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News Brief: Thousands of VIP guests will party at invitation-only events tonight to kick-off Friday's grand opening of the new $250 million Morongo Casino, Resort and Spa.

News Brief: Louisiana leaders are reviving a 15-year-old effort to connect by rail Fort Worth, Texas, and Shreveport-Bossier City, home of several popular casinos.

News Brief: A dramatic reversal took place in Lansing on Wednesday, a vote that puts all those highly touted plans for a casino in Allegan County in real jeopardy.

Some lucky Powerball player from Pennsylvania has more than $171 million extra to help with shopping this holiday season.

Scientific Games Corporation reports that, in connection with the tender offer and consent solicitation for its outstanding 12-1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010, it has received sufficient consents from the registered holders of outstanding Notes to amend the indenture governing the Notes.

Magna Entertainment Corp.’s parent company, MI Developments Inc. has agreed to provide project financing for the reconstruction of facilities at Gulfstream Park race track in Florida of $115 million and at The Meadows race track in Pennsylvania of $77 million.

International Game Technology confirmed today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Alliance Gaming Corporation and its Bally Gaming, Inc. and Bally Gaming International, Inc. subsidiaries in the Federal District Court in Las Vegas.

News Brief: Measures to legalize casino gambling have been prefiled for the 2005 Ohio legislative session, but a Democratic House leader who supported passage of a bill in the 2004 session says the timing isn't right this time around.

Alliance Gaming Corp. responds to a patent infringement complaint was filed yesterday against the company by International Game Technology.

With Nevada on pace this year to host a record 50 million-plus annual visitors, Gov. Kenny Guinn says the state must capitalize on its unprecedented popularity by using portions of today's tourism windfall to pay for improvements that will make the state more attractive to different industries.

Hoping to emulate The Donald's success with ‘The Apprentice’ while avoiding the critical backlash that was ‘The Casino,’ proponents of outdoor adventures in Nevada's backcountry will soon take their message to the masses using a first-of-its-kind reality television program.

Two Las Vegas gaming executives say there is an ever-increasing need for capital investment in attractions and attention to quality customer service if Nevada is going to maintain its edge as the premiere gaming destination in the world.

The gaming industry is expected to consolidate further with a particular emphasis on expansion in Las Vegas, according to an 2005 industry outlook published by bond rating company Fitch Ratings.

Casino Direct Health Services, a mobile dentist clinic in Las Vegas, offers on-site general dentistry services to Station Casinos and Boyd Gaming Corp. employees, and is looking to expand to other casinos and, possibly, beyond the gaming industry.

A casino industry trade group is exploring creating a global think tank on gambling addiction that would involve alliances between research institutions worldwide that specialize in addiction studies.

News Brief: The Washington State Court of Appeals has ruled that Pierce County can maintain its ban on minicasinos in unincorporated neighborhoods.

Belterra Casino Resort & Spa will maintain its status as the ‘Official Hotel and Casino of Kentucky Speedway’ through 2007 thanks to a new marketing partnership.

News Brief: New York State’s deal to allow a pair of out-of-state tribes to open two casinos in the Catskills would have financial payoffs for Oneida and Madison counties.

News Brief: Four companies that threatened to complicate the bankruptcy reorganization plans of Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc. have been paid every penny they were owed.