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Nearly every commercial passenger carrier serving McCarran International Airport showed double- or triple-digit percentage increases over last year as the Las Vegas airport enjoyed its best April ever.

The Problem Gambling Center, founded in 1986 and funded almost entirely from casino donations, is one of only a handful of treatment options in Nevada and the state's largest treatment center for compulsive gamblers.

tation Casinos has set its sights on developing a high-rise destination resort that will rival the Rio and the Palms as soon as work wraps up on its new Red Rock Station.

Five lucky Michigan Lottery players will be one step closer to winning the ‘Casino Millions’ $2 million jackpot.

News Brief: Two Oklahoma tribes stand to make more than $1 billion over a decade from a Colorado casino proposed to resolve the tribes' land claims.

News Brief: Oklahoma senators approved a proposed statewide vote to reduce the penalties for cockfighting.

News Brief: The head of the Governor's Authorities Unit has requested a three-year phase-out of a state tax on complimentary rooms and meals offered by Atlantic City casinos.

News Brief: Mississippi Coast casinos extended their winning streak into April, winning almost $102.4 million during the month.

News Brief: A $1.8 billion gambling bill that would give Chicago a casino and Senate President Emil Jones' favored university a potential windfall narrowly cleared a Senate panel Wednesday.

News Brief: A proposal to expand gambling in Illinois cleared an Illinois Senate committee Wednesday but faces a struggle for veto-proof passage in the full Senate.

Hopi voters went to the polls to voice their opposition to gaming for the second time in 10 years on Wednesday, May 19, 2004.

The Pier at Caesars, the multimillion-dollar luxury retail, dining and entertainment complex scheduled to open on the Atlantic City Boardwalk next year, will feature a world-class roster of elite retailers.

News Brief: A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize electronic bingo games with unlimited cash prizes died on the final day of the 2004 regular session of the Alabama Legislature.

News Brief: It's easier than ever to get a piece of the action, albeit a small one, now that all three of the city's casinos offer slot machines that can be played for a penny.

News Brief: Frank Stronach, chairman of Magna Entertainment, says he is willing to invest a billion dollars to turn New York into the center of racing.

The nation's established air carriers are continuing to lose ground to upstart low-cost competitors, speakers at an aviation conference in Las Vegas said Tuesday.

The Nevada Commission on Tourism today said it will open Nevada's first tourism office in Beijing June 11.

News Brief: Members of the Alabama House of Representatives ended the 2004 session Monday night without voting on the gambling bill.

News Brief: This weekend the Maryland Lottery agency will expand its afternoon and evening Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings to a seven-day-a-week schedule.

News Brief: A key Democratic state senator is dropping his demand that any legislation to expand legalized gambling in Pennsylvania include gambling licenses for Indian tribes.