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Thousands of people flocked to downtown Reno for the 30th Annual Eldorado Great Italian Festival on Oct. 8 and 9.

Nevada gaming regulators are allowing sports books to accept five additional wagers on the World Series of Poker's Main Event in November.

Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip suffered a nearly 9 percent decline in gaming revenues during August, ending three straight monthly increases.

Thomas McCartney has resigned as president and chief operating officer of Tropicana Las Vegas, effective Oct. 31.

The Epic Poker League made its debut on CBS on Saturday with the final table of the inaugural six-max $20,000 event. Aaron Todd provides his observations from the league's network television debut.

The technology available to slot machine manufacturers has allowed developers and designers to create games that are a combination of amusement park rides and gambling devices. And many of those designs were on display at the Global Gaming Expo last week in Las Vegas.

MGM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Murren told an audience at the Global Gaming Expo on Wednesday that the company is prepared to expand in both markets.

Tribal casinos now offer full-service, hotel-casino destinations that generate millions of dollars annually, but reaction is mixed on whether the market is saturated.

Casino operators expressed a continued reluctance to replace older slot machines with some newer games displayed in the G2E's trade show.

The AristoApp features a library of profiles on the extensive lineup of Aristocrat’s new games and new game categories.

The site will offer cash and non-cash prizes to players, including trips to the hotel-casino on the south end of Las Vegas Boulevard to compete in live poker events.

The American Gaming Association has developed 10 recommendations for streamlining the gaming regulatory process without minimizing the integrity of the system.

A gaming expert say that there will always be people who want the live experience of gambling in a casino, regardless of whether online gaming is legalized.

The Las Vegas-based table game company purchased British-based Prime Table Games for $23 million on the eve of the Global Gaming Expo.

Wynn Las Vegas has filed a lawsuit against two Argentine nationals who they accuse of winning $700,000 while cheating in craps.

Shuffle Interactive is creating Internet versions of Shuffle Master's proprietary table games such as Ultimate Texas Hold'em and Three Card Poker

The Flamingo spent $10 million on the Margaritaville casino expansion, which adds 22 table games, 220 slot machines and the 5 O'Clock Somewhere Bar.

The Irish gambling company is seeking a license as a manufacturer and operator of mobile gaming devices.

Slot giant WMS will display 168 gaming machines at the Global Gaming Expo next week in Las Vegas.

The ills affecting Las Vegas' locals gaming market, including high unemployment and a horrible housing crisis, are having the same effect on California's Indian gaming community.