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The Nevada Commission on Tourism will submit $16.2 million and $16.6 million budgets for the next two fiscal years for the Nevada Legislature's consideration next year.

A judge Thursday ordered a temporary end to union picketing at several locations after hearing a complaint that a strike against convention service companies was becoming ‘increasingly hostile and violent.’

News Brief: Atlantic City union members have given their permission for a strike against the casino industry and started gearing up for what could be a lengthy fight.

News Brief: Researchers at Yale University have found that older gamblers are healthier than their younger counterparts, who have higher rates of alcohol and substance abuse, bankruptcy, depression and incarceration.

ews Brief: Despite the waves of gambling money that has flowed to Southeast Indiana riverboat casinos since 1996, both horse racing tracks in the region are surviving, if not exactly prospering.

News Brief: November ballot measure that would greatly expand Indian casino gambling received a boost Thursday from two taxpayer advocacy groups and opponents promptly countered with a taxpayer group of their own.

News Brief: Siouxland leaders Thursday christened the gambling boat that docked here a few weeks ago and is three times larger than the one that preceded it.

News Brief: The popularity of televised poker tournaments has brought more players to the table, with some Iowa casinos planning to expand to meet demand.

News Brief: The Flying Elvi, a team of 10 skydivers dressed as the King of Rock 'n' Roll, dropped in Thursday afternoon on the Harrah's Prairie Band Casino.

News Brief: A coalition of business, labor and civic leaders is floating a proposal for a downtown Chicago casino that would anchor a newly created entertainment district, just months after Governor Rod Blagojevich gave a thumbs-down to the idea of a casino in the city center.

News Brief: John David Woods has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for stealing more than $100,000 from 24 city halls across Texas to pay off Internet gambling debts.

News Brief: Michigan Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters is worried that a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot would hurt state lottery revenue and decrease dollars for public education.

News Brief: A group of Pennsylvania representatives say they plan to introduce legislation designed to prevent fellow members of the General Assembly from holding ownership stakes in the new slot-machine industry.

News Brief: The Dunbar City Council has imposed a six-month moratorium on any new business that wants to offer video lottery while council members prepare an ordinance to regulate where such operations can be located.

News Brief: A day before Atlantic City casino union workers are expected to give labor leaders authorization to call a strike, six casinos sought to protect themselves from the threat Wednesday by leaving the New Jersey Casino Association's bargaining unit.

The Clark County Commission has given The Venetian the go-ahead to build a temporary remote employee parking lot but extended its role in a long-simmering dispute between Venetian owner Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn.

Mirroring other local industries' attempts at growth through consolidation, Las Vegas-based marketing powerhouse R&R Partners will merge with a pair of influential Nevada players to compete more effectively on a regional and national level.

Alliance Gaming Corp. said its Bally Gaming and Systems business unit plans to present about 250 slot machines at the 2004 Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Sands Inc., which recently opened a casino in Macau, said today that it has proposed a resort development on a nearby Chinese island, but without any casinos because they are illegal in the mainland.

The owners of the Hacienda -- the first hotel-casino U.S. 93 travelers from Arizona see after they cross Hoover Dam -- have ended negotiations to sell the property to the National Park Service.