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Meeting in back-to-back emergency sessions, Nevada's gaming regulators late Wednesday approved the sale of Binion's Horseshoe to MTR Gaming Group, subject to 10 conditions.

News Brief: Waukegan's bid to build a casino about 4 miles from Great Lakes Naval Station would be a dangerous combination, according to a University of Illinois professor.

News Brief: Thefts involving purses at two casinos this week is coincidental, but serves as a reminder that women should guard their handbags, police said.

News Brief: The effort to bring horse racing to Hobbs is entering the final stretch this week with a formal groundbreaking scheduled for the $43 million Zia Park Race Track & Casino for Friday.

News Brief: A bill that would let Washington horse players bet by phone or over the Internet passed the House yesterday.

News Brief: Celebrities like James Woods, Jon Favreau and Mimi Rogers face off in the World Poker Tour Shooting Star Tournament.

News Brief: Legislation to legalize casino gambling in Kentucky is likely to go to the House next week.

News Brief: The new Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa paid its first regulatory fines on Wednesday for two violations at the gaming tables.

News Brief: A longtime craps players says that casinos are cutting into their crap dealers’ tips and has started a campaign to remedy this.

News Brief: The founder of the Subway sandwich chain, who has millions already invested in the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, say he would continue to back the tribe as it acquires new land and plans for construction of a casino.

News Brief: Two Republican lawmakers Wednesday proposed shutting down about 20,000 slot machines in 18 Indian casinos across Minnesota unless tribes agree to share their gambling profits with the state and with one another.

News Brief: With the possibility of legalized slot machines looming, the Piscataway Conoy Confederacy and Subtribes yesterday urged the General Assembly to pass legislation to circumvent the governor's office and secure their status.

Harrah's Entertainment’s Board of Directors approved the construction of a $142 million, 450-room hotel tower at Harrah's New Orleans Casino.

The parent company of the Fitzgeralds hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas reported a $10 million charge to write down the value of the property after spinning it off to a different company subsidiary in December, the company reported in its fourth quarter earnings statement Tuesday.

For the first time in the Las Vegas Convention Center's 45-year history, 20 separate trade shows and events will occupy the building this month.

News Brief: Calder Race Course will become the latest Florida track to open a poker room when its live Thoroughbred meet.

The state Gaming Control Board today recommended approval for Barrick Gaming Corp.'s purchase of most of Jackie Gaughan's downtown Las Vegas real estate assets, including four hotel-casinos.

News Brief: Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher has assigned Commerce Secretary Jim Host with the job of promoting the horse industry.

News Brief: Putnam County voters rejected a proposal for a off-track betting site.