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With the U.S. economy crawling back from the doldrums, those in the nation's trade show and exhibition industry this week expressed renewed confidence their recently moribund sector is on its way to a strong recovery beginning this year and continuing in 2005.

The norovirus outbreak at the California Hotel seems to have subsided, but no "all clear" declaration from the Clark County Health District is on the horizon, county and company officials agreed Tuesday.

News Brief: Governor Robert Ehrlich says that slots on the Lower Shore could still be a possibility, but it will require a groundswell of public support that probably doesn't exist.

News Brief: The region's latest gambling venture, Fairgrounds Gaming & Raceway, opens today at Buffalo Raceway, adding another 1,000 slot machines to a region that critics say is becoming saturated with casino gambling.

News Brief: Gambling backers are quietly plotting another push on Beacon Hill in a bid to bring Las Vegas-style casino games to Massachusetts.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment is considering adding more hotel rooms in Atlantic City to meet burgeoning demand, according to Chief Executive Gary Loveman.

News Brief: Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has called on the state gaming board to explain what she called the ‘surprising’ decision to choose Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. to build a casino near Chicago.

John G. Brokopp: Serious blackjack players should always “scout” the games before they step up to a table and risk their money.

News Brief: A Salem factory worker who was laid off a week ago claimed the $89 million Powerball jackpot on Monday.

News Brief: Ronald Alleman, who was appointed to the Louisiana State Racing Commission in February, has resigned from the position following the revelation of a felony conviction.

Steve Wynn announced an April 28, 2005, opening date for his Wynn Las Vegas resort on the Las Vegas Strip in a speech this morning to the Advertising Specialty Institute conference in Las Vegas.

Nearly a month after a Mega Millions ticket matched all six numbers to win a $239 million jackpot, the whereabouts of that ticket and the identity of the person who bought it are still unknown.

U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn were set to announce a national Hispanic Worker Initiative today at a news conference at Nevada Partners Inc. in North Las Vegas.

News Brief: A rare casino chip, considered by collectors to be the hobby's Holy Grail, was sold Sunday on eBay for a single-chip record price of $33,000.

News Brief: Illinoisans don't support expanding gambling opportunities in the state to bolster revenue, according to a recent Copley News Service poll.

ews Brief: Detroit casinos collected more than $101 million in revenue for February, with the $3.5 million average daily revenue their best ever.

News Brief: The Louisiana Gaming Control Board unanimously approved a request by Harrah's New Orleans Casino to change the way gambling regulators count employees at the casino, making it harder to track the jobs at the casino that were the rationale for its 2001 tax cut.

Las Vegas' tourism industry this year enjoyed its best-ever January, with more than 3 million visitors reported.

The partnership of Randy Miller, Rich Gonzales and Rich Iannone, the group trying to buy the Castaways and reopen it as a hotel-casino, won a 20-day extension Monday from owner Vestin Mortgage.

News Brief: Foxwoods Resort Casino ‘out-handled’ Mohegan Sun last month but Mohegan Sun beat Foxwoods in wins.