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Meskwaki tribal members overwhelmingly approved expansion of their casino.

McCarran International Airport will be the fourth-fastest growing hub airport in the nation for the decade ending in 2010, an aviation expert said.

Century Casinos, Inc. has signed an agreement with Tollgate Venture LLC to develop and operate a casino and hotel in Central City, Colorado.

News Brief: Security of information is slowing down Penn National’s application for Maine racino licenses.

News Brief: The North Star Public Charter School turned down $10,000 from the Idaho State Lottery and school officials decided that taking gambling money would conflict with the school's mission of developing virtuous citizens.

Vestin Mortgage Inc. said this morning that the Cannery Casino & Hotel completed payment in full of the Las Vegas-based lender's $54 million loan.

For the Las Vegas Convention Authority and its $197 million annual budget, an item worth $90,000 might be considered relatively small.

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

News Brief: A man shot to death by police outside a football stadium has been identified by his family as one of the winners of an $87 million lottery jackpot.

News Brief: A tour bus that crashed in Arkansas, killing 14 people, was unsafe and would not have been allowed on the road if it had been inspected before the trip, federal investigators said Wednesday.

Expo that the biggest problems their industry face are unpredictable tax rates and a political bias against their businesses.

News Brief: A striking casino worker filed a complaint against a private security firm over the weekend, charging he was assaulted while on the picket line.

News Brief: Atlantic City casinos reported double-digit gains in September, a record-breaking month that capped a reasonably strong summer season.

News Brief: An Washington state initiative on the November ballot is promising property tax relief, by allowing slot machines in non-tribal casinos.

Strong arguments by Harrah's executives have helped persuade Wall Street that its $9.4 billion plan to buy Caesars Entertainment makes strategic sense, analysts said Friday.

While there was widespread agreement at the Global Gaming Expo on the need to reform regulations governing the gaming industry, there was less agreement on how to do it in the 49 states with some form of legalized gambling.

News Brief: Robert P. Welch, a retired deputy police chief from Bangor, has been nominated to administer the day-to-day activities of the new Maine Gambling Control Board.

The American Gaming Association will concentrate on enforcing the trade group's new code of conduct for dealing with problem gaming in the coming year, the trade group's president said Thursday at a news conference wrapping up this year's Global Gaming Expo.

The state of the gaming industry is good -- despite growing pains from the spread of racinos and tribal casinos, political bias against casinos and the threat of terror attacks, top gaming executives said Wednesday at the Global Gaming Expo.

News Brief: A union representing Florida police officers have endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow Broward and Miami-Dade voters to decide if they want slot machines at local tracks and frontons.