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The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas has selected Travelocity as one of its premier online distribution channels.

News Brief: Two Arizona tribal leaders will tell a U.S. Senate committee Tuesday that Congress doesn't need to change the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and that Arizona is a national model for gambling oversight.

News Brief: An area senator is supporting a gaming proposal that he says could share the wealth with Leavenworth County.

News Brief: It's not uncommon to hear Caribbean accents in hotel halls because casino resorts employ hundreds of foreign workers for housekeeping and other hard-to-fill jobs.

News Brief: Lawyers representing the state of Florida decided Friday to appeal a judge's ruling that allows slot machines to be installed as early as July 1.

News Brief: Michigan has filed a federal lawsuit against Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, seeking millions of dollars that the state uses to help support state economic-development operations.

News Brief: Four Indian tribes are expected to announce Monday that they will seek government approval to build and operate a full-service casino in Romulus near Detroit Metropolitan Airport, people familiar with the proposal said.

News Brief: Steve Wynn’s ambitious plans for the proposed $1.4 billion Encore hotel on the Las Vegas Strip have grown by more than 1,000 hotel rooms.

News Brief: Golden Acorn Casino neighbors are concerned over waste water released by the casino.

Though it may seem out of sorts in a city where multibillion-dollar towers regularly rise out of vacant desert lots, the little things still matter most when winning over patrons at Southern Nevada resorts.

News Brief: Even though Utah supposedly bans all gambling, bingo halls and other establishments have found legal loopholes around the ban.

One lucky player in Connecticut matched all 6 numbers Saturday and walked away with the $59.5 million jackpot.

Everything is growing in Mega Millions: the jackpot, the excitement, even Mega Millions itself is growing.

News Brief: The Tehama County Board of Supervisors accepted $300,000 in donations from the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians.

News Brief: Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., an emerging global gambling company, will celebrate a multimillion-dollar investment at its home base next week with a grand opening ceremony for its new hotel tower in Biloxi, Mississippi.

News Brief: The owners of the Pittsburgh Penguins have been talking to gambling companies about forming a partnership to bolster their bid for the city's only slot machine casino license, majority owner Mario Lemieux said Thursday.

News Brief: The West Valley City prosecutor has leveled six misdemeanor charges - including gambling, gambling promotion and possession of a gambling device - against the owner and manager of Como, a seniors organization that runs bingo games.

Wynn Las Vegas' top human resources leader told a group of business leaders they should consider hiring nontraditional workers such as ex-prisoners and former welfare recipients.

Future casinos will eventually be marketed as resorts with plenty of nongaming amenities such as gourmet restaurants and spas, a group of designers and casino bosses predicted at a Las Vegas conference Thursday.

News Brief: Subpoenas have been issued to four Indiana casinos as part of a state police investigation into allegations of missing money from the Anderson Fraternal Order of Police.