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News brief: A man was fatally injured after falling from the escalator at the Pier Shops at Caesars.

Las Vegas gaming entrepreneur Bob Stupak died Friday at Desert Springs Hospital after a long battle with leukemia at the age of 67.

A federal judge believes MGM Mirage majority shareholder Kirk Kerkorian knew a now-convicted Hollywood private eye was illegally wiretapping his ex-wife during their child custody dispute.

According to a special committee, the failure of the company's $5.7 billion buyout was due to the economic downturn and not any inappropriate action by anyone involved.

News brief: The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma is poised to take possession of an existing horse racing track in Grand Prairie.

The gaming company has received notice that it will not be part of the hearings involving its partner in the Borgata in Atlantic City.

News brief: The Pennsylvania casino had previously planned to add 2,000 additional slot machines.

This past weekend Las Vegas had no shortage or rockers, rappers or action.

The director of Wynn and Encore’s race and sports operations visited his first racetrack at age 5, bet with a bookmaker as a teen and played team sports through college.

The casino giant wants to sell up to $750 million of new term loans under its current credit facility.

News brief: State revenues from all sources of authorized gambling fell 2.8% in fiscal 2009, the first decline in data going back at least 20 years.

Harrah's is joining with four corporations and three environmental organizations as founding members of a partnership focusing on environmental issues.

News brief: Maryland will award the state's first slot license to the Ocean Downs racetrack.

Hundreds of job seekers were informed yesterday that they landed positions at one of CityCenter's two projects.

News brief: The Detroit casino's creditors and bondholders have questioned how Greektown's worth of $540 million was calculated.

News brief: The WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship has been a success since it started on Sept. 8 with an estimated 15,000 entrants.

CityCenter began making employment offers to hundreds of workers today in preparation for the project's opening later this year.

Fundamentals haven’t changed much, but debt is cut, business in Macau is up.

The counseling company raided this week in an extortion investigation had run its business plans past Metro Police several times in the past two years.

A ceremonial groundbreaking was held last week on the American Indian casino in Michigan that will be managed by Station Casinos.