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Over the past few years, Harrah's Entertainment President Gary Loveman has shared his belief that technology has played a pivotal role in turning around his company's financial fortunes.

News Brief: The National Cattle Congress would like to reopen the Waterloo Greyhound Park for gambling, a plan that competes directly with a proposal for a riverboat casino.

American Real Estate Partners, billionaire Carl Icahn's holding company, is expected to today complete the reorganization and financial restructuring of its Nevada and New Jersey casinos, including the Stratosphere in Las Vegas

News Brief: The Biloxi City Council tabled for two weeks a decision on whether to allow construction of a man-made basin for a speculative casino venture after Secretary of State Eric Clark raised objections.

Go ahead and touch that dial. The odds are increasing that you'll still land on a station with a television show about Las Vegas.

News Brief: Funding education through slot machines and casinos is morally and fiscally irresponsible, a Republican National Committee member said Tuesday.

News Brief: New York Senate Republicans have publicly offered a plan for improving education financing, proposing to spend an extra $6.3 billion statewide, largely from gambling money they originally found distasteful.

Las Vegas Boulevard South is already home to some of the world's best-known fashion boutiques, including Giorgio Armani, Gianni Versace and Tiffany & Co.

News Brief: Illinois gambling expansion plan hit an obstacle with a dispute over whether to lower taxes on the state's riverboat casinos.

News Brief: Hisashi Shimizu allegedly took millions of dollars from a Toda America Inc. account and sent an e-mail to the company's CEO and sales director saying he was leaving with the money. He was arrested in Las Vegas.

News Brief: There’s another lawsuit in the battle over building an Indian casino in Erie County.

News Brief: Dairyland Greyhound Park asked the Wisconsin court to temporarily prevent Governor Doyle from signing any new Indian gaming compacts until their challenge of casino gambling is decided in court.

News Brief: Money from California casino tribes went for everything from helping build a new fire station to funding district attorney's office liaison/coordinators who will work with tribes.

News Brief: The odds do seem to be improving slowly for allowing casinos at horse racing tracks in Pennsylvania.

Colorado casino revenue was down in April when compared with the previous month.

The Wood County Commission has called a special meeting to discuss whether it should allow a video lottery operator to open a business across the street from a Baptist Church.

The state could see millions of additional dollars pumped into its coffers thanks to a horse track and casino under construction here.

A county investigation into the power failure that shut down the Bellagio for more than three days hasn't turned up an explanation for what caused material to degrade.

Battle lines are being drawn between opposing sides of issues surrounding intrastate remote gaming -- gambling using high-tech devices that allow gamblers to wager without being on a casino floor.

A longtime Nevada Gaming Commission member will step down as soon as a replacement is found.