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Nevada's Gaming Control Board is investigating the activities in Las Vegas casino resort nightclubs -- including Light at Bellagio, one of the Strip's top two resorts.

News Brief: Ron Jennings has been promoted to manager of gaming operations for Boomtown Casino and Hotel Reno.

News Brief: The Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino has opened a marketing office in San Gabriel to attract more big gamblers to the public or very private venues of the East County tribal resort.

News Brief: With Mexico's entry into casino gambling and with at least four facilities planned along the Texas-Mexico border, more than 35 gaming sites are now within 50 miles of the state's boundaries.

The first and only black president of a Strip hotel-casino has been honored with a Trumpet Award.

The new year will bring more of the same as opponents of Internet gambling in the U.S. Congress prepare another round in their quixotic campaign to block this growing industry.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $87 million.

The jackpot for the Tuesday, January 17, 2006 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $23 million.

At the center of the famous Las Vegas Strip rises the Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino, a $2 billon stunning architectural statement with panoramic views of Bellagio, the Eiffel Tower, Mandalay Bay, and the majestic Red Rock Canyon.

For its third installment, the World Series of Blackjack is incorporating top players who have competed and won one of the 40 seats in this exclusive nationally televised tournament.

Lingo will go into production on its fifth season next month, making it the first original series ever to be picked up for a fifth season at GSN.

Leading female poker player Annie Duke is starring in GSN's Annie Duke Takes On The World, a hybrid poker show allowing amateur poker players to play against a world class professional.

Lorenzo Creighton, President and Chief Operating Officer of MGM Mirage's New York-New York Hotel & Casino, has been named recipient of the prestigious Trumpet Award.

Ian Bruce Eichner, developer of the $2 billion Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino south of Bellagio on the Strip, said Wednesday that Deutsche Bank has loaned $415 million in constructio

Money Centers of America has released OnSwitch, a turnkey software solution that lets casino operators insource cash access operations.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $76 million.

News Brief: An armed robber dressed in a baseball cap and a wig shot a security guard and dropped money as he ran from an off-Strip casino before dawn Tuesday, police said.

News Brief: A debate over whether to sell alcohol at Harrah"s Cherokee Casino has pitted conservative tribal members against the economic interests of the casino, which generates r

Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the jackpot for the Friday, January 13, 2006 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $15 million.

The first phase of the Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino project's bank loan was closed by Deutsche Bank earlier this month and clears an important milestone for the development.