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s the Palms was preparing for this weekend's celebrity-filled second anniversary party, a man was shot and killed in the hotel-casino's parking lot this morning.

News Brief: Opponents of a Station Casino’s project in Summerlin, Nevada, are calling local county voters in an effort to drum up opposition to the plan.

News Brief: The so-called cashless slot machines of today will soon become truly cashless as gamblers wager with electronic funds deposited to an in-house account or from their bank cards, gaming technology experts said Thursday.

News Brief: For the second time in two years, employee health insurance costs are rising at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun.

Several Las Vegas casinos have been tied to money laundering activities involving a major Japanese loan shark who was arrested Thursday in Japan, according to Nevada gaming regulators.

Three casino giants, amid shifting trends in online room reservations and online gaming, are taking sharply different tacks.

Palms owner, George Maloof, is looking for opportunities to expand in Las Vegas or California although he said he won't act until he finds the perfect project.

News Brief: The Game Show Network plans to deal its first casino game series, `The World Series of Blackjack’, next spring.

Las Vegas Sun columnist, Jeff Haney, gives his list of the best and worst blackjack games in Las Vegas.

Many casinos now offer blackjack games in which blackjacks pay off at odds of 6-5 rather than the traditional 3-2. This minor adjustment can make quite a dent in a player's bankroll.

News Brief: Nevada Supreme Court justices raised questions Thursday about the validity of a lower court ruling that dropped the state Gaming Control Board from a suit filed by two Las Vegas gamblers who said they were arrested and wrongfully accused of cheating.

The new leaders of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and Park Place Entertainment Corporation have signed amended management and development agreements that will govern the construction and operation of the Tribe's planned $500 million Mohawk Mountain.

News Brief: Tropicana Casino and Resort is financially strong enough to weather an undetermined delay of its major expansion project, the Casino Control Commission said Wednesday in awarding the casino a four-year license renewal.

The Las Vegas office of the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Binion's Horseshoe hotel-casino on behalf of a former employee who was terminated.

The Fitzgeralds hotel-casino has reported a widening operating loss and negative cash flow for the third quarter compared to a year ago as part of the company's third quarter results.

News Brief: Louisiana Downs concluded its 80-day meeting on Sunday with a handle increase of nearly 12%.

News Brief: The massive overhaul planned for Pimlico Race Course faced a cloud of doubt when Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich Jr. expressed his support for a slot machine plan that would limit gambling licenses to one per company.

News Brief: Republican leaders of the Alaska state House are pushing ahead on video poker and a state lottery and are pointing to a new poll as evidence that Alaskans are interested in more gambling.

ews Brief: Kentucky Governor Paul Patton has urged the state lottery to launch a Keno game to raise more money for college scholarships, and lottery officials will discuss the proposal tomorrow.

Las Vegas recently enjoyed its best September in three years, but the city's tourism industry continues to lag behind its peak level set in 2000.