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The Las Vegas Ironworkers Union is asking Nevada safety regulators to require contractors to provide netting or temporary flooring of the kind that could have saved two workers who fell to their deaths last year on the Strip.

News Brief: Mayor A.J. Holloway has signed the zoning change for the South Beach Resort & Casino, and now it will be up to the Mississippi Gaming Commission to decide if the casino will be built north of U.S. 90 on the Biloxi Strip.

News Brief: The slot machines ringing at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino are bringing millions of new dollars for projects in Washington County, but they've also sparked government squabbling.

News Brief: The tough times for Illinois casinos showed no signs of ending in March, with revenue and admissions down sharply from the same period last year.

News Brief: Penn National Gaming is pressuring Kansas to back off a requirement in state law that companies invest at least $250 million in state gambling casinos.

News Brief: Sac & Fox Casino is having a grand reopening this week to celebrate a major expansion.

News Brief: Clark County commissioners have unanimously approved a resolution stating their opposition to a major commercial gaming facility in the unincorporated area of Clark County.

With just two weeks to go before the grand opening of the new resort-hotel at Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa, final preparations are underway for a regal VIP celebration unlike any other this desert oasis has seen.

Seth Carey the author of the Evergreen Mountain Four Season Resort Casino referendum announced today that Pat LaMarche has been named the spokesperson for the campaign.

Fontainebleau Resorts reports that Nakheel Hotels has invested $375 million in exchange for a 50% interest in the company's iconic Fontainebleau Miami Beach resort.

The World Series of Poker denied blog reports Tuesday that it was considering televising the Main Event final table live -- or "plausibly live" -- on ESPN.

To show its support of the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Pistons, MotorCity Casino Hotel will shine red on all Red Wings game days and red and blue on all Pistons game days during the 2007-08 playoff seasons.

Churchill Downs Incorporated reports that C. Kenneth Dunn, senior vice president of Florida Operations for the Company, is stepping down from that position.

News Brief: Union negotiators and executives at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort in Chester have reached a tentative deal on a new contract for 200 striking workers.

News Brief: Governor M. Jodi Rell has begun preliminary discussions with the owners of the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos over banning smoking at the casinos.

News Brief: The town of Mashpee and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe have ratified a deal after more than a year and a half of negotiations between the selectmen and the tribal council.

News Brief: The owners of Greektown Casino LLC could be forced to sell unless state regulators today approve a request for leniency in meeting financing requirements.

A Las Vegas labor attorney told Nevada's high court justices Monday that Wynn Las Vegas illegally violated employment agreements with its dealers when it changed its tip-pooling policy in 2006.

Riding the success of his album "Ten," Brian McKnight is coming to Spotlight 29 Casino for a concert that will melt hearts.

The 11th annual Theresa A. Mike Fashion Show will be held April 26 at Spotlight 29 Casino and raises funds for scholarships for needy college students across the western United States.