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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.

If voters approve every ballot initiative on gaming nationwide, supply company experts say they could be asked to provide as many as 175,000 new slot machines in years ahead.

News Brief: With poker's popularity growing because of televised tournaments, retailers are betting that playing cards and chips will be among the must-have items during the holiday shopping season.

Caesars Entertainment Inc. reached out to Atlantic City strikers in a full-page newspaper advertisement.

News Brief: Tropicana Casino and Resort has accused Local 54 of Unite Here of coercing its workers into a destructive strike that had more to do with labor issues in Las Vegas than in Atlantic City.

News Brief: Nate Silver quit his $55,000-a-year financial consulting job in April to play poker.

The Minnesota Indian Gaming Association has blasted Governor Pawlenty for deliberately inflating tribal gaming revenue estimates in order to justify his efforts to force tribes into revenue-sharing agreements.

Aristocrat Technologies has signed a contract to provide its OASIS Casino Management System to Norwegian Cruise Lines Corporation to link and monitor activity on 1,000 gaming machines.

News Brief: From gas station scratch tickets to the gaudy glitter along The Strip, gambling is as all-American as Larry King, Indiana Jones and Pamela Anderson.

News Brief: Iowans addicted to gambling will have an easier time banning themselves from casinos under rules being adopted by state regulators.

News Brief: A freak accident at the roulette tables in Las Vegas has a plumber demanding a payoff.

Las Vegas travel leaders are confident an array of sword-wielding knights, Carrot Top's comic antics and a touch of Lance Burton magic will help reduce the length and frequency of security-related delays at McCarran International Airport.

News Brief: The Par-A-Dice Hotel and Casino signed a multiyear deal to be a presenting sponsor for a 7,000-seat arena in downtown Bloomington.

Experts at the Global Gaming Expo confirmed Monday what many people assume: If you're in a casino, you're not only being watched, you're being tracked.

News Brief: South Beach Casino and Resort Inc., which wants to build a casino in Hancock County, withdrew its appeal Monday to the Board of Supervisors, saying it needs more time to reword its application.

News Brief: The Illinois gambling industry as a whole remains unsteady and faces a questionable future.

Despite grim prospects for several Nov. 2 ballot initiatives aimed at legalizing or expanding gambling, manufacturers and industry insiders at the Global Gaming Expo's opening sessions were betting slot machines sales will enjoy a big surge in the next two years.

News Brief: More than half the residents who returned a survey seeking opinions about a casino in the city of Waukee opposed the issue.

John Grochowski: When I made the trek to East Peoria recently for an overnight stay at the Par-A-Dice hotel, I knew exactly what I wanted to see first in the casino.

News Brief: Magna Entertainment Corp. is preparing to take another step toward the development of Dixon Downs in Northern California.