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News Brief: When state officials, General Assembly members and casino officials agreed to expand slot machine operations in Delaware, the pact included a provision to increase the guarantee of funding for gambling treatment services.

News Brief: Cleveland’s gambling plan track owners and developers are pushing for slots at racetracks and slot casinos.

News Brief: Even with three riverboats and the New Orleans land-based casino still closed due to hurricane damage, every Louisiana gambling market was up, according to state police revenue reports given the State Gaming Control Board on Tuesday.

News Brief: A federal judge has agreed to let the Orleans Levee Board seize the storm-damaged Belle of Orleans gambling boat.

News Brief: Sheriff's deputies found a small casino in an upscale Running Springs home that belongs to the former mayor of Bell, California, who has spent time in prison for an illegal gambling scheme.

The March 6-7 Pennsylvania Gaming Congress will analyze this issue in a special session titled "Siting the Casinos: Zoning and Land-Use Challenges."

Not even hurricanes couldn't stop casino revenue from growing in Louisiana in 2005.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the jackpot for the Friday, January 20 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $31 million.

Las Vegas' travel industry is growing faster than its airports and roadways can handle.

The skyrocketing price of natural gas will trigger a 23 percent increase in electric power rates in Southern Nevada this summer if state regulators approve a rate case filed by Nevada Power Co. on Tuesday.

Boyd Gaming Corporation reports two key executive appointments for its Echelon Place development.

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. reports plans for an $85 million expansion project at the company's Kansas City, Missouri property.

People and various organizations always seem to tailor their image of Las Vegas to fit their own needs and social values.

GWIN Inc. Chairman & CEO Wayne Allyn Root announced today that his new TV series "King of Vegas" will debut on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 10 p.m. EST/PST on Spike TV.

News Brief: It’s unclear whether or not Fort Payne, Alabama, residents should hedge their bets on the prospect of legalized gambling soon coming to the city.

News Brief: The news of a $3 billion construction program in Illinois is overshadowed by plans to fund the projects with expanded gambling.

News Brief: Tiny Wharton Township, with 4,100 residents, figures to make a killing if slot machines come to this Fayette County community.

A federal push to ease restrictions on foreign travel expected to be announced today could bring more big-spending international visitors to Nevada and Las Vegas, state travel leaders said Monday.

Higher fuel prices and rising interest rates have yet to exact their toll from the dynamic Southern Nevada economy, but growth is coming at a slower pace, a local economist said.