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Thanks to last week's auto races, Thursday's tip-off of the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament, spring break getaways and a steady stream of conventions, springtime is clearly the time for a Las Vegas visit.

News Brief: Casino gambling didn't get a hearing in this year's legislative session, but it could become a bigger issue next year, Governor Ernie Fletcher said.

Harrah's Entertainment rolled out its most detailed proposal yet for a casino in Rhode Island yesterday, displaying plans for a sleek glass-and-stone design on heavily landscaped land.

The owner of the Hotel San Remo in Las Vegas has issued $125 million in senior secured bonds to finance the renovation and transformation of the property into the Hooters Casino Hotel.

Thousands of basketball fans are expected to press their luck today on the first day of the NCAA tournament in a betting bonanza that has become one of the strongest weekends of the year for Strip casinos.

Just in time for the first weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament, MGM Grand today unveiled a redesigned sports book near the front of its casino that will be the first in Las Vegas to offer skybox seating.

News Brief: Supporters of Governor Tim Pawlenty’s proposal to expand casino gambling in the Twin Cities, possibly as part of Phase II of the Mall of America, were the minority at a panel discussion.

News Brief: Each week, North Carolina tour operators and transportation companies shuttle hundreds of people to high-stakes games in Vegas or the two acres of video betting machines in Cherokee.

John Ascuaga's Nugget, one of the casino industries only family owned and operated business, will celebrate 50 years with a special fireworks celebration.

One Pennsylvania Powerball winning ticket matched all five white balls and the red Powerball, winning $18.7 million.

News Brief: Advocates of expanding casino and video lottery gaming in Kansas made an aggressive play Monday that triggered an equally forceful rebuke from Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' chief legal counsel.

Construction nears completion on an expanded casino area at the Cannery.

A few months after announcing details for a second hotel tower at Wynn Las Vegas, Steve Wynn's company has already elevated the project into a freestanding resort.

News Brief: Two communities in Arkansas would be allowed to vote on whether to expand gambling at horse and dog tracks under a bill passed Tuesday by the state House.

News Brief” A last-minute bid by Peter Karmanos Jr. and another Detroit businessman for a controlling interest in MotorCity Casino is unlikely to derail Marian Ilitch from winning, officials said late Tuesday.

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino reported today that net revenue for its fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2005 was $21.7 million, an increase of $1.3 million, or 6.3%, from $20.4 million for the prior year third fiscal quarter.

News Brief: Blame casinos' weak February in part on the leap year calendar.

Station Casinos announces that it will accelerate its expansion plans for the second phase of Red Rock Station, increasing the overall cost of the Summerlin project to $800 million.

With wet winter weather dampening many would-be visitors' willingness to travel the highways to and from Southern California, Las Vegas' tourism industry in January suffered just its second monthly decrease in visitor volume since mid-2003.