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News Brief: The video poker industry got behind legislation filed Thursday that would place enforcement solely in the hands of the North Carolina Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement.

News Brief: Manuelito Chapter passed its first hurdle on its proposed gaming act from the Navajo Nation Council's Public Safety Committee on Monday.

News Brief: As a $300 million makeover takes shape at Foxwoods Resort Casino, it is gambling's friendly new face, not that old Rat Pack, on display.

News Brief: Governor Blagojevich's gambling point man last year quietly held stock in a firm co-owned by an Emerald Casino investor who stood to gain from the administration's effort to get Emerald's dormant gaming license running.

News Brief: Rohnert Park City Manager Carl Leivo and the City Council are coming under fire from casino opponents for using city meetings and publications to promote the Graton Rancheria's casino.

News Brief: Las Vegas-based developers will apply for a gaming license that could bring a second casino to Hancock County on a site that was home to two previous casinos.

ews Brief: Ohio horse racing industry officials will not try to put a slot machines proposal before voters in November after a defeat in the House late Wednesday.

News Brief: U.S. Attorney Steve Biskupic said he warned the Forest County Potawatomi tribe this week it must pay the state $40.5 million owed under its gambling compact by June 30, or risk violating federal law.

News Brief: The Idaho Legislature's governing council have directed Attorney General Lawrence Wasden to hire a special attorney to challenge the constitutionality of the 2002 Indian gambling initiative.

News Brief: Governor Pataki has proposed establishing a state gaming commission that would oversee gambling in the state.

Expensive oil and new threats aren't expected to deter more visitors from spending this Memorial Day weekend traveling to Southern Nevada and other popular destinations.

Caesars Palace plans to open an exotic-car dealership in October, a marketing ploy industry experts say should help polish the resort's once-tarnished image.

News Brief: Legislation calling for more gambling in Illinois has lost momentum in Springfield and a new poll may help explain a key reason why: Voters overwhelmingly dislike the idea and a significant number say they might vote to oust legislators who backed it.

Nontribal casinos nationwide generated more than $27 billion in gambling revenue last year, a 2 percent increase from 2002.

One of the unsuccessful bidders for the Aladdin hotel-casino and the Las Vegas Hilton is acquiring the Alexis Park Hotel and plans to build a casino on the property.

Culinary union members will soon see a substantial wage boost because of cost savings in the union's health plan that are being passed on in hourly pay increases, a union official said Wednesday.

Even though local tourism officials said they have not been warned about any specific threats based on the latest terror warnings, one security expert Wednesday suggested Las Vegas is a high-risk target.

Hard Rock Hotel President Kevin Kelley has been tabbed by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce to join the 13-member board of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

News Brief: The Ohio House and Senate agreed on a compromise bingo bill Wednesday designed to give smaller clubs more gambling profits to cover their operating costs.

News Brief: A bill aimed at helping a single river cruise ship by adding gambling to its diversions was approved by a legislative committee Wednesday.