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Matthew Hileman has traveled a long way to land in an odd little place -- a Kunsthalle, or small, privately owned art gallery in the desert.

News Brief: The Grand Falls Commission will vote Tuesday on whether to extend temporary rules on where casinos can be located in city.

A selection of stories from inside the industry this week.

Binion's Horseshoe workers are crying foul over demands they sign a general release against the company in return for limited repayments of medical expenditures.

Possibly the only thing better than a three-day holiday weekend to draw tourists to Las Vegas is a three-day holiday weekend that includes a sentimental observance such as Valentine's Day.

A top Nevada casino regulator has called for a review of the federal process by which Indian tribes are recognized and lands are approved for casino development.

United Airlines will evaluate its just-launched Ted discount subsidiary to determine if it is feasible to transform mainline United service between Chicago and Las Vegas into Ted flights.

News Brief: Nebraska Lottery Director James Quinn will not be charged in connection with his wife's trip to Greece paid by a lottery vendor.

Steve Wynn plans a half-billion dollar expansion of his $2.4 billion megaresort, with construction on a second tower set to begin before Wynn Las Vegas' scheduled April 2005 opening, industry insiders say.

News Brief: The Washington State Gambling Commission voted Thursday to double the maximum bet at minicasinos to $200.

News Brief: The prospects for electronic pull-tab gambling died Thursday as Indiana Senate leaders said they did not want to expand gambling.

News Brief: Iowa House members has released the highlights of a broad gambling expansion bill that could allow up to five new riverboat casino licenses.

News Brief: The two tribes most likely to enter Connecticut's gaming market next are going about their business as an anti-casino road show works its way through western Connecticut and lawmakers renew their calls to reform the federal recognition process.

News Brief: Subway restaurant founder Frederick A. DeLuca revealed Thursday that he has backed the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation since 1996 with hopes of helping it to build a casino resort in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

News Brief: A unique restitution plan is being used in the sentencing of people who were caught in last year's federal crackdown on sports bookmaking operations at Minnesota bars and restaurants.

News Brief: The Mississippi Tax Commission wants legislators to clarify whether the agency has the authority to calculate casino tax bills and to decide whether free-play credits casinos give gamblers are taxable.

News Brief: Pro-casino supporters rallied Thursday and are confident that voters will say yes Tuesday and allow the Ho-Chunk Nation to make the DeJope bingo hall a full-blown casino.

News Brief: Former Kentucky Governor and Airdrie Stud owner Brereton Jones called for an amendment to the state's constitution allowing for full-scale casino gambling only at the state's eight racetracks.

News Brief: Negotiations on new California Indian gambling agreements appeared to be gathering momentum with a growing number of the state's most successful tribes on the brink of joining the talks.

News Brief: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filled the long-vacant chairmanship of the California's Gambling Control Commission on Thursday with a former Wilson administration official and police chief.