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Veteran gaming executive Harvey Perkins has joined Spectrum Gaming Group as vice president in charge of gaming analysis, overseeing audits in such areas as casino operations and marketing.

News Brief: A completely wired casino, where various computers talk to one another to monitor a customer's every move, represents the next wave in the high-tech world of casino gambling.

News Brief: Two video voyeurs who used surveillance cameras at Caesars Atlantic City to spy on female employees and customers were reprimanded Wednesday by state gaming regulators.

House of Blues Atlantic City and Showboat Atlantic City, a subsidiary of Harrah's Operating Company, Inc. have joined forces to open the 10th House of Blues location at Showboat, The Mardi Gras Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

News Brief: A retiree from the Philadelphia area hit a $939,281 jackpot playing a 1-cent progressive slot machine at Resorts Atlantic City over the Christmas holiday.

News Brief: A casino patron who claimed another player at a poker table at Bally's Atlantic City lunged at him, grabbed him by the throat and ripped his shirt filed a federal lawsuit against the casino, police and several others.

News Brief: The Atlantic City Casino Reinvestment Development Authority approved new design guidelines that will serve as a blueprint for the Boardwalk's future growth.

News Brief: Surveillance operators at Caesars trained their cameras on women wearing low-cut necklines or other revealing clothing, according to allegations.

News Brief: Former Casino Association of New Jersey President Thomas D. Carver warned that the state's gaming industry could be in trouble when gaming halls open in Pennsylvania and New York.

News Brief: Gambling revenue at Atlantic City's 12 gaming halls dipped 1.1 percent to $375 million in November, according to figures released Friday by the state Casino Control Commission.

News Brief: Four companies that threatened to complicate the bankruptcy reorganization plans of Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc. have been paid every penny they were owed.

News Brief: The Atlantic City Casino Reinvestment Development Authority recently submitted to city leaders, casino executives and business owners a book of design standards that encourages a common approach to repairing the fading Boardwalk.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

News Brief: Although the odds are slim that New Jersey could overcome a federal law prohibiting such wagering, the bill's sponsor, Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic, says it would be shameful not to try.

News Brief: A former psychiatric patient involved in a 1990 shootout that left two police officers and a social worker wounded lost his bid for a New Jersey gaming license Wednesday, but could still end up working in a casino hotel.

News Brief: A casino worker who came down with bacterial meningitis last week is doing better, according to the Atlantic City Health and Human Services director.

News Brief: A casino worker was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis last week, Atlantic City Health and Human Services Director Ronald Cash confirmed Sunday.

News Brief: The Atlantic City casinos are hitting the jackpot with No-Limit Texas Hold'em, the wildly popular brand of poker that seems to have swept the nation. This writer tested his luck in a No-Limit Texas Hold'em tournament.

This December, the National Geographic Channel (NGC) takes you from Sin City to Atlantic City to get an inside look at the making – and the breaking – of these magnificent structures. Meet all the players, from the team that built the first super casino on the east coast, to the infamous M.I.T. college students that took several casinos for millions, to the Loizeaux family that makes a living tearing them down.

News Brief: Industry analysts say that The Quarter at Tropicana Casino & Resort will help attract a different customer and help the bring in more non-gaming revenue.