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News Brief: Billionaire Donald Trump, self-proclaimed master of the deal, says he was bamboozled in a business transaction involving the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

News Brief: Thoroughbred breeders and racetrack operators are pressuring lawmakers for slot machines in Kentucky and Ohio.

International News Brief: The promise of a win from an Australian lottery is being used to scam Americans out of their money.

Room tax revenue is rolling into Southern Nevada so fast that the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has to make adjustments for how to spend it.

The World Champion of Blackjack will be played April 22nd on the GSN Network at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas.

News Brief: Long-awaited plans for the Snoqualmie Tribe to build a casino off Interstate 90 were dealt a setback last week when its Arizona-based investors filed for bankruptcy, tribe officials said yesterday.

Nearly half of the state Senate is on a special committee that will debate the lottery bill approved last week by the House, including several members worried about state-sponsored gambling.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said Tuesday that there is 'significant support' in the Texas Senate for a major new gambling initiative, but he will not allow a floor debate on that legislation unless the House approves it first.

Global Casinos Mall, an online gambling hub at online gambling centers available on the Internet today.

News Brief: Real estate millionaire Chris Shelton, a contestant on NBC’s 'The Apprentice,' was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

"Vegas Elvis" became the second reality program in less than two months to suffer a cast member suicide.

News Brief: A Spokane Valley man now faces first degree theft charges, after police say he stole 15 thousand dollars from the casino where he worked.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board on Tuesday approved plans to revise its current fiscal year budget to take advantage of $25 million in additional room-tax revenue.

News Brief: Supporters of a proposal to build a casino, racetrack and hotel in Georgetown plan on having legislation introduced in the General Assembly by May 1, said the Dover attorney who is representing a group hoping to develop the project.

Westgate Resorts, the Florida-based time share developer that was rebuffed by the Clark County Commission last year in its efforts to develop a project next to MGM Grand, has found a new home on five acres near the Strip.

Nine months into a four-year term as a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission, Las Vegas attorney John Moran Jr. resigned effective April 22, saying he was considering a run for lieutenant governor.

The president of Las Vegas Events has quietly formed a side venture that will charge patrons at least $1,400 to learn how to better produce similar but smaller events.

News Brief: Governor Kathleen Blanco told the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians on Tuesday that she will oppose any attempt by the tribe to open a casino in Louisiana, according to a public letter sent to the Jena chief.

News Brief: The New Orleans City Planning Commission has decided to defer for a month a decision on Churchill Downs' plan to install hundreds of slot machines at the Fair Grounds racetrack.

No ticket matched all six Mega Millions numbers to take home the nation's largest jackpot, so that jackpot now rolls to an estimated $144 million for the Friday, April 15 drawing.