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Isle of Capri Black Hawk has sold all of its shares of Colorado Grande Casino to a wholly owned subsidiary of Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc. for $6.5 million.

News Brief: The newly named Resorts casino opens at 6 p.m. today, its decks swabbed clean of any sign of former owner Harrah's.

Job growth created by California Indian casinos and their tribal governments grew by nearly 14% for the year ending March 2005.

News Brief: In court documents and interviews, former associates of Lenny Dykstra allege that he indulged in two of baseball's biggest sins: steroid use and illegal gambling.

Detroit businesswoman Marian Ilitch has finalized the purchase of MotorCity Casino, making her sole owner.

News Brief: As part of Oregon's approval of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs' plan for a Cascade Locks casino, the state is requiring the tribes to set aside as much as 17 percent of the gross gambling revenue through an independent nonprofit fund.

News Brief: Eight months after the Garden Grove City Council considered and rejected the long-shot notion of building a Las Vegas-style casino down the street from Disneyland, the idea is regaining momentum.

It may come as no surprise to the pampered: Four of the country's top spas are located in the Las Vegas Valley.

News Brief: A spokesman for Gov. George Pataki said enforcing the state smoking ban at Turning Stone Resort and Casino is ‘one of the issues under discussion’ as the state continues to analyze the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in last month's Sherrill property tax case.

A solution to the controversy surrounding neighborhood casinos may lie in creating a new licensing category, members of a Clark County committee studying the subject said Friday.

News Brief: The effort to bring casinos to Kentucky's horse tracks has picked up the support of a major Louisville labor union.

News Brief: John Aylsworth, the philandering casino king has anted up in the drive to revive riverboat gambling in the city.

The real Steve Wynn is a street fighter who has had to orchestrate comebacks from calamities that would have flattened lesser operators.

News Brief: A former construction worker pocketed $630,488 when he won the main event of the two-week New England Poker Classic at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.

Guests paying either $7,500 or $1,500 will get the first look at the $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas as part of a charity fund-raiser Wednesday evening.

News Brief: House Speaker Doug Mays says that when the Legislature reconvenes, there might be enough votes in the House to approve a limited casino compact with two Indian tribes.

It's the fourth week of April, and all eyes are fixed on the Strip for the long-awaited debut of Las Vegas' latest playground for the fabulous, rich and famous

News Brief: The Florida Senate committee did the unexpected when it took up the slots-machine bill: It voted to bar Broward's four parimutuels from remaining in the horse race, dog race or jai alai business if they to choose to offer slot machines.

Wynn has again changed the look of the Las Vegas skyline with the resort's 50-story, curved tower covered in bronze glass.

News Brief: A bill blending Canterbury Park racino with the aspirations of Northern tribes for a metro casino passed a House committee on Friday.