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Consumers will continue to say otherwise, but rising gasoline prices aren't keeping Americans from shopping normally, a prominent retailing consultant said Wednesday in Las Vegas.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $204 million.

Experts from the gaming industry, Indian country, state politics, tourism and law will converge Oct. 16-17 for the 2nd annual Florida Gaming Summit at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino here.

IGT reports Mike Robinson and his firm, PAP Security Printing, Inc., have been granted exclusive rights to market IGT gaming machines in that Pennsylvania.

News Brief: A study of Indian tribal economies in Washington state indicates tribes are investing casino income in new businesses and their own government services and, as a result, raising the economic prospects of their members and the surrounding communities.

News Brief: A state trooper charged with running a massive gambling ring with retired hockey star Rick Tocchet and another man is due in court tomorrow, his lawyer says.

News Brief: The Culinary Union failed to gather enough valid signatures of Reno voters for a ballot question that would have required a public vote on new casinos outside traditional gaming areas.

News Brief: Venture capitalist Christopher F. Gabrieli said yesterday he favors legalizing casino gambling in the state, as a way of generating revenues to help cities and towns avoid property tax increases.

Players in Queens, New York are checking their tickets to see who won the estimated $31 million jackpot.

News Brief: A Lake Tahoe casino that promotes a 'habitat for everything wild' found truth in advertising over the weekend when a wayward bear wandered in through a rear loading dock.

In a city of whimsical designs two leaning, curving high-rise towers seem destined to emerge as an architectural icon in Las Vegas.

Casino City is providing updates from the 2006 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino. Stay tuned for live coverage from the Main Event final table.

The issue of whether to call the Legislature back to Harrisburg to make changes in the law legalizing slots casinos is mired in politics again.

News Brief: It's cool, the lines are short and this year the thoroughbred races from Saratoga Race Course across the street are being broadcast live at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway.

Gaming industry investors found themselves snorkeling in July, as casino company stocks closed down for the third month in a row.

News Brief: A measure on the November ballot to create a $1 million lottery for those who vote in Arizona elections has generated international attention and debate.

News Brief: The first winner of the nation's first multistate progressive slot jackpot won the prize Sunday at Lincoln Park.

ews Brief: Arkansas Racing Commission expects to approve electronic-gambling regulations when it meets Tuesday in Little Rock, the agency manager says, bringing another wagering option a step closer to reality at the state’s two parimutuel racetracks.

News Brief: Attorney General Troy King is fighting the good fight to stop the expansion of Indian gambling in Alabama.

ews Brief: Two religious groups has asked for a state criminal investigation of a committee trying to bring slot machines to Ohio, saying its campaign workers are misrepresenting the gambling proposal.