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The president of Harrah's Entertainment said Monday that Rod Stewart's entourage bullied the gaming company into a regrettable, $2 million concert deal in 2000 with threats to destroy a high-profile millennium eve concert at the Rio.

News Brief: The Forest County Potawatomi tribe is proceeding with a $240 million expansion of its Milwaukee casino if the tribe receives a favorable ruling in a lawsuit pending before the state Supreme Court.

News Brief: Casino gambling was on the minds of West Virginian Republicans and opposition forces Monday when a Silent Majority Rally was held at the state capitol.

News Brief: A Denver jury agreed with federal prosecutors that the owners of SeaEscape played a crucial role in an alleged credit card scam during the 1990s.

News Brief: Oregon’s definition of what makes a casino is being criticized as by gambling critics.

News Brief: Dan McDaniel, a Jackson gaming lawyer, said Hurricane Katrina's impact on Mississippi could be huge, depending upon how severely casinos are damaged and how long they stay shut.

News Brief: Sioux Falls police are looking for the man who robbed a casino early Monday and assaulted an employee who tried to stop him.

Leading experts from Florida politics and law, South Florida business, tourism agencies, the gaming industry, Indian country and racetracks will converge Oct. 17-18 in Miami for the inaugural Florida Gaming Summit.

Ten world-class players will come together to compete for one entry into the Poker: Quest of Champions tournament that boasts a $15 million first prize.

An estimated four million children traveled to Vegas along with their parents or guardians last year -- a figure that's remained fairly constant for the past five or so years.

News Brief: North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black says he also wants to give the Senate more time to consider a lottery bill.

News Brief: Tennessee students who attend public and private schools as well as those schooled at home are eligible for up to $300 a semester to pay for classes that count as dual enrollment in high school and college thanks to the lottery scholarship fun.

News Brief: Tennessee students who attend public and private schools as well as those schooled at home are eligible for up to $300 a semester to pay for classes that count as dual enrollment in high school and college thanks to the lottery scholarship fun.

A faltering campaign to force a statewide vote on a proposal to ban slot machines in Maine has received an eleventh-hour boost from two conservative Christian groups.

News Brief: A married couple who oversaw Star Dancer casino boat operations in Little River and Florida were indicted Thursday by federal grand jury for tax fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office for South Carolina reported.

A judge decided against sealing all pretrial motions in the public corruption case involving Mayor Rick Filippi, and will instead review such papers for 48 hours before deciding which ones can remain public.

International News Brief: The evacuees came into Shreveport-Bossier City casinos weary-eyed with suitcases in hand and small children in tow.

News Brief: Neighbors are incensed over the Jamul Indian band's new plan for a 30-story hotel-casino in their East County community. Some say the real aim is to weaken their opposition to the tribe's former proposal, a hotel-casino of about the same size but built out, not up.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

News Brief: Hurricane Katrina evacuees at Louisiana casinos are getting water, juice and donuts this morning as they nervously watch what’s going on in their hometowns.