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News Brief: Governor Bill Owens will testify before the U.S. Senate on Sept. 8 in opposition to plans for an Indian casino planned for the outskirts of Denver.

Like the oceans' tides, zits on a teenager or the ax-wielding villain in a low-grade horror flick, Las Vegas' visitors just keep coming back for more.

News Brief: Ralph Reed, a chairman of the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign and former executive director of the Christian Coalition, confirmed on Sunday that he accepted more than $1 million in fees from a tribal casino lobbyist and a public relations specialist.

The Southern Nevada Index of Leading Economic Indicators has paused over the past few months after steadily increasing during most of 2003 and earlier this year.

News Brief: A study commissioned by Harrah's Entertainment concluded that traffic generated by its proposed $600-million casino would have only minor impact on local roads.

News Brief: Residents vote this week to decide whether to support a riverboat casino near a small town in eastern Iowa.

News Brief: Work has begun on a 70-room hotel at the Lucky Eagle Casino, one of a number of tribal casino expansion projects in the south Puget Sound area.

The Federal Trade Commission has officially requested more information from Harrah's Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment about the competitive consequences of their proposed $9.4 billion merger.

The Hard Rock Hotel is trading babes for bunnies and cleavage for kitties in its new billboard advertising campaign.

Las Vegas businessman Andrew Donner has been granted a state casino license for the Lady Luck, but the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission expressed concerns that Donner may be ‘cutting corners’ in following rules.

The Nevada Gaming Commission took things out of order Thursday so its new commissioner John Moran could sit at the meeting.

The bankrupt Aladdin will be converted into the first Planet Hollywood Resort Casino under a licensing plan that won unanimous approval Thursday from the Nevada Gaming Commission.

The Hard Rock Hotel has set the stage for a battle with the Nevada Gaming Commission by filing a motion to dismiss a three-count complaint against it for suggestive advertising.

With McCarran International Airport on pace for its busiest year ever, today's official debut of seven new security lanes serving the C- and D-gates concourses couldn't come soon enough for federal security director Jim Blair.

Another longtime Las Vegas tradition is starting to see the dice come up snake eyes as several gaming companies move to eliminate the box man position at craps tables.

News Brief: Connecticut’s casinos are backing Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's declaration that poker night promotions in bars are illegal.

News Brief: A growing number of retailers are placing bets on poker products to lure shoppers and generate impulse sales.

News Brief: Governor Rod Blagojevich has said he is close to filling a vacancy on the Illinois Gaming Board and he would consider expanding gambling to balance the state budget.

News Brief: A New Jersey grand jury has indicted five men from South Jersey and two others from South Philadelphia on charges of running an illegal sports betting ring.

News Brief: The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has offered to hold formal discussions with Minnesota government leaders about sharing casino profits, perhaps putting some toward new sports stadiums.