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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.

News Brief: An Atlantic City man pleaded guilty Wednesday in the second of two thefts from the same casino.

The record-shattering 2004 World Series of Poker proved pivotal in defining the event's emerging image and attracting new customers to its new owners, Harrah's Entertainment.

Harrah's Entertainment kicked off a 60,000-square-foot expansion of the Rio Pavilion Convention Center on Wednesday with a ceremonial pouring of concrete.

he Nevada Gaming Control Board members could not agree Wednesday on whether to give Goldman, Sachs & Co. an unconditional waiver from a regulation requiring it to get a gaming license.

News Brief: An investment group seeking to build a $500 million gambling and entertainment complex will have to wait to collect the signatures needed to place the issue before voters in November.

News Brief: Solving a massive budget deficit with an influx of at least $1.8 billion in new gambling money is still a possibility, according to Senator Denny Jacobs.

News Brief: Gambling and horse-racing interests spent more than $2.3 million on lobbying and entertainment during this year's Maryland legislative session.

News Brief: Opponents of a proposed casino in southwest Missouri have filed a lawsuit on Wednesday that they hope will prevent a statewide vote on the proposal.

Jillian's restaurant-entertainment center in downtown Las Vegas will likely be unaffected by Jillian's Entertainment Holdings Inc.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.

The St. Louis County Council has approved a resolution endorsing Pinnacle Entertainment's proposed $300 million gaming and mixed-use facility in Lemay, Missouri.

News Brief: With a positive forecast and unprecedented interest in Smarty Jones' Visa Triple Crown Challenge bid in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, officials at the New York Racing Association are bracing for the biggest day in track history.

Crews broke ground Tuesday on a 70,000-square-foot Brunswick Bowling Center at Station Casinos' Sunset Station casino in Henderson.

News Brief: Three vehicles have been donated to Alton, Missouri, by Argosy Gaming Co., which operates the casino on the riverfront.

News Brief: A Florida man who slashed a casino security guard in the face and head during a scuffle was sentenced to seven years in prison for the crime.

News Brief: Narragansett Indian Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas says the governor is being hypocritical for not protesting a pair of Foxwoods Resort and Casino job fairs scheduled this month at state-run employment centers.

News Brief: As construction begins on a slots casino at Philadelphia Park racetrack in Bensalem, no public advisory board has been formed to weigh the impact on traffic, crime and property values.

News Brief: A letter-writing campaign urging the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission to lift a moratorium on gambling expansion has miffed a spokesman for the Meskwaki Indians of Tama.

News Brief: The Missouri town of Hollister won't be joining the crusade to keep casino gambling out of the Ozarks.

News Brief: The Puyallup Tribe of Indians on Tuesday bought some 20 acres along Pacific Highway East including a hotel that will be used as a casino.