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News Brief: Following the lead of the New Mexico Racing Commission, the state Gaming Control Board on Tuesday awarded Zia Park Partners a license to operate a racino in Hobbs, New Mexico.

A former Mirage casino employee who could have faced several years in jail for failing to file thousands of money-tracking reports with federal authorities was sentenced to three years of probation today.

News Brief: Romulus residents voted in a special election Tuesday to allow a casino and horse track in their community.

News Brief: Attorney General Mike Beebe has turned down a request for an opinion on the constitutionality of an Arkansas gambling law.

News Brief: Governor Tom Vilsack says he is open to expanding gambling in Iowa, but said he believes the Legislature should take the first step in deciding whether additional gaming licenses should be issued.

News Brief: When it came time to cut his losses, a 24-year-old Massachusetts man with an admitted gambling problem apparently just didn't know how.

News Brief: The Riverside County Board of Supervisors have approved formation of the Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committee.

News Brief: Northern Nevada's tourism industry got a boost from continued growth in passenger traffic at the Reno airport in October, up 2.8 percent over last October.

The jackpot for the Friday, December 5, 2003 drawing is estimated at $44 million.

The 928-room tower now under construction at the Bellagio should help the Strip property cement its position as one of the top draws for premium players in Las Vegas, the megaresort's hotel boss said recently.

News Brief: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on Monday broke ground on a new hotel tower, and this time the tribe is expanding its gaming business without financial support from Harrah's Entertainment.

News Brief: Recent taxation threats from Tallahassee aren’t deterring a resurgence in Lee County-based casino cruises.

Adele Epstein, matriarch of a Las Vegas gaming family and a civic leader who raised funds for local charities in the 1960s and '70s, died Saturday.

News Brief: Celine Dion has canceled her Wednesday and Thursday shows on the Las Vegas Strip to attend her father's funeral in Montreal.

News Brief: Issues related to the loss of tax dollars from Internet wagering will come into focus when state legislators from across the country meet in Las Vegas to focus on public policy questions related to Internet, casino, and other forms of gaming.

News Brief: A Kentucky legislator has pre-filed several bills for the 2004 General Assembly session, including one that would authorize electronic gaming devices at racetracks, and another that calls for a constitutional amendment on the subject.

as Vegas' largest operator of pedicabs -- bicycle-powered rickshaws that move tourists up and down the Strip -- is taking his vehicles off the road after his drivers were threatened with arrest for operating illegally.

News Brief: One of the applicants for a license to open a racetrack and casino in Hobbs has filed a challenge to the state Racing Commission's selection of Ruidoso Downs owner R.D. Hubbard.

News Brief: A slots-for-scholarship constitutional amendment pending in the House faces a cloudy future and a Wednesday deadline for getting it before voters for the March 3 primary election.

News Brief: Two Hesperia measures targeting Indian casinos will head to the ballots next year. Either could alter the future of local gambling.