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News Brief: Travelers along I-10 might have noticed a giant barbecue Wednesday afternoon beneath towering construction cranes at the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians' new $205 million, 15-story hotel near Rancho Mirage.

News Brief: A turf battle is shaping up between the Ho-Chunk Nation and two other state Native American tribes over plans to build a casino in Beloit on land both sides claim as ancestral territory.

News Brief: The backers of two lawsuits against the Buffalo casino already have spent nearly a million dollars on their legal challenges, and they say they aren't going away.

ews Brief: Three suspects were indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges that they stole $198,000 during an elaborately planned predawn theft at a Humboldt County Indian casino.

News Brief: The New Bedford City Council last night made a pitch for casino gambling, unanimously approving a five-member committee to lobby the governor, state lawmakers and would-be casino developers.

Loews announced it would take over the 493-room Hyatt Regency Hotel at Lake Las Vegas and has been instilling its own lowkey brand of service and style on the property since.

Loews Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Tisch touts foreign tourism as a tool not only for making money but also for world diplomacy.

News Brief: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court could be hearing arguments from western Pennsylvania"s competing racetrack developers by May.

News Brief: The West Virginia gambling battle is getting even more tangled as the administration has asked for more financial returns than the gambling promoters want to pay.

News Brief: Spokane tribal members told skeptical lawmakers Tuesday, an agreement allowing the Spokanes up to 4,700 slot-style machines at five sites would be a good deal for both the tribe and region.

News Brief: Atantic City councillors breathed life into an amended ordinance Wednesday night that would allow smoking on one-fourth of casino gaming floors.

One lucky ticket in Missouri matched all 6 numbers and walked away with the $254 million jackpot.

Jack Schanbacher of Pittsburgh won Tuesday's buy-in No Limit event at Borgata Hotel Casino.

Somehow, the complementary visions of Eric Idle and George Harrison have wound up converging on the Las Vegas Strip

A field of 64 of the world’s elite poker players will descend upon Las Vegas from March 1-4 for the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship at Caesars Palace.

The World Poker Tour has released its schedule of events for its sixth season, and the lucrative, made-for-TV tournament poker circuit will again have a strong Las Vegas presence.

Asian gaming analysts said Tuesday Macau's gambling win of $6.95 billion during 2006 means the Chinese enclave as surpassed the Strip as the world's largest gaming market.

News Brief: Supporters of a proposal to ban slot machines in Maine said on Monday that they have failed to collect enough signatures to force a vote on the issue this year.

News Brief: A retired carpenter has filed a complaint against Philadelphia Park Casino for voiding his $102,000 slot winnings.

New Brief: Majestic Star Casino owner Don Barden wants to open a new casino outside of Gary, Indiana.