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Resorts along the Las Vegas Monorail route are frustrated and restless about the dormant high-tech train but cautious about being too critical of its failures, since all agree that safety is the most important element of its operation.

About 320 maintenance workers at three Mandalay Resort Group properties voted to reject a two-tier wage and benefit contract offer from the company and could strike as soon as Wednesday.

News Brief: Chinook Winds Casino Resort announces New Year's Eve parties to welcome the new year.

GTECH Holdings Corporation was recognized for its work with Washington's Lottery and Safeway at the Governor's Awards for Quality and Performance on November 29 at St. Martin's Worthington Center in Lacey, Washington.

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and Utah Governor Olene Walker today struck a friendly wager on the New Year's Day Fiesta Bowl game between the Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Utah's Utes.

homas A. "Tad" Decker, chairman of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, will be the keynote speaker at Pennsylvania Gaming Congress 2005 on Feb. 9.

Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment reports the final results of its self tender.

TransAct Technologies Incorporated , a subsidiary of International Game Technology , reports that they have signed an agreement for the integration of TransAct's Epic 950 printer to become a standard option on all IGT slot machine platforms.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that the underwritten public offering of its four million newly issued shares of common stock has been priced at $18.25 per share, which will result in gross proceeds to Pinnacle of $73.0 million.

Marybel Batjer has been named Vice President of Public Policy and Communications of Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.

After 13 months of construction and anticipation, Harrah's Rincon Casino & Resort, located in the Palomar mountains of San Diego County opens the doors of its new $168 million expansion December 20 at 10 a.m.

News Brief: A group called Michigan Gambling Opposition is challenging Governor Jennifer Granholm to deny a compact with the Gun Lake Band of Pottawatomi Indians, severely hampering the plans for a casino.

The National Indian Gaming Commission has approved an agreement between the Ak-Chin Indian Community and a subsidiary of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET) that extends Harrah's contract to manage Harrah's Phoenix Ak-Chin hotel and casino for an additional five years.

News Brief: Governor George Pataki signed a major casino-land claim deal with a man who had no right to act on his tribe's behalf, according to a majority of the Cayuga Nation of New York's traditional government.

News Brief: Casino Fortune said that it is willing to outbid a Detroit businessman for the Cleveland Cavaliers, which possibly could open a bidding war for the NBA team.

On its inaugural day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Las Vegas Sands became the industry's largest gaming company in terms of market capitalization after its stock price jumped 61 percent Wednesday.

A federal judge on Wednesday summarily dismissed a lawsuit stemming back to the 1999 opening of the Paris Las Vegas resort in which a California gambler claimed hotel executives reneged on promises after he lost millions at the casino.

News Brief: The Gambling Recovery Program of Jewish Family Service of Buffalo and Erie County received a $25,000 boost Wednesday, courtesy of a state grant.

News Brief: Surveillance operators at Caesars trained their cameras on women wearing low-cut necklines or other revealing clothing, according to allegations.

News Brief: Donald Trump's casino company submitted its formal plan for emerging from bankruptcy and also received approval for a $100-million cash infusion to keep its three Atlantic City gaming halls operating without interruption.