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The Culinary got a taste of its own picketing medicine Tuesday as a group of about 20 disaffected workers carried signs and protested the recent decision by the union health plan to drop several dozen doctors from its coverage network.

News Brief: A self-excluded gambler, who gambled and won big while on the State exclusion list for problem gamblers, is being sued by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

News Brief: Voters in Wapello County, Iowa have approved riverboat gambling.

News Brief: As the Massachusetts Legislature considers gambling, treatments for addiction get more sophisticated.

News Brief: Lawmakers pushing to ask voters if they want casino gambling in the state hope to find new support following a court ruling that gutted a proposal to allow video slot machines.

News Brief: Pechanga Resort & Hotel officials announced Monday that the hotel would offer free rooms to people who have been displaced from their homes because of the Mountain fire.

News Brief: The owner of a new Tarpon Springs casino boat venture will stay afloat when it starts up before the year's end despite the bad luck of other casino boat ventures in that area.

News Brief: A man pleaded guilty to scamming casino boat investors and a bank out of more than $2.1 million.

News Brief: If Maryland decides to legalize slot machine gambling, an overwhelming majority of voters believe the state should maintain control over the machines rather than having them operated by racetrack owners, according to a poll released today.

The owners of the Hacienda Hotel & Casino have recently approached Lake Mead officials about possibly selling the property, an action that has triggered a government-funded appraisal and hazardous materials review of the site that is expected by March, National Park Service spokeswoman Roxanne Dey said.

The owner of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas said third-quarter profit was flat at $1.9 million compared to the same quarter the previous year.

Southwest Airlines, the No. 1 carrier of tourists and gamblers to Las Vegas, today said it will add Philadelphia International Airport to its route map.

A 55-year-old Las Vegas man pleaded guilty in Federal Court on Monday to operating an illegal sports betting business in Las Vegas.

News Brief: Vegas.com provides the Las Vegas visitor with a kind of virtual concierge, able to get into a restaurant that's turning away customers or a nightclub show that's supposedly sold out.

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

Caesars Palace broke ground for its new tower Monday, hoping to entice enough added guests to return casino play to historic standards.

News Brief: Compulsive gamblers soon may be able to ban themselves from Indiana casinos, but critics charge that the proposed system works only when the gamblers win.

News Brief: Voters oppose an expansion of gambling in general, though they were narrowly divided on specific issues of slot machines at race tracks and the granting of a few licenses for riverboat casinos, a poll found.

News Brief: Creators of the Casino and Gaming Television network are betting that a national interest in gambling will translate into a desire to watch it on TV.

New Mexico casinos from Albuquerque to Santa Fe say they are cutting back on the number of entertainment acts because of stiff competition and lagging ticket sales.