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The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's compensation committee has recommended increasing the salary of Chief Executive Rossi Ralenkotter by 5 percent.

Casino companies say they are focused on the immediate hurricane relief effort and are trying to reconnect with employees.

The massive rebuilding effort that is sure to take place along the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina may impact the price and availability of construction materials in Southern Nevada, according to industry experts.

News Brief: The victim of a puddle of water, Michael Meyer, filed a lawsuit claiming a Harrah’s Missouri casino is negligent for an incident that damaged his body and psyche.

News Brief: In what supporters see as a last-ditch attempt to bring an Indian casino to the Catskills, the St. Regis Mohawks and a gambling company are reviving plans to build a $500 million Las Vegas-style gambling operation at the Monticello racetrack.

News Brief: The Eastern Shoshone Tribe is moving aggressively toward having its own casino and intends to have a site for the facility selected by the end of September, a tribal leader said.

ews Brief: Downtown business leaders, worried about the impact of casino gambling on office, housing and cultural development, voiced opposition Wednesday to a new Seneca Nation casino in downtown Buffalo.

News Brief: Pat Croce's dream of turning the old Adam's Mark Hotel on City Avenue into a casino came to an end today after Target Corp. told Pittsburgh city leaders it would not sell the land.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $53 million.

Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino is donating 100% of its revenues from Sunday's, September 4th, racing program to the Acadiana Chapter of the Red Cross Relief Fund.

The Sands Regent reports the completion of an agreement to purchase the Depot Casino and the Red Hawk Sports Bar in Dayton, Nevada.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. reopened its Vicksburg casino at 4 p.m. Central time on Wednesday after the facility was closed due to Hurricane Katrina.

Penn National reports that the company’s Casino Magic - Bay St. Louis, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi and the Boomtown Biloxi casino in Biloxi, Mississippi remain closed, and the company is currently unable to provide an estimate on re-opening dates for these properties.

News Brief: Although Miami County receives a substantial amount of money from the Hoosier Lottery every year, those dollars do not actually go into the county General Fund for local leaders to use as they please, according to the Miami County Auditor.

News Brief: North Carolina became the 42st state with a lottery Wednesday when Governor Mike Easley signed a lottery bill into law.

Workers in a majority of Las Vegas occupations earn more than the national average wage for their fields, but valley earnings still lag behind overall U.S. wages.

Hurricane Katrina picked up entire casinos along the Gulf Coast and hurled them ashore, devastating the lucrative riverboat gambling industry for months and potentially years to come.

News Brief: Equitable Resources Inc., which opened its new headquarters on the North Shore in June, plans to fight a Pittsburgh proposal to zone the land between Heinz Field and PNC Park to allow a slot machine casino.

News Brief: Both the Florida lottery and sports wagering took a hit last year after the Seminole Tribe's two ritzy Hard Rock Hotel & Casinos opened for business, a study to be released today shows.