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A National Labor Relations Board judge has ordered the Aladdin to pay one worker back pay and full benefits after finding he had been fired because of his support of Culinary Union Local 226 but has upheld the termination of another worker.

The Garfield cartoon character was recommended as a theme for a new slot machine by Nevada casino regulators after a lawyer for the slot manufacturer insisted the new device would appeal to adults and not children.

News Brief: Legislation drawn up to let casino employees hold local public offices in Louisiana was amended to limit the bill’s effects.

News Brief: After a meeting with Harrah’s, Rhode Island legislators say they want more from Harrah’s proposal for a proposed West Warwick casino.

News Brief: Cache Creek Casino Resort opened a 200-room hotel Thursday, a project that adjoins the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indian's recently expanded casino.

News Brief: Some residents of the small Lake Taneycomo town of Rockaway Beach are suing the state of Missouri to keep the casino issue off the August ballot.

News Brief: Chicago doesn't need a casino to compete with Las Vegas for conventions and trade shows, provided McCormick Place unions agree to another round of cost-cutting concessions and pass the savings along to exhibitors, according to Governor Blagojevich.

News Brief: The family of a fire victim filed Thursday a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against Harrah's Casino and a formal complaint with the Rincon Indian tribe.

News Brief: The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa and Maxim magazine's multimillion-dollar music festival and weekend party moved recently beyond a regional event and started attracting national attention.

News Brief: Governor Pataki's plan to create a gambling commission to regulate horse tracks and the new gambling parlors has been approved by the New York Senate.

News Brief: The sudden proliferation of video arcades that offer a variety of games, prices and payoffs has generated controversy in Florida.

News Brief: A River Rock Casino bus headed north from Healdsburg flipped over Wednesday night and sent three of its passengers to area hospitals, according to the Sonoma County Fire Department.

Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news on Grand Casino's $100,000 Blackjack Tournament, a two-day event held on July 9 and 10.

News Brief: After settling for millions of dollars with subcontractors who worked on its Madera County casino, the Chukchansi Indian tribe will try to receive reimbursement from two companies charged with overseeing the project.

News Brief: The Forest County Potawatomi Indian tribe would be willing to renegotiate the types of games it offers at its Milwaukee casino if asked by Gov. Jim Doyle to do so, the tribe's attorney general says.

The Nevada Gaming Commission board has recommended approval for Century Gaming Inc., which operates 1,800 poker, keno and bingo machines in Montana, to buy United Coin Machine Co. of Las Vegas.

Construction on Adelson's new $1.6 billion Las Vegas Strip resort, across Sands Avenue from Wynn's $2.4 billion resort, will be delayed over Wynn's complaints that Adelson is not planning enough parking for his project.

News Brief: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick says he'd rather see a new convention center he wants built stand on its own without a casino attached.

ews Brief: The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, the owner of Detroit's Greektown Casino, is in the midst of the fiercest turmoil in its 30-year history.

News Brief: Gary Loveman, president and CEO of Harrah's Entertainment, told a Rhode Island Senate committee that his Las Vegas-based company would own the proposed West Warwick casino.