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Full House Resorts and its 50%-owned joint venture Gaming Entertainment Michigan has hired R. Bruce McKee to be the General Manager of FireKeepers Casino.

News Brief: Possible competition from casinos in Sugar Creek and in Kansas prompted Ameristar Casinos Inc. officials to scrap plans for an expansion at its Kansas City property, acccording to a company spokeswoman said Friday.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. Executive Vice President Bradley Stone and Sands Bethworks President Robert DeSalvio today presided over a "Standing of the Steel" Ceremony.

News Brief: Many Pennsylvania organizations rely on bingo revenue to fund their operations, but as casinos move into the region, bingo revenue is going down, putting fire protection and other services at risk.

News Brief: A court challenge caused Majestic Star Casino officials Thursday to postpone a public hearing on the $450 million casino's lighting and landscaping designs.

News Brief: Bethlehem Mayor is ready for the casino and the 5 million annual visitors it is projected to draw.

News Brief: There are plans over the next four years for $20 billion worth of casino, hotel, restaurant and retail construction and renovation projects in Atlantic City.

News Brief: Underage gamblers show up in municipal court in Atlantic City nearly every day, a prosecutor said this morning.

News Brief: Nevada sports books are getting ready for the Daytona 500.

News Brief: Four Winds Casino in its first two months of operation has reported with nearly $49 million just in slot-machine revenue.

News Brief: The Ione City Council voted to schedule a special meeting to discuss the possibility of official opposition to the board of supervisors signing an intergovernmental services agreement with the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians.

A $1 billion cash infusion from its joint venture partner gave MGM Mirage's fourth-quarter earnings a boost.

Mary Cleere Haran, considered one of the best cabaret singers of her generation, is performing live in the Peppermill’s Grand Tahoe Ballroom on Saturday, March 15 at 8 p.m.

“Nat King Cole: His Life, His Songs,” will be showing at the Peppermill on Saturday, April 19 at 8 p.m. in the Grand Tahoe Ballroom.

Grammy Award-winning artist, Boz Scaggs, and his band will be coming to Spotlight 29 Casino on April 19.

News Brief: Plans to ask Nevada voters to raise taxes on casinos have alarmed the Las Vegas gambling industry, which is scrambling to block initiatives.

News Brief: The price tag on the permanent casino under construction at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs has leaped by more than one-third from initial estimates.

News Brief: The Mississippi Coast casino market shows signs of leveling off from record post-Katrina gains but bucked the national trend by remaining strong in January.

News Brief: The Casino Control Commission ordered Borgata to pay a $105,000 penalty -- the largest fine imposed in an underage gambling case -- for not stopping a 19-year-old gambler.

News Brief: A new push by horsemen for installing video lottery terminals at New Jersey racetracks has attracted backing from sympathetic state legislators as discussions over renewed purse subsidies from Atlantic City casinos are stalled.