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News Brief: Richard G. Moyse, employment manager of the new, $200 million Fantasy Springs Resort Casino and Special Events Center in Indio, projects that 15 percent of 450 individuals hired in recent months moved from places outside the valley.

News Brief: Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against Cordish Co. and its partners in the Seminole Hard Rock Casino project, claiming the developers fraudulently represented themselves as Trump associates to land the lucrative deal with the tribe.

The Venetian and Wynn Las Vegas will raise the bar in their use of private gaming salons to attract high rollers, a gaming regulator said.

News Brief: A former executive director of Far East marketing at Bally's Atlantic City casino admitted Wednesday in federal court in Camden that he helped arrange prostitution for casino patrons.

Empire Resorts, Inc. has obtained a secured credit facility to provide working capital for general corporate purposes and the continued predevelopment of future tribal gaming operations at Monticello Raceway, located in Sullivan County New York and other locations.

Rudi Schiffer gives the lowdown on the latest news from the resorts in Tunica, Mississippi.

News Brief: Belterra Casino in southeast Indiana has reopened, one day after floodwaters forced the Vevay business to close its doors.

News Brief: The lights of two, new casino hotel skyscrapers in the desert region aren’t just attracting gamblers.

The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians and Black Oak Casino Management celebrate a major milestone today with the opening of the main gaming floor at the All-New Black Oak Casino.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. has obtained several key approvals today from the Missouri Gaming Commission regarding the company's Laclede's Landing casino project.

News Brief: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is fighting strict federal gaming rules in order to bring poker to their casino.

Caesars Palace continues construction on its new Augustus Tower along the Strip.

No ticket matched all six Mega Millions numbers to take home the nation's largest jackpot, so that jackpot now rolls to an estimated $111 million for the Friday, January 14, 2005 drawing.

Harrah's Entertainment announced Tuesday it will build its first resort under the well-known Horseshoe brand, turning a racetrack casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, into the state's largest gaming establishment.

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. has reached agreements to acquire its partner's 18 percent interest in the company that owns and operates the Caesars Indiana casino resort.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that after receiving approval from the Coast Guard, the company has re-opened the riverboat casino portion of Belterra Casino Resort.

John G. Brokopp: In light of recent changes and upgrades to its Joliet, Illinois, location, the company is obviously preparing for the day when it will no longer have a Harrah’s branded destination in Northwest Indiana.

News Brief: All five riverboat casinos in the St. Louis metropolitan area had more people on the boats and increased revenue in December, the Missouri Gaming Commission and Illinois Gaming Board said.

A catfight between casino customers and a $1 million jackpot winner with terminal cancer were among the situations that unfolded on the latest reality television show in Las Vegas.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. which owns and operates the World Series of Poker, is launching a national search to find the ultimate poker face to star in commercials promoting the tournament's coverage on ESPN.