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News Brief: If you want to feel like you're in Las Vegas without leaving Yuma County, the Cocopah Tribe believes their new casino is the place for you.

News Brief: Although she never has to again, Alvenia P. Stephens left Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio with plans to go to work this morning. But the same woman who arrived on a bus left in a limousine.

VirtGame Corp.is launching a sports betting system that allows players to remotely wager with their favorite casino through a network that is located in non-casino Nevada locations, such as bars and taverns that have slot machines.

A casino was among the ideas generated during a weekend workshop meant to publicly plan 1,600 acres that front scenic Kyle Canyon Road and are to be sold next November.

News Brief: Park Place Entertainment Corp. has dropped a politically charged lawsuit that challenged the way New Jersey agency finances millions of dollars in development projects.

News Brief: Brooke County plans to sue the West Virginia Racing Commission for letting Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center move 18 greyhound kennels into the county without also allowing it to share in the track's profit.

News Brief: State Rep. Bill Dunn wants to discuss the `enormous pay package’ Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. board members approved for CEO Rebecca Paul before the Legislature votes to confirm their appointments.

Oklahoma Compact Negotiations in Jeopardy News Brief: A conflict between the Cherokee and Choctaw nations over the purchase of Blue Ribbon Downs racetrack is endangering Indian gaming compact that would allow slot machines at racetracks.

News Brief: New York has denied licenses to Las Vegas businessman Shawn Scott and Vernon Downs president Hoolae Paoa, saying they are unfit to be involved in racing.

America West Airlines will step up competition with Las Vegas market leader Southwest and three other carriers by adding six round-trip flights to six cities in March, the airline announced today.

Two out of three compulsive gamblers who completed a Louisiana program to treat gambling addictions are less likely to ever wager again, the director of the program says.

At least two Las Vegas-based gaming giants seem be setting their sights on developing a major urban casino in Tokyo.

The rapid replacement of coin-based slot machines with coinless ticket-in, ticket-out technology is the biggest change to hit locals casino slot floors since bill validators, casino operators agree.

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

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

News Brief: Legislative leaders and top negotiators for Governor Ed Rendell believe that this week, after nearly nine months of impasse, they will resolve the the slot-machine gambling issue.

News Brief: President Bush has signed legislation making it easier for FBI agents investigating terrorism to demand financial records from casinos.

News Brief:Governor Kathleen Sebelius' gaming task force says that Kansas should expand gambling opportunities, starting with a destination casino in Wyandotte County.

I. Nelson Rose: Voters want Arnold Schwarzenegger to redo every deal Gov. Gray Davis made, including tribal casino compacts.

The local media are expected to turn out in force Monday for a court appearance of Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish, the alleged murderers of casino executive, Ted Binion.