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Blending new amenities with guest favorites, Beau Rivage Resort & Casino will reopen 12 months after Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2006, employing 3,800 Mississippians.

In his career, Joel Bergman has played a role in helping develop or redevelop The Mirage, Treasure Island, Paris Las Vegas, Bally's, Sahara and Caesars Palace.

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

UK travelers aren't canceling plans to visit U.S. cities such as Las Vegas, sources said Friday, even in the wake of a foiled terror plot to explode 10 U.S. passenger planes over the ocean.

Gaming investors saw the foiled terrorist plot to bomb airline flights as a blip on their radar screens Thursday and showed little inclination to reduce their casino stock holdings.

News Brief: Any connection between Lo Duca and bookmakers would be troubling for both the Mets and Major League Baseball because of its potential to compromise Lo Duca.

News Brief: The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs contend that opponents of a Gorge casino are using ‘deception and gridlock’ to achieve their objective.

News Brief: The Seneca Nation of Indians Tribal Council on Saturday authorized construction of a smaller casino that can be built without sprawling across Fulton Street, which the Brown administration has so far refused to sell.

News Brief: Expansion plans for the Argosy Casino are growing, with Penn National Gaming Inc. increasing the budget for a much larger floating casino.

Chip Foose, the star of the popular TLC series "Overhaulin'," has joined MotorCity Casino's expansion project as a design consultant.

Wynn Las Vegas has selected WebSideStory’s web analytics solution, HBX Analytics, to optimize the business performance of its web site.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $29 million.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to take home the jackpot, that Mega Millions jackpot grows to an estimated $31 million for the Tuesday, August 15, 2006 drawing.

GSN is extending an invitation to Jamie Gold, who just won the 2006 World Series of Poker main event, to play in the next season of High Stakes Poker on GSN.

Poarch Band of Creek Indians responds to the Alabama Attorney General’s letter asking to deny the tribe’s request for expanded gaming.

News Brief: The Saratoga Race Course will have a 36-day meet next year under a schedule adopted Thursday by the New York Racing Association's Board of Trustees.

News Brief: Community leaders and residents in Harrison County will be asked to share their views about the impact of the Caesars casino during meetings next week in Corydon, Indiana.

News Brief: Businesses that have gambling licenses in Nevada should have an English-speaking employee working whenever slot machines are available to the public, state regulators said Thursday.

News Brief: Reno casinos' revenue rose in the last fiscal year for the first time in six years, the Gaming Control Board said Thursday, giving solid evidence of a rebound experts have suggested is in the works.