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News Brief: Las Vegas' appetite for the luxe life has grown so ravenous in the last few years that it is stunning veterans of the hospitality industry.

News Brief: Two men were ordered by a Pennsylvania judge to forfeit more than $700,000 in illegal proceeds earned through high-stakes card games and a sports betting operation.

News Brief: The Colorado attorney general says poker games played in bars and restaurants statewide are illegal, but 4th Judicial District Attorney John Newsome, like other district attorneys, doesn’t plan a massive crackdown on poker nights.

Manhattan and Miami developer Bruce Eichner is developing the $1.8 billion Cosmopolitan his way, breaking new ground for the Strip projects in ownership, financing, size, room density, retail mix, hotel branding and condominium development.

News Brief: In light of a recent ruling, Senator Charles Schumer is asking the New York state Legislature refrain from all negotiations with the Shinnecock regarding the construction of a casino.

News Brief: For the first time in her life, Cherel Bernard, a main banker at Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino, will celebrate Thanksgiving somewhere other than New Orleans.

Both Bush and Schwarzenegger administrations have started to take a harder line on high-stakes Indian land decisions, which carry broad, long-term implications for tribes and adjoining communities.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $57 million.

News Brief: Bitter winds and rain couldn't dampen the glitz and glamour Tuesday as three prominent business partners pledged $125 million to transform the tired Lincoln Park dog track into the Ocean State's premier entertainment destination.

News Brief: The Tigua Indian’s Speaking Rock Casino was one of the casinos that was taken for millions of dollars. Now, all the Tiguas want is what they were promised --the casino re-opened.

News Brief: Golden Nugget developers showed city officials plans Tuesday for a casino resort called Biloxi Boardwalk.

Manhattan and Miami developer Bruce Eichner, for now, seems to be the odd man out on the Strip.

Whether you're coming or going over this Thanksgiving holiday, odds are good you'll have plenty of company on the highways and in the skyways.

News Brief: Bigger, better and with a lot more than just gaming. That's the future experts are predicting for the Mississippi Gulf Coast casino industry.

News Brief: The Golden Nugget Casino would be the anchor business for a $400 million Biloxi Boardwalk development that would employ about 3,000 people, according to plans executives with Landry's Restaurants Inc.

Overall Indiana riverboat casino revenues dropped by 2.2 percent for the year, falling to $99.7 million from $101.9 million in October 2004.

News Brief: Governor Jeb Bush has never been a fan of gambling. But that isn't stopping the state's tax-supported tourism promotion agency from touting a casino ship as a spectacular reason to visit the Sunshine State.

Since no ticket matched all six winning numbers for the Mega Millions jackpot, the jackpot grows to an estimated $25 million for the Friday, November 25, 2005 Mega Millions drawing.

News Brief: A Belleville woman who claims she was raped at the Casino Queen in East St. Louis filed a $1 million lawsuit against the hotel and casino for failing to protect her.

News Brief: Seneca Nation representatives met face-to-face with commissioners from Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, owners of the historic DL&W Terminal, to discuss the possibility of opening a casino.