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News Brief: Casino developer Steve Wynn sold one of the 'season's sexiest' paintings for a record amount at a Christie's auction Tuesday night.

News Brief: After winning a decade-long fight for a casino, some are banking on this sleepy pocket in southern Indiana hill country doing more than waking up to a few hundred new jobs. Roaring back to life is what they have in mind.

News Brief: Two problem gamblers have filed a lawsuit claiming that Detroit's casinos failed to enforce a state program designed to keep gambling addicts out of their facilities.

News Brief: The group says the agreement violates California law by giving public money to a gambling casino.

News Brief: Hollywood Casino Shreveport is in negotiations with representatives of noteholders regarding a possible restructuring of its debt or other possible resolution.

News Brief: Harrah's Rincon Casino and Resort is scheduled to reopen today at 11 a.m.

A joint venture between Nevada Gold & Casinos and Isle of Capri expects to begin expansion on racetracks now that Colorado voters have rejected an amendment that would have allowed VLTs.

News Brief: An overwhelming majority of Maine voters said no dice Tuesday to the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Indian tribes proposal to build a $650 million gambling casino.

HCS I, Inc., the managing general partner of Hollywood Casino Shreveport reports that Mel Thomas has been named General Manager of the property.

What's been a disappointing year for the local Asian travel sector could conclude on a positive note for Las Vegas, the convention authority's Japanese representative said Tuesday from Tokyo.

The oft-delayed redevelopment of the New Frontier is getting closer to reality, but plans to build Trump Tower Las Vegas on the site are now on hold, property owner Phil Ruffin said Monday.

A drop in the number of large conventions and dwindling attendance at major meetings toward the end of this year will hurt at least two major gaming operators, a new report from UBS Warburg says.

The Nevada Homeland Security Commission will hold its first meeting Wednesday and address gaming industry concerns about compliance with a new law requiring casinos to file emergency response plans with state and local agencies.

Inspection delays have pushed back indefinitely the opening of the Westin Casuarina Hotel and Spa, an approximately $80-million resort project built on the site of the former Maxim. The developer had hoped the hotel-casino would be open by now.

News Brief: Residents lined up even before the polls opened in Sanford, Maine, as residents across the state voted today on a $650 million casino along with other gambling, tax reform and borrowing proposals.

News Brief: The Seneca Indian Nation planned to break ground this afternoon on a temporary casino expected to open in March in western New York.

News Brief: New York budget officials are reviewing a proposal that would allow off-track betting parlors to operate video lottery terminals throughout the state.

News Brief: In the hours after Thursday's deadly garage collapse at the Tropicana, other casinos and employees stepped in to help.

News Brief: Jurors in the federal court trial of two St. Paul bar owners accused of taking part in an illegal sports gambling and money-laundering conspiracy will get the case this morning.

News Brief: With the proliferation of gaming venues, the presence of a casino can help, or hurt, an area land a convention or meeting.