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News Brief: In addition to promised jobs and entertainment, the new Riverside Casino and Resort is bringing difficult decisions to the town of 1,000 people.

News Brief: The White Earth Band's Shooting Star Casino, the biggest taxpayer in northwestern Minnesota's Mahnomen County will go off the tax rolls soon, and officials say the results could be devastating.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $13 million.

ga Millions players coast to coast are feeling the excitement as the jackpot continues to climb to $61 million.

News Brief: The Pittsburgh Gaming Task Force isn't ready to require a slot machine casino operator to put up money for a new arena or any other economic development project.

Gaming licenses for Oklahoma's first two racinos have been authorized by the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission.

At 5 a.m. this morning, Harrah's Entertainment Inc. opened Caesar Palace's 949-room Augustus hotel tower at the corner of Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard.

The average daily room rate in Las Vegas continues to soar, statistics compiled by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority say.

News Brief: Ameristar Casinos tested the water, but decided against plunging into Biloxi's highly competitive market.

News Brief: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board confirmed Thursday that a state Supreme Court decision upholding the state’s gambling law eliminated a 60-day comment period reserved for municipalities slated to host slot machine operations.

News Brief: An initiative supporting Indian casinos in west Barstow has qualified for the ballot, but the measure is not likely to go before voters for five to nine months.

News Brief: The Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria’s Bear River Casino and its parking lot filled to their maximum capacity on Wednesday, leading to some traffic and neighborhood problems.

News Brief: Connecticut regulators told Foxwoods Resort Casino officials Thursday that the casino's new online game, PlayAway, is illegal and cannot be restarted.

News Brief: After keeping a poker face for the better part of six months, Harrah's Casino is stepping up its criticism of St. Louis County's proposed indoor smoking ban.

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. has vetoed a memorandum between the Navajo Nation and Hogback Chapter over a casino the chapter wants to build.

With Clark County's unemployment rate hovering at around 4 percent, Kathy Caudell knows her company will face a tough job market when it begins searching for some 2,400 employees to staff the upcoming South Coast resort in southwest Las Vegas.

Actor Max Baer Jr., one of the stars of the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" has gained preliminary approval from state gaming regulators to own a minor percentage in a small casino in North Las Vegas.

A Las Vegas casino host, who was president of a Midwestern slot distributor linked to criminal activity in the early 1990s, isn't going to get a state gaming license but will be able to keep his job at the Venetian.

Nevada's casino industry won a record $11 billion from gamblers in the fiscal year that ended June 30, with turbocharged results from the Strip and the Las Vegas locals markets leading the way.

News Brief: After debating over the details, members of Wheeling, West Virginia, city council on Wednesday formed a draft ordinance expected to limit the spread of taverns and video gambling parlors in the city.