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Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc. reports that the New York Lottery has approved a temporary license to operate video gaming machines at Vernon Downs Racetrack.

The Libertarian Party has officially stated their opposition to U.S. Congress’s online gambling ban.

News Brief: The Caesars Indiana casino lost nearly half a million dollars over two-days last month on one slot machine that had been incorrectly set to give players credit for 10 times the amount of money they put into it.

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) treated new and old members to food and drinks at Buzio's Restaurant in the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino last week.

Consumers will continue to say otherwise, but rising gasoline prices aren't keeping Americans from shopping normally, a prominent retailing consultant said Wednesday in Las Vegas.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $204 million.

Experts from the gaming industry, Indian country, state politics, tourism and law will converge Oct. 16-17 for the 2nd annual Florida Gaming Summit at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino here.

News Brief: A look at Cascades Casino shows that the downtown Langley, British Columbia, facility has been a huge success in its first year.

News Brief: A Lake Tahoe casino that promotes a 'habitat for everything wild' found truth in advertising over the weekend when a wayward bear wandered in through a rear loading dock.

In a city of whimsical designs two leaning, curving high-rise towers seem destined to emerge as an architectural icon in Las Vegas.

Casino City is providing updates from the 2006 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino. Stay tuned for live coverage from the Main Event final table.

News Brief: It's cool, the lines are short and this year the thoroughbred races from Saratoga Race Course across the street are being broadcast live at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway.

News Brief: A measure on the November ballot to create a $1 million lottery for those who vote in Arizona elections has generated international attention and debate.

News Brief: The first winner of the nation's first multistate progressive slot jackpot won the prize Sunday at Lincoln Park.

News Brief: Work on a new casino resort here is 95 percent complete and will be done in time for the grand opening Aug. 31, a casino official said today.

News Brief: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants the Senate to amend the controversial Internet gambling legislation, saying it would impose a ‘substantial regulatory burden’ on financial institutions.

ews Brief: Court records unsealed yesterday in Orange County reveal a collapse in the partnership of the two companies developing the Indiana's 11th casino at French Lick.

Trump Entertainment Resorts reports that construction officially commenced in July 2006 on the new, $250 million hotel tower at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $178 million.

News Brief: Take 500 decks of playing cards, 1,800 poker chips, 800 dice and more than a few tubes of Superglue.