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News Brief: The Tulalip Tribes proposal to help fund a NASCAR track in Snohomish County might have saved the project, according to Washington State Rep. John McCoy.

One of Southern Nevada's smallest taxi operators has been denied certification to serve the lucrative Las Vegas Strip market.

News Brief: Charles Hayward has less than three years to convince politicians that NYRA should remain in its current form rather than be privatized and sold to the highest bidder after 2007.

Las Vegas housing prices flattened out in October and new permit activity dropped dramatically, a typical decline as the market enters the end-of-the-year doldrums, a housing expert said Tuesday.

News Brief: Following the trail Las Vegas casinos blazed a decade ago when, Turning Stone is attempting to become dining destinations in addition to dollar-and-a-dream casinos.

Jurors today found Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish not guilty of killing millionaire casino figure Ted Binion but guilty of conspiring to commit burglary and/or larceny as well as guilty of burglary and grand larceny.

News Brief: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold its first meeting in three weeks, and chairman Thomas A. "Tad" Decker is itching to get started.

News Brief: Georgetown County Council decided unanimously to appeal a judge's ruling allowing casino boats to operate in local waters, sending the case to the S.C. Supreme Court.

Jorge Perez brings something to the table that most high-rise developers who've announced projects in Las Vegas are missing: experience and financial backing.

News Brief: Industry analysts say that The Quarter at Tropicana Casino & Resort will help attract a different customer and help the bring in more non-gaming revenue.

Whether their journeys take them over the river and through the woods or over the desert and through an airport, there's little question Americans have a heavy appetite for travel come Thanksgiving weekend.

News Brief: BetonSports says a government crackdown on gambling in the US had caused radio stations to cancel about $10m-worth of its advertising campaigns during the crucial American football season now under way.

Zone4Play, Inc., reports the launch of its play-for-real fixed-odds casino applications on Hutchison 3G, in the UK.

For a fifth straight year, The Venetian announced today their receipt of the prestigious "Gold Key" Award from Meetings and Conventions Magazine.

Wynn Resorts, Limited announced the pricing terms and extension of the previously announced cash tender offer by Wynn Las Vegas, LLC.

News Brief: A Las Vegas investor denied a racing license in New York state has offered to loan $3 million to the struggling Vernon Downs harness track.

News Brief: The 59-day Hoosier Park meeting, which closed on Sunday, was marked by decreases across the board, including total handle, average daily handle, and average daily on-track handle.

A federal grand jury has indicted 15 people for allegedly running an illegal lottery in stores throughout Anchorage.

News Brief: October revenues, which were just under $93.5 million, dropped 4.4 percent from the same period a year ago. The reduction follows a 7.8 decrease in September.

The owners of a convenience store and two employees have pleaded guilty to scheming to trick a customer out of his $100,000 Powerball ticket.