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With the first of several major changes now complete, the owners of Las Vegas' Showcase mall plan to further shake up the 7-year-old Strip property with an influx of new tenants and dozens of full-time residents.

Read all about it. Steve Wynn is about to open a beautiful resort. Forget the aesthetics, however. What he's really doing is opening a magic money machine.

News Brief: The Northern Panhandle's two racetracks are important economic factors. They are major employers and their customers, by the thousands each day, contribute to the local economy.

News Brief: Iowa’s riverboat casinos have turned to the lowly penny for a large chunk of their multi-million-dollar profits.

The Nevada Gaming Commission will consider a proposed settlement of a complaint with the owners of downtown Las Vegas' Golden Nugget resort and a $30,000 fine Thursday.

News Brief: A former Houston police officer is spending his own money to promote the legalization of casinos in Texas through the Internet.

New Hampshire state Rep. Edmond Gionet is betting a North Country casino can provide local jobs and stabilize his state's economy.

A public policy group warns of a new lottery campaign aimed at Alabamians.

News Brief: If Massachusetts puts video slot machines in its racetracks near the Rhode Island border, Lincoln Park and Newport Grand would stand to lose about $100 million a year, which in turn would cost the state over $60 million.

News Brief: The delays around Trump’s French Lick casino plans are leading many residents to wonder whether the project will ever get off the ground.

News Brief: As Pennsylvania's slot-machine gambling era begins, a course like that could be offered soon at a college near you.

News Brief: The Cowlitz tribe is wagering that the design and management that made the Mohegan Sun a billion-dollar success can be repeated in Southwest Washington.

Major changes could soon be in store -- again -- for Las Vegas' Fashion Show mall, including the addition of a casino and one or more high-rise hotel/residential towers, a representative of the property's owner said Friday.

ews Brief: The Lower Lake Rancheria Koi Nation Indian tribe wants to build the casino and a seven-story hotel/spa complex on a 35-acre parking lot abutting a restored wetland.

Caribbean Sun Poker will be hosting several satellite tournaments in the upcoming months that will give players a chance to win a seat at three World Series of Poker events.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $18 million.

No ticket managed to match all six numbers, so the jackpot for the Tuesday, February 22 Mega Million drawing grows to an estimated $82 million.

Tribal casino gambling helped boost income among American Indians faster than the general population in the 1990s, a Harvard University researcher told a conference of tribal leaders in Las Vegas last week.

News Brief: Colorado casinos last month raked in more than $60.1 million in adjusted gross proceeds.

News Brief: A leading opponent of legalized casino gambling expects an attempt by lawmakers to include gambling in the Senate's version of the state budget.