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Donald Trump says that his new gold-clad condo and hotel tower is “defining luxury in Las Vegas” and those who were present at Friday's ribbon-cutting ceremony for the building got an up-close view as to why the real estate mogul can make that claim.

News Brief: In only seven months, Maryland voters will decide whether up to 15,000 slot machines will be legalized.

News Brief: New Hampshire and Rhode Island lawmakers, as they face steadily mounting financial woes, are scrounging for cash from an unexpected source: Massachusetts taxpayers.

News Brief: Coyote Valley tribal representatives dismissed a state commission's contentions that there are widespread software lapses in slot machines at the Mendocino County casino and six larger Indian gaming centers around the state.

News Brief: Efforts to ban smoking in the state’s two Indian-owned casinos is turning into a test of wills between legislators, the tribes that own the casinos and Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who wants to negotiate with the owners herself.

The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative announced its support for new legislation that would prohibit the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing or implementing any regulations related to the current ban on Internet gambling.

Comedy Central lists him as one of the "Best 100 Comedians of All Time," and now Eddie Griffin is coming to Spotlight 29 Casino.

John Anderson is performing live in concert at 9 P.M., Friday and Saturday, May 23rd & 24th at Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis.

The Palazzo has been designated as the largest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified building in the world by the U.S. Green Building Council.

New Brief: Revenue for all three Detroit casinos for the month of March was up .02% compared with the same month last year, led by the MGM Grand Detroit, which reported $50.2 million in revenues in March.

Sky-high jet fuel costs and a recession won't necessarily make flying to Las Vegas a bigger pain.

News Brief: A proposal to allow gambling in a central Iowa county has failed.

Nevada gaming revenues statewide fell almost 4 percent in February, giving Wall Street cause for concern.

The controversial Kessler Report covered a lot more than the several notorious instances of unapproved remodeling at the Rio and Harrah's Las Vegas.

For all the highly technical and nuanced ways to identify economic slowdowns, in Las Vegas there’s one simple way to take measure: room rates.

The attorney general's office announced Tuesday that it will ask the Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider a March 27 ruling that free meals provided by casinos to patrons are not subject to taxation.

A national recession could be bad news for resort owners, but the booster group that promotes Las Vegas isn't projecting a downturn in its nearly $300 million budget.

Players who walk into Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel today will enjoy better odds than they would have five weeks ago.

An online poker site has announced the inaugural Duplicate Poker World Championship with the finals set for this fall.

Nightclub operators Marc Packer and Richard Wolf are finding out what happens when you stir up the fury of the third-richest man in the world.