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News Brief: Construction has begun on the Navajo Nation’s first casino and tribal officials celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony Monday.

News Brief: The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska has released projections related to its planned casino resort in Carter Lake, Iowa.

By a 123-110 vote, Mandalay Bay guards rejected the International Union of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America.

Virgin America has partnered with Match.com to bring singles aboard the airline's "SuperFly" Wednesday night series for an evening of social networking and fun at The Venetian Las Vegas.

News Brief: Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods posted slot revenue of $72.5 million in May, nearly 8 percent higher than the net slot win a year ago.

News Brief: Leading Republicans in the Legislature called Monday for an investigation into the compact Gov. Chris Gregoire negotiated with Washington's tribes that allowed for expanded casino gambling but did not include revenue sharing with the state worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

News Brief: According to a gambling expert, there is no need for the Mashpee Wampanoag to panic about their casino partners' financial woes.

The death toll at Strip construction sites continued to rise Monday, this time at Boyd Gaming Corp.'s Echelon project site with the death of a 49-year-old carpenter who fell about 15 feet and suffered fatal head injuries after landing on his head.

Pin-up star, Cindy Margolis, will make a guest appearance at Casbah Nightclub at Trump Taj Mahal on Saturday, June 21 at 10:30 pm.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. will hold an Investment Community Field Trip at the Ameristar Casino Resort Spa in St. Charles, Missouri on June 19, 2008.

Cox Business/Hospitality Network has launched its high-definition Video On Demand platform and wireless internet in the new Encore at Wynn Las Vegas.

Top amateur boxers from the U.S. and Canada will get in the ring at Spotlight 29 Casino to show their best abilities just before the Olympics at the 7th annual Desert Showdown Invitational Amateur Boxing Championship.

Owners and operators of Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel and Circling Raven Golf Club in Idaho Panhandle continue to fulfill investment promises.

News Brief: The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians will open its new $114 million Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel along M-72 to the public on Tuesday, in advance of a June 24 grand opening.

News Brief: The contentious issue of whether to expand gambling in Massachusetts could be back on the Statehouse's agenda this summer, driven by the Mashpee Wampanoag's effort to build an American Indian casino in Middleboro.

An unstable construction crane at the $9.2 billion CityCenter shut down traffic on a one-third-mile stretch of the Strip and stalled work on a portion of the 76-acre site for nearly 11/2 hours Friday afternoon.

Western tourism boosters are doing something once unheard of in Las Vegas -- encouraging visitors to leave the Strip's posh gambling resorts and spend time in the great outdoors.

Mount Airy Casino Resort reopened for business today after a severe thunderstorm Saturday evening interrupted power to the non-casino areas of the facility and led to the evacuation of the entire facility including the casino floor.

PokerTek, Inc. reports that the State of New Jersey Casino Control Commission has approved Trump Plaza Casino to offer PokerPro for field trial.

News Brief: Federal officials must immediately withdraw the final study for the Cowlitz casino and issue a revised document that reflects current conditions, an attorney representing La Center's four cardrooms demanded Thursday.