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The March winds blew yet another travel industry record into Las Vegas, this time the highest monthly visitor count in local history.

Terry Lanni, MGM Mirage chairman and the American Gaming Association, has initiated a program to establish industry-wide standards for diversity in hiring, procurement and contracting.

News Brief: The state Senate today will consider banning video poker machines in North Carolina, renewing criticism the industry is plagued by corruption and not worth regulating.

News Brief: Moss Point Alderman Michael Middleton invited the executive director of Mississippi's Gaming Commission and its commissioners to meet with the city's Board of Aldermen to discuss casino gambling in the city.

News Brief: Donald Trump has unveiled plans to build a $300 million Trump Tower in Philadelphia has been tied to his Pennsylvania casino license bid.

ews Brief: Daily attendance at The Meadows harness-racing track could grow 10 times larger after its prospective buyers add 3,000 slot machines and build a 250,000-square-foot entertainment complex, backers said Wednesday.

Hundreds of casino executives, slot manufacturers, analysts, regulators, investors, and other professionals will converge in Atlantic City May 22-23 for the 10th annual East Coast Gaming Congress.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $100 million for Saturday night's drawing.

PokerBodyguard, a new freeware product from Advanced Interactive Marketing, Inc., works to ensure that other online poker players do not rip you off.

There is no stopping the College Poker Championship III as more students' lives are enriched and the thrill of it's exciting conclusion draws near.

Timothy Poster and Tom Breitling, former owners of the Golden Nugget, and leads in The Casino reality show, will play in the CEO Poker event at The Palms, Oct 22-27, for the title of Chairman of Poker.

Another month, another $1 billion won by Nevada casinos. And it doesn't appear there will be any slowdown.

World Series Champion Tom McEvoy says he longs for the days when all he did was play poker. With large boxes of unread books and unwatched movies sitting in his Las Vegas home, 61-year McEvoy simply doesn’t have the time for basic pleasures.

ews Brief: Kansas City-area casinos' revenue decreased 1 percent in April, and customer counts fell 5 percent compared with the same month last year, according to statistics the Missouri Gaming Commission released Wednesday.

In a town that thrives on size the Las Vegas civic ego may take a blow in a few years when the world's largest hotel opens in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

ews Brief: A top official with the Massachusetts Lottery Commission has indefinitely suspended lottery licenses for four area establishments where video slot machines were seized last week by state police investigating possible illegal gambling.

News Brief: Six of the nine Lehigh County commissioners have publicly avowed their support for a proposed casino in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

News Brief: Putting aside hopes of hosting a casino to lure Chicagoans, tourists and conventioneers, Rosemont has decided to take a more family friendly route.

News Brief: The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe has filed a letter of intent to construct an off-reservation gambling casino that tribal officials say may never be built.