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News Brief: The crowds and revenues at Presque Isle Downs & Casino over the weekend were even bigger than on opening day.

ews Brief: Pocono Manor Investors, a casino license applicant who lost out to proposals in Bethlehem and Monroe County filed an appeal of the decision Monday.

News Brief: Casinos sprouting across the Midwest are attracting sophisticated cheaters from Las Vegas, Atlantic City and overseas who believe they can scam new, unseasoned staff, gaming officials say.

News Brief: A vocal critic of casino smoking was laid off Sunday from his position as a tables-games supervisor, a move the Somers Point man calls retaliatory.

CIBER has been contracted to track compulsive gambling and related criminal activity in Louisiana.

The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed up to an estimated $355 million for Tuesday's drawing, the largest in the game's history.

The Casino College recently opened their second Southern California Casino School on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.

The California Court of Appeal has denied the motion to forbid construction from proceeding on the proposed interchange to provide direct access to Shingle Springs Foothill Oaks casino.

The last time Station Casinos broke ground, there was a big dust-up by neighbors complaining about the height, the traffic, the imposition. This time, neighbors' reaction is more akin to a hallelujah chorus.

Research by economist and real estate consultant John Restrepo indicates that most condo buyers prefer views of lakes and oceans to views of casinos.

Slot players found fortune at Spa Resort Casino in February, taking home 44 jackpots above $25,000 in just 28 days.

Newly hired World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack didn’t have enough time to make his presence fully felt during the scheduling of the 2006 WSOP.

Battle lines are forming between airline passengers and private plane operators over who should pay for the nation's air traffic control system.

A company founded by a space flight entrepreneur and a former astronaut will offer the experience of weightlessness via a modified Boeing 727 flying 24,000 feet above the Nevada desert.

Los Angeles entrepreneur Sam Nazarian spent close to three years trying to strike the right casino deal in Las Vegas. But his interests kept returning to the aging Sahara.

The departure of New Year holiday revelers and the annual International Consumer Electronics Show helped boost January passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport nearly 6 percent higher than last year's pace.

A Hollywood movie producer, restaurateur and nightclub owner has bought the aging Moroccan-themed Sahara, the Review-Journal learned Friday night.

News Brief: Less than 18 months remain until the Southern Ute Tribe plans to open the doors at its new Sky Ute Casino, a facility it says will be one of the largest ever constructed in the Four Corners.

News Brief: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community President Susan LaFernier said she is hopeful that progress in the often-stalled tribal casino project in Negaunee Township could come soon.

News Brief: After a few delays in the construction process, the Osage Nation has announced that its much-anticipated new Million Dollar Elm Casino west of Bartlesville is scheduled to open to the public at midnight on Tuesday.