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News Brief: The West Warwick council voted, 4-1, to replace William A. Poore, of Poore & Rosenbaum, with Lynch & Friel, a Warwick law firm, to represent the town in negotiations with Harrah’s.

News Brief: A San Jose man's life will never be the same after winning $2,103,287.58 May 19 on the Wheel of Fortune MegaJackpot progressive slot machine at Cache Creek Casino Resort.

News Brief: A 1,000-room resort anchored by an Indian casino should be developed by Garden Grove to pull the city out of a worsening financial slump, civic leaders will tell the City Council next week.

Banking giant Bear Stearns projected the industry would enjoy an average rate of return of 16 percent on total investments of $25 billion over the next five years.

News Brief: The chances of a special-election vote this year on the proposed Harrah's-Narragansett Indian casino grew dimmer yesterday when the Rhode Island Supreme Court said it would not consider the constitutionality of the proposal until mid-August.

News Brief: An Illinois Senate committee on Tuesday approved a measure that could help clear the way for the Casino Queen to move its gambling operations off the Mississippi River.

News Brief: From hidden cameras to secret surveillance rooms, here’s a look at the security measures Singapore can expect in its 2 new integrated resorts.

Defying normal supply pressures, hotel occupancy rates and room rates are expected to surge in the next 12 months despite increasing supply, a Lodging Industry Investment Council Survey released Tuesday said.

News Brief: The National Football League have admitted Manchester United's plans to build a casino next to Old Trafford is a ‘potential issue’ for new owner Malcolm Glazer.

From the Roman columns of Caesars Palace to The Venetian's canals and Bellagio's picturesque Mediterranean lake, businesses on the Strip have for years mimicked the Old World charms of Western Europe.

Winning Powerball’s 10th largest jackpot can be overwhelming so it pays to understand the most important steps to protect your new-found wealth.

Mega Millions players are feeling the excitement as the jackpot continues to grow to an estimated $80 million for the Friday, May 27, 2005 drawing.

Next Shift Enterprises, LLC and Game Time Marketing, LLC have reached an agreement with Foxwoods Resort Casino to bring a week-long celebration of professional hockey to New England.

Poster Financial Group Inc.'s deal to sell its Laughlin casino to competitor Barrick Gaming Corp. has apparently blown up, with sources familiar with both companies saying the transaction will likely wind up in court.

The third annual Gaming Technology Summit gets under way Wednesday at the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas, continuing throughout the day Thursday.

News Brief: Draft legislation spurred by a World Trade Organization ruling on a dispute between the United States and Antigua could endanger legal Internet betting on horse racing, along with a big chunk of that industry's profit, it if becomes U.S. law.

News Brief: Governor John Baldacci hardened his opposition to any expansion of gambling in Maine, telling lawmakers Monday that he would probably veto a bill to open a racetrack with slot machines in Washington County.

News Brief: A bill already working its way through the California Legislature seeks to allow the state Gambling Control Commission the right to conduct some of its business behind closed doors.

A law firm hired by the governor to review a prospective buyer for Lincoln Park has cleared the would-be purchaser, despite some lawmakers' reservations.

News Brief: The Wild Rose Casino is well on its way to becoming a reality, and Emmetsburg, Iowa, is planning ways to welcome it and the business it will bring.