Tourism slowdown impacting Ontario gaming - 2004-02-04
The everlasting effects of a massive sluggish tourism industry in southern Ontario is still rampant at Casino Niagara and Fort Erie Racetrack's gaming operation.
The Fort Erie slots took a hit both in the third quarter and during the fiscal year.

In the third quarter, the racetrack lured 3,854 people on a daily basis, down 8.1 percent from 4,196 for the same period last year. Fort Erie continues to be the third busiest of the 16 racetrack/slot operations in the province.
Read the full story at Buffalo Business First, NY

Legislators' Gambling Project Sounds Recognizable - 2004-02-04
The sponsors of rival gambling bids have come together on a project that should seem pretty familiar when it's brought in today. The compromise calls for up to eight casinos in the state - the same as a measure that stalled last year in the Nebraska Legislature.

A petition drive endorsed by the group Keep the Money in Nebraska would permit two casinos in Omaha and up to 4,900 slot machines and video slots at horse tracks and other sites.
Read the full story at GamblingMagazine.com