Washington News - Page 19

News Brief: Emerald Downs opens for its tenth and longest season on April 15 and officials with the Auburn, Washington racetrack are optimistic that changes within the industry will result in benefits for fans and horsemen during the 101-day meeting.

News Brief: The Suquamish Tribe said it plans to build a resort hotel next to its Clearwater Casino on the Kitsap Peninsula.

News Brief: The Mohegan Tribe hopes to manage a casino owned by the Cowlitz Tribe on 152 acres of pasture near La Center, Washington.

News Brief: The settlement to Rick Neuheisel’s wrongful-termination suit calls for the NCAA to pay the former UW football coach $2.5 million and for the UW to pay Neuheisel $500,000 and not seek repayment of a $1.5 million loan.

News Brief: For three months, Lake Stevens will shelve a proposed gambling tax while city officials make sure it wouldn't hurt existing businesses too much.

News Brief: Three more Washington tribes made good on an 8-month-old pledge to help pay for treatment of problem gamblers, handing checks totaling close to $400,000 to Gov. Christine Gregoire out of proceeds from tribal casinos.

News Brief: The Cowlitz tribe is wagering that the design and management that made the Mohegan Sun a billion-dollar success can be repeated in Southwest Washington.

News Brief: A group opposing a cardroom in Kingsgate, Washington, has stepped up its efforts to block the flow of alcohol to the proposed casino.

Debbie Cameron won $187,255.00 Monday playing a progressive slot machine at Lucky Eagle Casino, the slot payout ever in the state of Washington.

A prominent Washington think tank is warning U.S. municipalities to be leery of building new or larger convention halls because of recent and projected reductions in the nation's trade show industry.

e Tulalip Tribes today presented a check for $150,000 to Mercy Corps founder, Dan O'Neill, and nationally respected journalist and relief worker, Margaret Larson.

News Brief: To persuade the community to support a tribal casino near La Center, the Cowlitz Tribe pointed to the track record of its business partner, The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut, in a series of meetings Thursday.

News Brief: Swinomish leaders have big plans for the northern end of the tribe's reservation east of Anacortes — a new resort with its own marina.

GTECH Holdings Corporation was recognized for its work with Washington's Lottery and Safeway at the Governor's Awards for Quality and Performance on November 29 at St. Martin's Worthington Center in Lacey, Washington.

Coast Casinos became the first hotel chain to install Expedia's direct connect interface into its Hotel Information Systems epitome for iSeries property management system.

News Brief: An estimated 50 federal and state agents raided La Center's cardroom district in an investigation of alleged bookmaking and immigration visa fraud.

News Brief: The Washington State Court of Appeals has ruled that Pierce County can maintain its ban on minicasinos in unincorporated neighborhoods.

Prof. I. Nelson Rose: The only form of gambling that can compete against a casino is another casino.

News Brief: The Tulalip Tribes proposal to help fund a NASCAR track in Snohomish County might have saved the project, according to Washington State Rep. John McCoy.

News Brief: Three state gaming agencies will contribute more than $200,000 to educate Washington residents about problem gambling.