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Feds Step Up Push Against Online Gambling

31 May 2004

News Brief: In early April, United States marshals seized $3.2 million from Discovery Communications in an aggressive effort to crack down on Internet gambling.

Tribal Casinos Outgrow Tribal Land

31 May 2004

News Brief: Many tribes pushing toward what some say will be Indian gambling's next frontier: off-reservation casinos.

Woman Wins $1.6 Million Slot Jackpot

31 May 2004

Kathryn Harris had already won two jackpots totaling over $3,000 and her husband had won $2,000 before she hit the $1.6 million jackpot on the new nickel Wheel of Fortune® Special Edition video slot at Boulder Station.

Slot Manager Killed at Home

28 May 2004

Steven Allmaras, slot manager at the Virgin River hotel in Mesquite, was bludgeoned and stabbed in his own home.

Foxwoods Bets on Makeover

28 May 2004

News Brief: As a $300 million makeover takes shape at Foxwoods Resort Casino, it is gambling's friendly new face, not that old Rat Pack, on display.

Caesars Palace Opens Exotic Car Dealership

28 May 2004

Caesars Palace plans to open an exotic-car dealership in October, a marketing ploy industry experts say should help polish the resort's once-tarnished image.

Commercial Casino Take Up

27 May 2004

Nontribal casinos nationwide generated more than $27 billion in gambling revenue last year, a 2 percent increase from 2002.

Survey: More Americans Visiting Casinos

27 May 2004

Two million more Americans visited a casino in 2003 than in 2002, according to the 2004 State of the States: The AGA Survey of Casino Entertainment, released today by the American Gaming Association.

American Casino Closes Acquisition

27 May 2004

American Casino & Entertainment Properties has closed its previously announced acquisition of Arizona Charlie's Decatur and Arizona Charlie's Boulder, two casinos in Las Vegas.

Bellagio Executive Details Power Outage

26 May 2004

Glenn Bonner and his staff handle 220,000 computer help calls a year, but none were as challenging as the one he received on Easter Sunday.

Official: Innovations for Table Games on Rise

26 May 2004

Spurred by the current rage of pokermania, table games will make a resurgence in casinos, an MGM MIRAGE executive says.

Cape Breton Woman Wins $10 million in Lottery

26 May 2004

News Brief: An unemployed Cape Breton woman has won what is believed to be the biggest lottery jackpot in the Canadian Island's history.

California Tribal Casino Raided

26 May 2004

News Brief: Investigators raided Shodakai Casino outside Ukiah, California, and the homes of tribal leaders, seizing files and computers in a search for evidence of embezzlement at the Redwood Valley casino.

Icahn Casino Reshuffle Ending

26 May 2004

American Real Estate Partners, billionaire Carl Icahn's holding company, is expected to today complete the reorganization and financial restructuring of its Nevada and New Jersey casinos, including the Stratosphere in Las Vegas

New Mexico Track, Casino Promoted

25 May 2004

The state could see millions of additional dollars pumped into its coffers thanks to a horse track and casino under construction here.

Bellagio Power Outage Tied to Material Failure

25 May 2004

A county investigation into the power failure that shut down the Bellagio for more than three days hasn't turned up an explanation for what caused material to degrade.

Taj Bets on Blackjack Variation

25 May 2004

News Brief: Taj Mahal has introduced on a variation of blackjack created by one of their own dealers.

Gambling Companies Find Online Loopholes

25 May 2004

News Brief: United States companies locked out of the lucrative global industry in Internet gambling, there is still money to be made as long as they don't call it gambling.

Lawrence Receives Maximum Sentence in Casino Scam

25 May 2004

News Brief: The man who was the hub of an effort that stole $1.6 million from Harveys Lake Tahoe did not have a drug or gambling problem but felt like Robin Hood, a psychologist said Monday.

World Series of Poker Draws Record Number of Entrants

25 May 2004

The championship event for the the World Series of Poker gets under way today at Binion's Horseshoe with an estimated 2,500 to 2,600 participants and a prize pool of more than $20 million.

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