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Station Casinos, Inc. executives today broke ground on Red Rock Station Resort and Casino.

Frank Scoblete: It is no accident that when Steve Wynn was running the Mirage properties, they had the best blackjack games in Vegas--and rarely sweated the action of even the biggest and most expert of players, and Mirage won a lot of money.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot will grow to an estimated $75 million.

A new Harvard survey of student gambling patterns shows that college students don't face a higher risk of gambling problems than other adults, the National Center for Responsible Gaming announced Wednesday.

On Wednesday night, a few thousand people waited for the Bellagio to reopen and for its trademark dancing fountains to come to life.

The power outage that shut down the Bellagio and caused the evacuation of thousands of employees and customers could happen at any resort on the Las Vegas Strip and at any time, according to a top building inspector.

Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Jack Binion, and former MGM Grand Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Fred Benninger will be inducted this year into the Gaming Hall of Fame.

News Brief: New Jersey gaming regulators suspended the licenses of six current or former casino hosts accused of participating in a prostitution ring that supplied young Asian women for high rollers.

News Brief: Pushing ahead with an aggressive expansion program, Harrah's Entertainment Inc. plans to build two new hotel towers and other attractions at its Atlantic City casinos in a head-to-head battle with a powerful new competitor.

News Brief: Authorities say they seized $2.2 million and broke up the family-run lottery that they say used the Michigan State Lottery Daily 3 and Daily 4 numbers but paid off significantly more money.

News Brief: Because an incorrect number was posted on the Wisconsin Lottery's Web site for Monday's Badger 5 drawing, two sets of numbers qualify as winners in the game, lottery officials said Tuesday.

News Brief: California casino tribes launched a campaign to pressure Los Angeles County’s Sheriff Lee Baca to abandon a proposed initiative that would threaten their monopoly on Nevada-style gambling.

News Brief: Lawmakers guaranteed that Nebraskans will have their say on at least one proposal to allow casino gambling in the state.

News Brief: Tom Grey arrived in Connecticut this week, lugging his overstuffed briefcase and brimming with new tactics to derail casinos.

Donald Troxel's quest to open a drag-themed nightclub in downtown Las Vegas came one step closer to reality this week.

fter 3 1/2 days in the dark because of a freak power failure, Bellagio turned the lights back on and began welcoming guests back to the 3,000-room Strip megaresort.

The chairman of the American Hotel & Lodging Association says one of the best ways to promote world peace is through increased international leisure and business travel.

News Brief: Hillary Crain, chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, is being replaced by Governor Kathleen Blanco.

News Brief: The Circus Circus Reno hotel-casino has told its two circus clowns to take a walk in their big, floppy shoes.