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While regulators hope Las Vegas-based casino operators will help flush out corrupt influences in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau, they're not holding their breath.

Las Vegas is a place where people come to start over, but it's also a place where buildings never get old - they simply get demolished.

Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis announced the promotion of Holly Lemoine-Raymond from player development manager to the newly created position of assistant marketing director.

With the MGM Mirage's $7 billion Project CityCenter beginning to rise from the ground and new buyers in place at key properties along Harmon Avenue, the growth of the 'second Strip' is progressing quickly and surely.

News Brief: The South Carolina Supreme Court this morning ruled that the Catawba Indian Tribe does not have the right to operate video poker on its reservation near Rock Hill.

News Brief: According to figures released by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, Pennsylvania racinos have taken a sizable bite out of the revenue stream of Atlantic City's casinos.

News Brief: Foxwoods officials say that they’re not concerned about the Sands Macau’s claims of being be the world's largest casino, a title Foxwoods also claims and uses as part of its advertising.

News Briefs: A sweeping majority of table games dealers at Caesars Atlantic City approved unionization with United Auto Workers, making them the city's first casino dealers to join a union.

Arriva Card the first credit card designed specifically for use in casinos, now offers Instant Underwriting of Credit at 75 casino properties across the U.S.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the Mega Millions jackpot for the Tuesday, March 20, 2007 drawing grows to an estimated $37 million.

The Small Town Poker Tour visits the John A., Alario, Sr., Events Center in the West Bank section of New Orleans, for three days of charity poker.

News Brief: A Florida couple who helped run a $1.4 billion-a-year Internet gambling business pleaded guilty to felony charges in Queens, authorities said yesterday.

News Brief: A new study indicates students in the 8th and 11th grades who gamble are much more likely to be involved in other risky behaviors.

News Brief: Over the opposition of two major gaming corporations, a Nevada Assembly committee voted 8-5 Thursday to let voters decide whether to legalize a state lottery.

News Brief: A key Kansas state legislator has upped the ante on casino gambling by offering a bill to allow casinos and lower property taxes.

News Brief: The battle for control of potential gaming on the Navajo Nation continues today as the council decides whether to override presidential vetoes on two chapters' gaming enterprises.

News Brief: A Tuesday sit-down between a Kansas-based tribe and DeKalb County Board members did little to resolve a stalemate over whether the tribe will be able to move ahead with plans to build a bingo parlor near Shabbona, Illinois.

News Brief: The 1,200-seat venue at the Morongo Casino, Resort and Spa is about to experience its third iteration in as many years.

ews Brief: An appeal in a lawsuit filed by a Hesperia anti-casino citizens' group will be heard Friday in San Diego at the 4th District Court of Appeals.

ews Brief: Legislation freeing Prairie Meadows and other Iowa casinos from having automatic public votes on gambling every eight years sailed through the Senate today.