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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.

The company responsible for bringing the World Poker Tour to an estimated cable television audience of 5 million weekly viewers now wants to offer a variation of the popular Texas hold 'em game to casino patrons.

Las Vegas' bid to host the National Basketball Association's All-Star weekend received a major boost Friday.

GSN premieres Poker Royale: Celebrities vs. Poker Pros, a seven-episode series debuting as part of GSN's weekly Casino Night.

News Brief: Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino owner Stan Fulton gave $2 million to New Mexico State University in January, a donation only recently announced by NMSU.

News Brief: Investors hoping to bring Indian casinos to Ohio have hired lobbyists, lawyers and architects in a high-stakes bid to convince government officials and the public that more gambling would be good for the state.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $54 million.

One ticket has won it all. Somewhere there is a ticket worth an estimated $205 million.

News Brief: Former Wichita Mayor Bob Knight harshly criticized Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday for failing to negotiate a compact with the Iowa Tribe for a proposed casino in Park City.

News Brief: The Mississippi Gaming Commission is reviewing information from the 29 state-regulated casinos about dollars spent with Mississippi vendors in 2004.

News Brief: The Illinois Gaming Board has gotten rid of a politically connected lobbyist forced onto its payroll by the Blagojevich administration over the objections of board members who said they didn't need or want her.

News Brief: The Pittsburgh Citizens Gaming Advisory Panel had many questions defied easy answers in their first meeting yesterday.

NBA leaders will convene today inside a posh Manhattan hotel for a gathering that could advance or crush Las Vegas' nascent bid to host the league's All-Star weekend in February 2007.

McCarran International Airport initially requested for the new $4.50 passenger fee to remain through July 1, 2011, but airport leaders recently asked the Federal Aviation Administration for permission to maintain the rate through Aug. 1, 2021.

The Insanity thrill ride atop the Stratosphere got the green light to reopen this morning.

News Brief: As the debate over legalizing casinos grows, some worry that Vegas-style gambling would poach from the gambling that's already in Ohio.

Certegy Inc. has signed a multi-year agreement to provide a wide range of cash access services to Pala Casino Resort & Spa in San Diego.

News Brief: Opponents of the proposed casino coastal resort at Richmond’s Point Molate gained a powerful ally this week when the state attorney general’s office intervened on their behalf.