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News Brief: After hitting and killing a man on the Upper East Side with a stolen sport utility vehicle, Gurpreet Oberoi hopped a bus to Atlantic City and spent the next day at the casinos before he was coaxed back to New York City to surrender yesterday, police said.

Fueled by strong play in slot machines, Nevada casinos won $763.7 million in November, a gain of 4.29 percent and the third straight monthly increase.

The U.S. Department of Justice has been issuing subpoenas in Las Vegas and nationwide to intimidate and discourage publishers and broadcasters from accepting advertising for online gaming sites, media and legal officials said Monday.

Visitors to the Grand Canal Shoppes inside The Venetian walk past men's apparel store Gandini in September. The mall generates more than three times the U.S. average in sales per square foot.

Empire Resorts has completed the consolidation of operating and development rights to Monticello Raceway.

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

Michigan State University is in a particularly good position to benefit from legislation allowing slot machines at the state's horse tracks, university President M. Peter McPherson says.

News Brief: Sitting in front of his ‘lucky’ slot machine, Gainesville resident Barry Martin is a walking advertisement for the Chickasaw Tribe's WinStar Casino.

News Brief: As amateur poker tournaments become more popular in Wichita, Kansas, bars, officials are trying to decide whether the games violate any laws.

The Tennessee lottery could make at least $70 million more than what is needed to fund college scholarships this year, and Gov. Phil Bredesen wants to budget most of the extra for prekindergarten programs.

News Brief: Gamblers are complaining about a scheduled four-hour jaunt on the Lady Luck casino boat out of Manhattan that turned into seven hours of frustration.

News Brief: Revenue increased for two area casinos and fell for two others in December, according to statistics from the Missouri Gaming Commission.

Birgit Baker, administrator of the state Division of Employment Security, said her agency tried unsuccessfully today to contact representatives of the Horseshoe to offer help to the employees thrown out of work.

News Brief: Iowa lawmakers are beginning the 2004 legislative session with a potential battle over gambling dominating their agenda.

News Brief: Mississippi has found itself the unlikely casino stick-up capital of America, topping even Las Vegas and Atlantic City, in robberies last year.

Binion's Horseshoe owner Becky Behnen was in serious negotiations this morning to sell the closed downtown hotel-casino to Harrah's Entertainment Inc., sources close to the negotiations told the Las Vegas Sun.

News Brief: According to attorneys, everything is on track for demolition and construction to begin in March on the Hard Rock site in Mississippi.

Michael Gaughan, chairman of Coast Resorts, was honored during a Temple Beth Shalom reception at Coast's Suncoast hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Sunday.

News Brief: Susanne Way has spent most of her adult life working and playing casinos. She loves gambling but also has concerns about the social impact of expanded gambling in her town.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.