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Like a gambler on a win streak, the Venetian was on top when the Nevada Gaming Commission approved its plans Thursday for its new private gaming salons.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board and its members have been dismissed as defendants in a lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles gambler.

After a preliminary tour of the $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas resort under construction, some analysts say the property will be able to charge more for rooms than expected and will command among the highest rates on the Strip.

News Brief: Profits have dropped so much at Osceola's Lakeside Casino and Resort that a Nevada-based company planning to purchase the business announced today that it has reduced its purchase price to $160.8 million.

News Brief: Hancock County officials and gambling executives plunged ceremonial shovels into the earth Wednesday to mark the groundbreaking for the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall and Saloon.

News Brief: Wichita, Kansas, is one of three locations where voters could approve a destination casino under a bill to be introduced next week by a coalition of gambling promoters.

News Brief: Workers at Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City voted by a 97 percent margin to ratify a tentative agreement reached last week, averting a strike at the casino.

Rod Stewart, and funnyman Cedric the Entertainer, will kick off a weekend of festivities surrounding the grand opening of the new San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino.

News Brief: Seven former employees of Thunder Valley Casino have filed a civil suit alleging sexual harassment, age and sex discrimination and wrongful termination.

News Brief: Alton officials are feeling luckier after several months of improved business at the Argosy Casino.

Green Valley Ranch Station Casino hopes their new luxurious Penthouse Suite will lure in the high rollers.

Debbie Cameron won $187,255.00 Monday playing a progressive slot machine at Lucky Eagle Casino, the slot payout ever in the state of Washington.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $12 million.

Harrah's Operating Company, Inc. has named Patrick Dennehy Senior Vice President and General Manager of Horseshoe Bossier City Hotel & Casino and the nearby Harrah's Louisiana Downs thoroughbred racetrack and casino.

Herbst Gaming, Inc. has entered into an amendment to its purchase agreement with Southern Iowa Gaming Co. to change the purchase price for the Lakeside Casino.

News Brief: A Southern California man has sued MGM Mirage for preying on his gambling addiction and inducing him to borrow and lose millions of dollars at its Las Vegas casinos.

A second hotel tower is under construction at the Palms.

News Brief: The National Indian Gaming Commission has come under fire from two former members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee for allegedly hurting the Indian gaming industry by ‘expanding’ the type of contracts they examine.

Alabama Attorney General Troy King said all electronic gambling machines at the dog tracks in Macon and Greene counties are now in compliance with his view of what's allowed under state law.

A paperwork delay in Washington, D.C., is being blamed for a delay in the start of poker and blackjack card games at an Oklahoma Indian casino, but tribal officials say the games should begin in the next few days.