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The head of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration spoke Tuesday at a conference of safety engineers but avoided any discussion about a string of construction site fatalities.

A security related body-scanning machine is headed for McCarran International Airport.

With gasoline prices approaching $5 per gallon in parts of Southern California and domestic airlines cutting routes, Las Vegas boosters are overhauling efforts to attract tourists from overseas.

News Brief: With this May delivering one extra Friday and Saturday compared with 2007, the Atlantic City casino industry enjoyed higher monthly revenue for only the second time this year.

News Brief: A federal jury in St. Paul has acquitted a Prior Lake businessman of 26 counts of bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy charges involving alleged corruption in casino development and contracting practices with the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

News Brief: A federal judge's ruling that California cannot demand more gaming revenue in exchange for allowing San Diego County's Rincon band to expand its casino reflects a long-standing policy of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a federal official testified yesterday.

The Meadows Racetrack & Casino will hold a traditional beam raising ceremony to mark the completion of steel work to its $175 million permanent casino on June 12, 2008.

Full House Resorts and its 50%-owned joint venture Gaming Entertainment Michigan, LLC reports on behalf of FireKeepers Development Authority the appointment of Ann Kennedy as Chief Financial Officer of FireKeepers Casino.

News Brief: Michigan gaming regulators today allowed Greektown Casino to continue executing a business reorganization plan aimed at improving the financial health of the casino during Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

A recent AARP Maryland survey found that two out of three Maryland voters support allowing slot machines at limited locations around the state.

Seneca Gaming Corporation is proud to bring some of the hottest acts to Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel and Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel this summer.

Firefighters from two cities and Clark County are fighting a three-alarm fire that forced the Speedway Casino/Ramada Inn at Interstate 15 and Cheyenne Avenue to evacuate its casino and hotel rooms.

News Brief: Las Vegas-style slots have arrived at the Seminole Immokalee Casino.

News Brief: The Quapaw Tribe’s $200 million Downstream Casino Resort is set to open July 5 on the Kansas state line about seven miles west of Joplin.

News Brief: A Class II casino will remain a bargaining chip, but the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe still hopes a more comprehensive Class III casino is in the cards.

News Brief: Gov. Deval Patrick says he’s ready to negotiate an agreement with the Mashpee Wampanoag that would lead to a resort casino in Middleboro, Massachusetts.

The owners of Hooters Hotel terminated a sales option agreement Monday after the investment group that had planned to change the property into a boutique hotel failed to make a scheduled payment.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. reports the appointment of Brent Willits as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Ameristar Council Bluffs, effective June 16.

Bars hit by tobacco ban sell device that satisfies cravings, complies with law.

After watching the professionals win nine of the first 10 bracelets that were up for grabs at the 2008 World Series of Poker, the amateurs fought back over the weekend as Phillip Tom and Jimmy Shultz broke through to capture their first bracelets.