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Former Miss Nevada Katie Rees has been hired by Jeff Beacher to host the return of Beacher's Madhouse at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa, the first billion-dollar resort to be built off the Las Vegas Strip, has expanded by adding more than 400 new guestrooms and suites, doubling its number of rooms since opening in April 2006.

News Brief: A Central Indiana senator has filed legislation that would require casinos to administer alcohol breath tests to gamblers who want to obtain a line of credit larger than $1,000.

Google and Las Vegas were America's top two brand names in 2006 and should repeat in 2007, according to a national survey.

While just two members of the Nevada Gaming Control Board conducted the panel's monthly meeting Wednesday, the controversy as to which one of two appointees rightfully held the third seat was moving toward a resolution.

Golden Gaming took its initial steps to increase its presence in the Las Vegas casino market, winning preliminary approval from Nevada gaming regulators to operate the Hard Rock Hotel's casino once the property is sold to the Morgans Hotel Group.

ews Brief: Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. said Wednesday that the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation awarded it a gaming license for its planned $167 million casino.

News Brief: Despite a shutdown and one less casino, Atlantic City's gaming industry was able to extend its winning streak in 2006, racking up a record $5.2 billion in revenue.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $155 million.

Magna Entertainment Corp. reports that Bill Murphy has been appointed President and General Manager of Gulfstream Park.

DEQ Systems Corp. reports that Harrah's Operating Company, Inc. has installed its first EZ Baccarat table game at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.

News Brief: December put a positive cap on 2006 for Northwest Indiana's five casinos, and pleasant weather was likely the cause.

A high-profile former gaming executive will attempt to help the Valley Health System and the Service Employees International Union resolve a nine-month labor dispute.

It took Dale Logue nearly two hours to catch a cab from McCarran International Airport on Sunday, one day before the opening of the International Consumer Electronics Show.

News Brief: A Monticello casino will be at the top of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's list, his point man on casinos says.

News Brief: Orange Circuit Judge Larry Blanton let both sides of the French Lick casino dispute know he wished they could settle their differences outside the courtroom.

Somewhere in Amarillo, Texas, there is a Mega Millions ticket worth an estimated $122 million.

Tribal representatives for the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians and the Big Lagoon Rancheria vowed to continue their efforts to obtain approval of the Barstow gaming compacts.

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. will unveil the next generation of the Isle of Capri gaming experience when the casino opens in late winter/early spring at Pompano Beach, Florida.

After unprecedented success in 2006, Harrah's has added nine events to the 2007 World Series of Poker schedule. The WSOP will award 55 bracelets, including 13 "World Championships" in a wide variety of games.