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County fire investigators blamed flying molten metal and a lack of safety measures by construction workers for last week's blaze atop the Monte Carlo resort, officials said Thursday.

The international union organizing casino dealers on the Strip is forming a new gaming division to better focus its efforts to unionize locally.

The rivalry between dueling furniture markets in Las Vegas and High Point, N.C., took a turn for the awkward this week.

News Brief: Gov. Arnold Schwarzengger is putting the campaign on Indian gaming deals into high-gear.

News Brief: The latest challenge to Indian sovereign land could not only jeopardize the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's proposed casino in Middleboro, but Indian territory across the nation.

Binion's casino is opening a new era in the world of poker this week by opening the Women in Poker Hall of Fame.

Tom Celani will acquire a significant equity position in Greektown Casino, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians announced today.

Costa Rica and Antigua separately filed for World Trade Organization arbitration on January 28, seeking compensation from the United States as a result of the U.S. withdrawal of its commitment on cross-border gambling services.

Wynn Las Vegas Resort and Country Club announced today that the 2008 schedule for The Wynn Classic poker tournament will take place from February 26 through March 19.

News Brief: Gov. Deval L. Patrick warned yesterday that inaction on his pending legislation to create three resort casinos could result in the establishment of an Indian gaming casino in Middleboro with no revenue stream to the state.

News Brief: Former California Gov. Pete Wilson reasserted his opposition to Indian casino gambling during a speech.

News Brief: Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is challenging a federal agency’s ruling that allows the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska to build a casino on its trust land in Carter Lake, Iowa.

News Brief: Florida's highest court questioned the validity of the high-stakes pact struck between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

News Brief: A recent ruling by The U.S. Department of Interior not to accept land into a trust for a casino could prove a crushing blow to a tribe planning to take the same route in Monroe, Ohio.

Many exterior features on the Strip's most recognizable hotel-casinos are made from the same material used to create the rooftop facade on the Monte Carlo, foam that might have fueled the Friday fire that closed the resort.

Las Vegas sports book operator Leroy's is testing its self-service betting kiosks inside sports bars and restaurants.

High oil prices didn't stop rural America from flocking to Florida's beaches or the bright lights of Las Vegas, if a 48 percent revenue increase for Allegiant Travel Co. is any guide.

Voters in South Florida on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a measure to give three locations in the Miami-Dade County area a total of 6,000 Las Vegas-style slot machines.

A new tax revenue analysis announced by Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) estimates that regulating Internet gambling would generate between $8.7 billion to $42.8 billion in federal revenues over its first ten years.

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Executive Director Anne Neeb today issued an emergency suspension of the Principle License of Louis A. DeNaples, sole owner of the Mount Airy Casino Resort.