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News Brief: Some Ohio officials are worried about the trickle-down if there would ever be an tribal casino built in the community.

Las Vegas Sands, owner of The Venetian, Tuesday posted record-smashing results for the first quarter of 2004 with cash flow of $103.9 million, edging out the Bellagio's standout $99 million first-quarter cash flow.

News Brief: A New Jersey Assembly panel will take up the issue of sports betting next week.

News Brief: The New Jersey Casino Control Commission is expected to vote today on whether to impose a five-year ban on Don King that would prevent him from applying for a gaming license to promote Atlantic City fights.

Since no ticket matched the 6 numbers for Tuesday’s drawing, the jackpot for the Friday Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $45 million.

News Brief: A former Stateline casino pit boss has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1 million from Harveys Resort Casino.

Local government officials, Native American tribal members, Detroit residents, and anti-gambling activists gathered to urge the Michigan Legislature and Governor Granholm to stop the racino bills.

News Brief: Envelopes with bundles of checks from contributors linked to Caesars Entertainment of Las Vegas arrived in the offices of some key GOP House members shortly after the 2004 Legislature convened in early February.

News Brief: Revised gambling rules that will be set by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission this summer are causing local gaming officials to wonder how they will impact riverboat casinos.

ews Brief: If Texas wants to profit from expanded gambling, it should charge racetrack owners a much higher price than has been proposed for licenses to operate video lottery terminals, or slot machines, according to a critic of the plan.

San Diego tourism officials hope to make waves in the desert this summer through their largest-ever media blitz encouraging Southern Nevadans to vacation in the Pacific resort town.

News Brief: The Navajo Nation will learn in August if the third time is a charm for approving gambling. Last week the nation's council voted to let the people decide the controversial issue.

The valley's growing population is going to set the trend for emerging business opportunities in Las Vegas and foreign-born immigrants represent the largest segment of that growth, a demographic researcher said Tuesday.

ews Brief: Legislation designed to prevent conflicts of interest at the Colorado Lottery passed a key hurdle Monday and will likely soon land on the governor's desk.

BetWWTS.com today announced odds on which Major League Baseball manager will be the first to get fired or resign from his post during the 2004 season.

News Brief: A federal judge yesterday urged the U.S. Attorney's Office to take part in a lawsuit that will determine whether the Shinnecock Indians will be allowed to open a casino.

Steve Wynn plans to knock down the Desert Inn’s St. Andrews Tower by the end of October to make way for an expansion of the yet-to-open megaresort.

The Venetian megaresort has shattered Las Vegas hotel-casino profitability records during the first quarter.

A woman on trial on a charge of murdering a man for his winning sports bet ticket used mental health records Monday in an attempt to discredit the state's key eyewitness.

Simon Cooper, president of the five-diamond Ritz-Carlton hotel company, has been shopping for a site on the Strip to develop a second Las Vegas area five-star, luxury hotel.