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Aztar Corporation has provided an update on the status of the expansion construction project at its Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

News Brief: In a marriage made in sin, Hugh Hefner is coming to Las Vegas, where he'll have a vertical version of his Playboy mansion.

News Brief: Mohawk tribal leaders met with Governor George Pataki to complete a proposed land claim settlement important to a plan to create a casino in the Catskills.

A group representing American Indian bands that run casinos in Minnesota accused Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday of distorting gambling revenue to increase pressure on them to share profits with the state.

News Brief: A $3.5 million check made out to Yolo County, California, was handed over by the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians Tuesday.

The coalition working to pass Proposal 1 on the Nov. 2 ballot has now grown to include more than 25,000 Michigan organizations and citizens.

News Brief: Shortly after 8 in the morning, the shrill sound of whistles and the dull thumping of sticks beating against plastic drums pierced the air as strikers staged a protest at the front entrance of Harrah’s Atlantic City.

News Brief: One month before the November election, supporters of a controversial Michigan casino ballot proposal are leading by a 2-1 margin, according to a recent newspaper poll.

News Brief: The Seneca Nation of Indians will elect a new president later this fall, but its feelings about putting a casino in downtown Buffalo remain the same.

News Brief: Mayport-based La Cruise Casino has been ordered to close operations and move the boat from U.S. waters after the Coast Guard said it found ongoing safety problems with the 215-foot vessel.

News Brief: La Vista officials expressed fear that expanded gambling could jeopardize continued success of their keno parlor.

News Brief: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today begins a vigorous four-week campaign to oust incumbent Democrats from the Legislature and defeat two propositions that would significantly expand gambling in California.

News Brief: Georgetown County lost the first round in its fight against casino boats this week after a circuit judge said a local ban placed on the vessels was unconstitutional.

Caesars Atlantic City will offer one special guest a "Once in a Lifetime" opportunity to participate in a private event with Muhammad Ali in support of the Muhammad Ali Foundation/Charities.

Scientific Games Corporation has entered into an agreement to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Printpool Honsel GmbH, a German company which is the supplier of instant tickets to all of the 16 lotteries which operate in Germany.

VendingData Corporation responds to the lawsuit issued by Shuffle Master, Inc. regarding its filing of a patent infringement action against VendingData Corporation's PokerOne shuffling product.

News Brief: The fate of the President Casino on the Admiral could be determined Thursday, when the parent company and its creditors hold a private auction of the casino on Laclede's Landing.

News Brief: North California seniors have been taking organized trips to Indian casinos for about three years, but it’s not the gambling that draws them.

As casino gaming becomes legal in more and more states, primarily through the spread of tribal casinos, the need to train more casino executives is growing, a keynote speaker at the Global Gaming Expo said Monday.

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa would like the public to know that Borgata remains unaffected by the HERE Local 54 Strike, which began Friday, October 1, at other Atlantic City casinos.