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Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that the Louisiana Gaming Control Board unanimously approved gaming license renewals for the Company's two current Louisiana casinos, Boomtown New Orleans and Boomtown Bossier City.

News Brief: With the National Hockey League lockout continuing, the people who profit from sports lotteries are feeling the pinch.

News Brief: Richmond has received a $2.9 million cheque from the province, its share of the net profits from the first quarter operations of the new River Rock casino facility on the waterfront, according to B.C. Lotteries Corporation spokesperson Greg Walker.

Gateway Casinos Income Fund reports a cash distribution of $0.105 per unit for the month of September 2004.

News Brief: Club Regent and McPhillips Street Station casino workers who were secretly smoking in heated puffing shacks will be forced to step outside as of today.

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

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

British Columbia Lottery Corporation has introduced Internet play and purchase as a new way to distribute select lottery products.

News Brief: Ontario police say a fraud investigation at a Caribbean casino led them to a local marijuana grow house, which has resulted in four arrests and a child placed with the Children's Aid Society.

News Brief: A market study of gaming opportunities identifies two options for bringing a casino to Victoria, British Columbia, including one that would see View Royal's casino closed to make way for a larger and more profitable casino on the downtown waterfront.

News Brief: Gambling in Nova Scotia is threatening the security of low-income earners, the less educated and seniors and is draining money from charities, a new study shows.

News Brief: Loto-Quebec, citing opposition to wagering on underage athletes, withdrew betting on Quebec Major Junior Hockey League games on Friday.

The Trident Entertainment Group of casinos has launched a "$25,000 World Voyage" competition.

News Brief: A program to help gamblers deal with their gaming dependencies will start next month in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

News Brief: A native reserve 50 kilometres south of Winnipeg plans to open a new gaming centre where gamblers will be allowed to smoke.

News Brief: Rumours are swirling in about a possible relocation of a casino from Quesnel to Victoria, British Columbia.

News Brief: Eric O'Rourke has bet on everything from horses to video lottery terminals in his life, but he says he won't stake anything on a class-action lawsuit filed last week.

News Brief: The head of Manitoba's only aboriginal-run casino says he is more determined than ever to gain greater autonomy.

News Brief: Over the last few years, casinos have increasingly crept into gourmet territory. Instead of the traditional cheap buffet, designed to bring in the masses, variety is the order of the day.