The tribe appealed the ruling Aug. 18, and an agreement was reached to allow the casino to remain open under certain conditions while the appeal is pending, he said. As part of the agreement, the tribe said it would cease all Class III gaming at the casino within 48 hours of a final notice upholding this month's ruling, commission spokesman Kyle Nayback said. Class III gaming, generally Nevada-style gambling, includes slot machines and use of a house bank for card games. The tribe also agreed to immediately stop offering roulette, a card game called Pai Gow and one type of gambling machine in exchange for being able to continue offering 100 other video gaming machines as well as blackjack and poker tables. Casino reports stolen meat, seafood Three men were arrested in the theft of thousands of dollars worth of meat and seafood from Grand Casino Biloxi.
Police believe some of the food was sold at a store owned by one of the suspects.
LV company in Swiss deal Las Vegas-based slot designer Anchor Gaming said its Automated Wagering International Inc. lottery systems subsidiary signed a contract to provide hardware and software for the Swiss lottery. The contract, whose value wasn't disclosed, calls for AWI to convert current Swiss lottery and Toto games to a new on-line network with centralized game management and control. Internet site goes off-line after contact with newspaper MAn Internet site that is the target of a federal trademark lawsuit by the Mohegan Indian tribe was taken offline Wednesday after The Hartford Courant contacted one of its operators. The Mohegan tribe had been searching unsuccessfully for Yelena Krasenkova, the woman behind the Web site that links surfers to a gambling site that has no relation to the tribe or its Mohegan Sun casino. Krasenkova's business partner, Gary Hamilton of Las Vegas, said he did not know he was being sued until he telephoned the newspaper in response to a reporter's e-mail inquiry.