end today after Target Corp. told Pittsburgh city leaders it would not sell the land.

News Brief: Former Philadelphia 76ers president and co-owner Pat Croce is putting together a team of star athletes and entertainers to build a casino at the former Adam's Mark Hotel, although he has not reached a deal on the property, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Philadelphia Mayor John Street's gambling panel released a 372-page interim report Tuesday that may have shed light on potential sites for gambling halls.

News Brief: Donald Trump yesterday said he was still interested in a slot- machine-parlor license in Philadelphia, but he backed away from his recent flirtation with the former Budd Co. site in Nicetown.

News Brief: Donald Trump is shopping for a potential slots-parlor location at the former Budd Co. plant in the Philadelphia’s Nicetown section.

News Brief: At least three dozen enterprises have expressed interest in landing one of the 14 gambling licenses to be awarded by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

News Brief: Ameristar, a Las Vegas-based operator of riverboat and land casinos has emerged as another contender for a Philadelphia slots license.

News Brief: Property owner, Dennis Maloomian, is considering putting up a slot parlor on his Vine Street site.

A lawsuit challenging the appointment of former state Rep. Jeffrey W. Coy to the state's new gambling commission is "blatantly political," the president judge of Commonwealth Court said Monday.

News Brief: In the aftermath of federal law-enforcement assertions that he spent more than $100,000 on gambling tips and admittedly bet on football and college basketball, Philadelphia Flyers center Jeremy Roenick said he was ‘only human.’

News Brief: A former casino host and a Philadelphia brothel operator pleaded guilty Thursday to roles in a prostitution ring that delivered young Asian women to customers at casinos and the brothel.