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News brief: The opening Sands Casino in Bethlehem and the addition of slots at Aqueduct race track in Queens will make eastern Pennsylvania even more competitive.

Wynn Resorts said its net loss in the fourth quarter was $159.6 million due to a nearly $100 million tax expense and falling revenues Vegas casinos.

News brief: Gov. Bob Riley said that Alabama is facing an expansion of gambling "that very few states have ever had to endure."

News brief: Three casino executives want to bring table games to Pennsylvania casinos but remained mum on a plan to allow video lottery machines across the state.

News brief: An employee at Thunder Valley Casino was presented with a $500 after tipping off authorities about a bank robbery suspect.

News brief: Proponents of expanded gambling in the state legislature want to permit casinos in major cities and legalize slot machines at racetracks.

The field for NBC's 2009 National Heads-Up Poker Championship has been released and will feature many of the top players in the world.

MGM Mirage and Deutsche Bank are discussing a deal to secure financing for the $9.1 billion CityCenter project.

News brief: A man was arrested after he attempted to steal 91 frozen lobsters from a kitchen at Bally's Hotel/Casino.

Boyd Gaming has made a $950 million offer to acquire a significant portion of Station Casinos.

Two decades after the Rio opened, Anthony Marnell III is trying to generate the same buzz at the soon-to-open M Resort.

News brief: Blackjack has nearly pulled even with poker in Florida in terms of card-playing addictions.

The Hard Rock Hotel's $760 million expansion is capitalizing on the economic slowdown and plans to open some components ahead of schedule.

News brief: Some lawmakers have mixed feelings about Gov. Ed Rendell's proposal to legalize video poker.

A British gaming adviser said that the 50 largest gaming companies in the world lost a combined $140 billion in the last year.

Two of MGM Mirage's $9.1 billion properties will begin accepting hotel reservations Monday morning.

News brief: The recession could force three of Atlantic City's 11 casinos out of business in the next few years.

A&E's popular program "Intervention" will air an episode tonight about women compulsive gamblers.

News brief: Construction of a 23-story hotel and nine-story parking garage resumed at Thunder Valley Casino after being abruptly stopped before Thanksgiving.

News brief: A California woman settled with the Golden Acorn Casino after a 2002 incident where she slipped, fell and injured her back on a newly mopped floor.