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Gulfport, Mississippi's only casino became one of the region's largest when Island View Casino Resort opened its second phase to the public on Monday, May 14.

Golden Nugget, Inc. reports that, in connection with the previously announced cash tender offer and consent solicitation for its outstanding 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2011, Golden Nugget has received the requisite consents from holders of the Notes to amend the indenture.

Harrah's Entertainment, along with world-renowned singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett, today unveiled plans for a the new Margaritaville Casino & Resort on the shores of Biloxi, Mississippi.

A new business model is slowly but significantly unfolding along the Strip.

Casino dealers at Wynn Las Vegas voted by an almost a 3-1 margin in favor of union representation despite an impassioned eleventh hour hour plea by company Chairman Steve Wynn.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

The number of people who visited Las Vegas in March went up 1.4 percent to nearly 3.5 million even though gambling revenue for the month was down in every Clark County market.

Three payment-processors have been accused of miscoding gaming transactions and funneling that money to online casinos and sportsbooks in grand jury indictments unsealed last week in Utah.

The election culminates nearly nine months of heated debate at Wynn Las Vegas after the resort's management made a controversial change in how the casino pools and divides the tips earned by casino workers.

News Brief: Dealers at the Trump Marina Hotel Casino narrowly voted down a bid to unionize, according to union representatives Saturday.

News Brief: Iowa's gambling regulators plan to review federal conspiracy charges filed in an ongoing job-training scandal against a board member of Polk County-owned Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino.

News Brief: Even if Jackson County leaders indicate a proposed Choctaw casino on Mississippi 57 would not have a negative effect on the local area, leading Indian gaming officials said the casino will not be built overnight.

News Brief: Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, tThe tribe that operates River Rock Casino, has allocated almost $200,000 to two fire departments and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department.

News Brief: A California assembly committee will hold a hearing concerning the lack of federal oversight concerning tribal casino operating rules.

Powerball will go to an estimated $43 million for Wednesday's draw as the grand prize was not hit Saturday evening.

Somewhere there is a ticket worth an estimated $112 million. That ticket, which was purchased in Hawthorne, California, matched all six numbers in the May 11, 2007 Mega Millions drawing.

With the historic Bethlehem Steel plant as a backdrop, local elected officials and Las Vegas Sands Corp. executives celebrated the beginning of construction at Sands Bethworks.

News Brief: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to turn the state lottery over to a private firm could yield about $15 billion but some are skeptical.

News Brief: Harness racers, electrical workers, fair organizers and others came to the Maine State House to protest legislative proposals that would result in more money for the state and less money for their interests.

News Brief: The Gila River Indian tribe is divided plan to build a new casino beginning this summer.