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Full House Resorts, Inc. has received approval to expand its gaming floor at the Delaware State Fairgrounds in central Delaware.

The odds seem stacked against passage of Kentucky legislation to expand gambling during the 2005 General Assembly.

News Brief: The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and Gov. George Pataki will sign a formal land claim settlement as early as Tuesday, making the tribe $100 million wealthier and moving it closer to creating a casino in the Catskills.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

News Brief: Low-wage workers took on mega-sized casino companies and came out with better contracts this week.

News Brief: Mississippi casino execs are getting anxious as lawmakers continue to poke around for more money to toss off into the black hole of the state budget.

Stacy Allsbrook, a life-long Southern Nevadan and a 13-year city of Las Vegas employee, is serving as executive director of the Las Vegas Centennial Celebration, a year-long commemoration of the city's 100th birthday.

News Brief: Many people want to cash in on the gambling craze, including the best Texas Hold 'Em player in the world, Richardson's T.J. Cloutier.

One of the world's best-known adult film companies has set up shop on the Strip.

Despite a significant amount of construction remaining to be completed in the next 90 days, the 2,700-room Wynn Las Vegas resort will be ready when guests begin arriving April 28.

News Brief: The Indiana Legislature is wrestling with what to do about video gambling machines.

After weeks of trying to identify the person holding a $14 million grand prize winning Illinois Lottery ticket, the prize remains unclaimed and is set to expire tonight at midnight if no winner steps forward with the winning ticket.

No ticket matched all six numbers in Friday's Mega Millions drawing, so the estimated jackpot for the Tuesday, February 1, 2005 drawing advances to $25 million.

Synergetic Technologies Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent with Native Visions Inc. to represent the companies products to Native American businesses and Casinos.

Rudi Schiffer gives the lowdown on the latest news from the resorts in Tunica, Mississippi.

The Venetian has agreed to pay a $10,000 fine to Nevada gaming regulators in conjunction with a 2004 episode where a 19-year-old patron gambled and was served alcohol at the Strip resort.

Jutting out into the Bellagio’s main corridor like the prow of a ship is a glass-enclosed, floor-to-ceiling chocolate fountain emerging from Jean-Philippe Patisserie.

News Brief: A move to protect Mississippi Coast casinos and the state budget from devastation from hurricanes appears to be drawing broad support in the Legislature.

News Brief: The Contra Costa County Tobacco Prevention Coalition decided Thursday to begin lobbying efforts aimed at making the proposed Casino San Pablo development smoke-free.