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Once a top priority of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, legislation to prohibit Nevada sports books from taking bets on amateur athletic events did not figure prominently Monday in a discussion of college sports reform.

A California man has agreed to settle Securities and Exchange Commission claims that he defrauded investors in a bogus celebrity-themed Las Vegas resort and casino.

Las Vegas Sands Inc., owner of The Venetian resort and the Grand Canal Shops, reported Q4 cash flow of $63.4 million, an increase of 8.7 percent from Q4 2002. But net income of $2.6 million was down from $6 million in Q4 2002.

News Brief: Some Ohio charities beleive that the return they saw from Rittman's Michael Moneypenny, a travelling casino, was too low considering the success of the events.

News Brief: Cape May County real estate developer Curtis Bashaw has been offered the executive director's post at the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.

News Brief: Opelousas wants a much bigger share of the anticipated revenue from the new Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino in Louisiana.

News Brief: The rebirth of plans for a huge Indian-owned casino in Kenosha, Wisconsin, could place an unexpected hurdle in the path of Waukegan's bid for Illinois' last remaining casino license.

News Brief: Winter weather and gaming competition from eastern Idaho's Fort Hall Indian Reservation cut into revenue at a pair of Jackpot, Nevada casinos.

News Brief: Iowa legislators heard from locals wanting a new casino in their area, as well as several compulsive gamblers who told a different story.

News Brief: Jeff Denney, president and CEO of Media Rare, hopes a forthcoming report will show that there is no illegal activity between the company and the Minnesota Lottery.

News Brief: There are two candidates running to replace James Kennedy as executive director of the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.

News Brief: The Iowa Supreme Court plans to rule today in a high-stakes case involving $112 million in state taxes on racetrack casino slot machines.

News Brief: Governor Rod Blagojevich says that the state might consider the idea of a state-owned casino for the first time.

HCS I, Inc., the managing general partner of Hollywood Casino Shreveport, reports that its Board of Directors has initiated a process to sell the riverboat casino/hotel complex of HCS located in Shreveport, Louisiana.

News Brief: How do you convert the Mohegan Sun Arena into a top-notch tennis court worthy of world-class play?

The celebrations began early as the hundreds of customers flowed into the new gaming facility in Saratoga Springs, New York.

The death of a longtime leading Las Vegas gaming executive last month might have gone unnoticed had the resort that he ran for 34 years not closed last week.

News Brief: Forget about pull-tabs in Indiana, according to three local legislators, the state has gone far enough with gambling devices.

ews Brief: New York state, congressional and city leaders are intensifying efforts to persuade the Seneca Nation to refocus plans for a new casino in the downtown Buffalo Convention Center.

Cirque du Soleil offered Friday to reinstate an HIV-positive gymnast after federal labor investigators found "reasonable cause" to believe the Montreal-based circus engaged in job discrimination when it fired the performer because of his condition.