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The negotiations between Hard Rock hotel-casino and lawyers for the Nevada Gaming Control Board towards a possible settlement of the board's Jan. 21 complaint involving the Hard Rock's advertising campaigns have been extended.

On Monday, a sea of frustrated travelers unwittingly discovered a new contender for life's least-wanted crown: trying to escape Las Vegas after a busy weekend.

Hotel operations, seeing a return of leisure travelers and limited expansion, set a record in January and are on track to set new marks in succeeding months, operators and analysts said Monday.

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Intertops.com are offering odds on the two big loves in Jay-Z' life, Beyonce and the New Jersey Nets.

News Brief: Geoff Andres, the new general manager at the Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center, keeps a candy dish full of dice in his office.

News Brief: Alarmed by dwindling handle that has spurred purse reductions at four race meetings over the past five months, California racing leaders are currently facing a critical period as they attempt to pinpoint factors in the declines and identify potential solutions.

News Brief: The Community Coalition, which led a failed attempt in the late 1990s to get a casino license for Detroit businessman Don Barden, plans to try again to get the city to rebid its casino licenses.

News Brief: Louisiana's treatment programs work, but getting more addicts into the programs will take more partnerships, a state official says.

News Brief: The forces opposing a casino at the DeJope bingo hall brought out the big guns today to urge Dane County residents to vote no on Tuesday's referendum.

News Brief: Here in the American Indian gaming capital of California, the casino and the campus have entered into a marriage of mutual financial benefit.

News Brief: Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino officials reported record slot machine handles in January despite bitter cold weather.

News Brief: Minnesota legislative hearings on the 15-year-old gambling compacts the state holds with 11 American Indian tribes heated up in the Minnesota House and Senate on Monday.

News Brief: For South Mississippi casinos and retail businesses, the combination of Valentine's Day and Presidents Day was a winner, ringing slot machines and cash registers.

A selection of news and views from Atlantic City this week.

News Brief: Four Maine groups that oppose giving Penn National a conditional license recently asked the Harness Racing Commission to let them participate in the review process.

News Brief: The Northern Nevada Gaming Summit, a unique, new conference is scheduled for Wednesday evening and all day Thursday.

News Brief: One of CEO Bob Boughner's favorite photo props inside Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa - the twin $1,000 slot machines - are on the shelf.

News Brief: After an emotional and big-money campaign that has divided residents, voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether they want a Ho-Chunk bingo hall transformed into a high-stakes casino offering craps and blackjack.

News Brief: The crowd at the groundbreaking for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi on Tuesday morning was impressive, but not as amazing as the number of people who have applied for a job at the resort.