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The gaming industry's best and brightest, big companies and small, will raise the curtain Tuesday on the very latest, hottest and hippest in gaming technology as the Global Gaming Expo 2004 opens at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Friday endorsed a common stock offering designed to raise $575 million for the company building the $1.6 billion Palazzo megaresort on the Strip and expanding to Macau.

News Brief: In the decade since the Grand Victoria opened, Elgin, Illinois, hasn't been plagued by the crime wave critics said would accompany a casino just south of downtown, according to Elgin police statistics.

Saying sayonara to a recent widespread reluctance to travel abroad, an increasing number of Japanese are expected to visit the United States this year, a new study says.

Station Casinos emerged suddenly Friday as a surprise buyer of the Castaways even though the company hasn't decided whether to mothball or reopen the 50-year-old property.

News Brief: The North Carolina party has unveiled its "Lucky 7" promotion to inform voters on ballot procedures. However, some are concerned that the promotion looks too much like a lottery game.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida has announced it is implementing GSA's landmark Best of Breed and System-to-System protocols at its Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Seminole Casino properties in Florida.

Mikohn Gaming says that it will unveil a number of exciting new products at this year's Global Gaming Expo.

WMS Gaming Inc. has further expanded its popular series of gaming devices based on Hasbro Inc.'s Monopoly game brand with the introduction of eight new game themes.

Libra is the sign of beauty, balance, harmony and justice. While these ideals suggest peace, the process of attaining them can be anything but peaceful.

CPAmerica, Inc. reports that a deal has been signed to represent Don Dorsey, themed entertainment producer/director, in the development and marketing of a unique and spectacular resort-casino concept.

As the gaming industry continues its expansion throughout the Eastern United States, the forum for charting the future of that industry is growing as well, and has changed its name to the "East Coast Gaming Congress."

News Brief: The Oneida Indian Nation continued the transformation of its Turning Stone casino into a vacation destination with the opening Friday of a new 19-story luxury hotel.

BetOnSports expresses disappointment with this week's passage of H.R. 5011 by the House Financial Services Committee, saying that it surreptitiously undermines online gambling.

Harrah's Entertainment’s two Atlantic City hotel-casinos will remain open while the company continues negotiating with leaders of a union local whose members began a walkout early today.

News Brief: A tribal casino would create about 950 jobs in Anthony with an average yearly salary of $29,000, according to a study by a hospitality and gaming firm.

When Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. located a handful of manufacturing stores in Las Vegas casinos, many customers thought they'd be winners even if their luck was bad.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has recommended approval for Las Vegas Sands Corp. to sell up to $575 million in common stock to be used for such things as expansion into the gaming markets in Asia and the United Kingdom.

News Brief: While expanded gambling would provide a new source of tax revenue, it would increase gambling losses by Nebraskans, a Nebraska Wesleyan University economist said Thursday.

News Brief: The Nebraska Farm Bureau has announced its opposition to a gambling initiative that will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot.