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It's no surprise that slot bars and convenience store owners are emptying their tills in an effort to defeat Question 5 and pass Question 4 on the Nov. 7 ballot.

The least experienced player at the Festa Al Lago Main Event final table became the latest youngster to make the World Poker Tour his coming out party.

Neither of two competing measures on next month's ballot to restrict smoking in Nevada dares to prohibit smoking in casinos.

International News Brief: The British businessman who complained to Scotland Yard about gifts Denver entrepreneur Phil Anschutz gave Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has confirmed earlier reported plans to spend about $388 million to expand a gasoline pipeline to Las Vegas from California refineries.

A plan by Boyd Gaming Corp. to sell its 1,350-room South Coast in Las Vegas to veteran Nevada gambling figure Michael Gaughan won final approval Thursday from the state Gaming Commission.

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

News Brief: So hungry is IGT for talented employees that it has donated $500,000 to the University of Nevada, Reno's College of Engineering to fund a computer game studies undergraduate degree program.

hile there are long-standing assumptions that a smoking ban would hurt the casino industry, there is substantial evidence suggesting that smoking bans do not hurt businesses and over time, might help them.

News Brief: Depending on whom you talk to, slot machines will yield either great benefits or grief for Ohio.

News Brief: Some wonder whether a high turnout of so-called values voters also might affect the results of South Dakota’s video lottery vote.

News Brief: The limited exposure and lack of public debate about this year's gambling referendum stands in stark contrast to the two previous campaigns in Clark County, Indiana.

News Brief: The final structural beam on the new Four Winds Casino Resort will be signed and set into place on Tuesday.

News Brief: Philadelphia's rich and powerful state senator Vince Fumo has dropped his opposition to local zoning control of gambling casinos here.

ews Brief: Opponents of a casino resort proposed by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians are asking for a referendum on the issue next spring, more than one year earlier than the tribe has requested.

News Brief: The Mohegan Sun offered a star-studded line-up of events for their 10th anniversary celebration.

The MGM CityCenter will be home to four outstanding contemporary condo developments from some of the world's most renowned architects.

The 11th annual East Coast Gaming Congress will be held April 30 & May 1, 2007, at the Atlantic City Convention Center, conference organizers announced today.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $70 million.

The jackpot for the Tuesday, October 24, 2006 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $16 million.