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News Brief: Ohio's Attorney General Marc Dann and Governor Ted Strickland have released an executive order to remove the skill-based amusement machines from public access.

News Brief: Competition from surrounding states and a partial smoking ban has taken a toll on the Atlantic City casinos. And now it's hitting the workforce.

News Brief: Fred Paquin will be the new chairman of Greektown Casino.

News Brief: North County, California may soon have its first tribal-funded problem gambling treatment program, according to county documents.

News Brief: The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians said yesterday that it plans to build an $800 million casino-hotel resort just east of its existing 2,500-slot casino and outlet mall.

News Brief: A deal to allow Las Vegas-style gambling on tribal lands in Florida could face a major obstacle: the state Legislature.

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Olympia Gaming announced has acquired approximately 14-acres from RED Development for their $800 million Legends Marina Casino-Resort-Spa project in Sparks, Nevada.

News Brief: Casino opponents have called on the disciplinary board of the state Supreme Court to investigate whether the former head of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board violated ethics rules during the selection process for the city's two casinos.

News Brief: Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison filed a lawsuit with the state supreme court today challenging a new casino gambling law.

Plans unveiled Wednesday outline a new sports and entertainment arena off the Strip, a facility to be built without taxpayer dollars jointly by Harrah's Entertainment and AEG.

MGM Mirage's $5.1 billion deal to sell half of its CityCenter development and a nearly 10 percent stake in the casino operator to Dubai World, a holding company for the Persian Gulf state, is more than just another joint venture investment.

It appears casino owners in the declining downtown Las Vegas market will ask workers to bear some of their financial pain.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. and AEG today unveiled plans for of an approximately 20,000-seat, privately financed, state-of-the-art arena.

In preparation for her imaginative, over-the-top show at Caesars Palace, Bette Midler and award-winning choreographer Toni Basil held auditions for female dancers on Monday, Aug. 20 and Tuesday, Aug. 21 at The Colosseum.

Pam Brunson will head to her first World Poker Tour final table on August 31st,where she will face five of poker's finest female pros during WPT Ladies' Night V.

A selection of the latest entertainment news from Las Vegas this week.

V.I.P.P. ticket holders will be escorted behind the curtain and taken backstage to see the inner sanctum of the Strip's funniest show.

Foxwoods Resort Casino is giving away $300,000 on August 31, September 1 and 2, 2007 for its Labor Day Weekend Cash Celebration.

BluBet, Inc. announced today the public beta launch of BluBet.com, a website that encourages users to bet on an unlimited set of topics to win virtual currency called BluBucks.