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Global Casinos, Inc. implements Aristocrat Technologies' Oasis Casino Management System in its Bull Durham Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado.

Magna Entertainment Corp. reports the completion of the sale to Colonial Downs, L.P. of all of the outstanding shares of Maryland-Virginia Racing Circuit.

Nevada lawmakers launched a campaign Friday to support gaming companies seeking the government's help to rebuild casinos damaged or destroyed by Gulf Coast hurricanes.

Two major hurricanes that shut down almost two dozen casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi, along with the subsequent increase in gasoline prices, worked to depress the value of gaming stocks during September.

Pinnacle Entertainment on Friday became the first gaming operator to reopen a hurricane damaged casino in New Orleans, but a dispute with its primary insurance carrier could affect redevelopment plans.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. is reopening its Boomtown New Orleans casino in Harvey, La., which had closed and been evacuated as Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29.

Richard Lee, vice president of First American Title Co., said plans are being geared toward the creation of "pockets" of self-contained communities on or near the Las Vegas Strip.

A new independent tourism survey says Bellagio is the favorite casino resort in Las Vegas.

News Brief: Geographic isolation will prevent the Navajo Nation from following the national trend of unemployment for gaming tribes once casinos are built on the reservation, according to George Hardeen, communications director for Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr.

News Brief: South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster has balked at the Catawba Indian Nation's claims that the tribe can legally have video poker on its York County reservation.

News Brief: Governor George Pataki is demanding the Bush administration decide if it is going to do something about the ‘illegal’ and potentially ‘criminal activity’ at Turning Stone Casino, according to a letter sent by the governor's chief counsel.

Boyd Gaming Corporation has reported that, upon a preliminary assessment, its Delta Downs Racetrack Casino and Hotel in Vinton, Louisiana experienced wind and water damage as the result of Hurricane Rita.

News Brief: In an area where a 20-year-old shopping mall nearly rates as an historical landmark, Turf Paradise has everything beat. The Phoenix track opens its 50th season of racing today.

News Brief: Employees from Massachusetts’ four racetracks packed a State House hearing to urge the passage of a bill that would allow slot machine gambling at those struggling facilities, but top lawmakers say the chances for the bill are slim.

News Brief: The Mississippi House on Thursday night took the first step toward rebuilding the Katrina-ravaged Coast's economy, passing a bill in the Gaming Committee to allow casinos to rebuild onshore instead of floating over water.

News Brief: Seven Ohio bingo hall operators have been indicted in a 268-count indictment by a Montgomery County grand jury for diverting money into their own pockets..

News Brief: Thousands of casino workers out of work after the hurricane are betting that Indiana’s casinos will be a welcome new home.

News Brief: Opponents and supporter of New Mexico's first off-reservation Indian casino are offering $40 million to get their way.

News Brief: A man who wants to build a casino in Flag City was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of fraud after allegedly trying to access Indian tribe bank accounts.

News Brief: The Wisconsin Assembly's approval of a bill that would take away the governor's authority to approve off-reservation casinos could impact plans for a casino in Beloit.