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News Brief: Las Vegas casino titan Gary Loveman sounded an upbeat note yesterday on his drive to build a giant Rhode Island casino, even as political clouds gather over the once-bright project.

Pinnacle Entertainment Board of Directors has approved an increase in the scope and budget of L'Auberge du Lac, the company's casino resort currently under construction in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

News Brief: The relationship between sports and gambling, once at arm's length and now almost hand in hand is embodied by the brothers Maloof.

Opponents of an amendment to allow a casino in southwest Missouri are rolling out television and radio ads beginning today that play on fears of expanding gambling.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Clear Channel Entertainment Properties announce the first Vegas Rock Star Poker Tournament and Sweepstakes.

The New Orleans City Council on Friday sued Harrah's New Orleans Casino over planned development of the casino's second-floor restaurants, bars and nightclubs.

Caesars Entertainment Inc. Chief Executive Wally Barr stands to receive at least $17 million under an employment contract if he resigns from Caesars as anticipated after a pending acquisition by Harrah's Entertainment Inc. is consummated.

Aladdin President Bill Timmins ordered security guards to escort pop diva Linda Ronstadt off the property following a concert Saturday night during which she expressed support for controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore.

News Brief: A group of Indian casino owners is throwing its weight behind a gambling initiative on the November ballot that threatens Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ongoing negotiations with tribes to share their revenue with the state.

News Brief: A bookie sent prostitutes to the homes of gamblers in four states and let them collect their winnings in sex, police said.

ews Brief: A Sacramento man had been feeding dollars into a $1 slot machine at Thunder Valley Casino for about 20 minutes he hit the state's biggest casino jackpot ever - $12 million.

News Brief: Nearly 8 years after gaming was approved, some major promises remain unfulfilled.

News Brief: In the decade since horse racing tracks added casino games, so-called racinos grew faster than commercial and American Indian casinos, a study has found.

News Brief: A group opposed to bringing slot machines to the Washington area has claimed signatures on petition forms are frauds.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

The recent spate of mergers, merger agreements and rumors about mergers is beginning to turn the real estate on the Strip into a giant Monopoly board with fewer and fewer players who have larger and larger stakes in the game.

he Pennsylvania Lottery will sponsor a ‘Go for the Green’ bonus Daily Number promotion from July 19 through July 31, 2004.

BMI, a British air carrier that has more than 2,000 flights a week to 37 destinations in Europe, the United States, Canada and the Caribbean will begin nonstop round trips between Manchester, England, and Las Vegas in October.

Operations for Southwest Airlines at McCarran International Airport shouldn't be affected by the sudden departure of the airline's chief executive.

A California harness racing track company may take over the financially troubled Vernon Downs.