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News Brief: Wild Rose Ottumwa got a remarkable vote of confidence Thursday in a bid to get the city's casino application a second chance.

News Brief: The bankrupt Emerald Casino has hired as its defense counsel high-powered Chicago attorney Robert Clifford, a generous contributor to Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the private attorney for the governor's chief fund-raiser.

Lucky Eagle Casino will provide free comedy show tickets to veterans and members of the armed forces here on Saturday, May 21st.

Even though Friday the 13th is right around the corner, Powerball players don't seem daunted by the longstanding superstition surrounding the number.

The American Superstars show at the Stratosphere Casino Hotel and Tower has added Chad Givens as Tim McGraw to its line-up of celebrity tribute.

News Brief: Betting on the numbers recommended in fortune cookies, 110 tickets won from $100,000 to half a million dollars each in a multi-state Powerball lottery.

News Brief: Donald Trump is shopping for a potential slots-parlor location at the former Budd Co. plant in the Philadelphia’s Nicetown section.

News Brief: Gambling supporters are admitting that any chance for the legalization of slot machines in Texas is dead.

News Brief: New Hampshire lottery players may soon be able to double their bets on scratch tickets following action by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

News Brief: The state lottery bought Super Bowl tickets in 2003 but abandoned a plan to give them away after the NFL raised last-minute concerns, causing the lottery to forfeit more than $200,000.

News Brief: The West Virginia Supreme Court will not hear an appeal by anti-gambling groups against a proposed casino in Lewis County.

Developer Turnberry Associates has formed a private company with former Mandalay Resort Group President and Chief Financial Officer Glenn Schaeffer to develop a major casino resort on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip.

Travel expert Peter Greenberg figures the airline industry could learn a thing or two about keeping the customer satisfied by coming to Las Vegas.

Boyd Gaming Corp.'s South Coast property hasn't even opened its doors, but today officials announced plans to double the size of the resort in southern Las Vegas.

News Brief: North Carolina is one of just two states that don't offer programs to help problem gamblers, and senators crafting a bill to create a state lottery say that a program to help compulsive gamblers should be included.

News Brief: Leaders of the gaming industry, including the former chairman of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, will teach summer classes at Tulane University’s casino resort management program.

News Brief: Some University of Iowa students say a new casino to be built near Riverside could bring in revenue to rejuvenate the town. Others say students will treat the business like a joke, taking the nearly 20-minute trip from Iowa City to Riverside a few times a year for some laughs.

News Brief: Chinook Winds Casino Resort and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians will celebrate the property's 10th anniversary this May and June.

News Brief: Sparks flew between two Horry County lawmakers as the South Carolina House narrowly approved a bill that would let local governments ban or regulate casino boats.

News Brief: The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission on Wednesday approved four new casinos, prompting hoots of joy from winning communities and subdued questions of what might have been in areas that lost out.