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The Gaming Standards Association has welcomed six new members, increasing its total worldwide membership.

News Brief: Thousands flocked to the Borgata’s Fantasy Island party which featured bands and DJs on two stages, old-school carnival rides and games, sports, massages and camel rides.

North Las Vegas' booming growth is prompting the Cannery's owners to launch an expansion program just a year and half after the hotel-casino opened.

News Brief: Four construction workers died when five floors of Tropicana Casino and Resort's parking garage collapsed in October because the gaming hall and companies building the garage cut corners to save time and money, their families charge in a lawsuit filed this week.

News Brief: Citing economic hardship, Mendocino County supervisors are asking federal officials to keep the embattled Shodakai Casino open while tribal leaders hammer out a gambling compact with the state.

News Brief: Z, a highly anticipated new club at the Palace Casino Resort, opens to the public Friday with a special performance by the popular and nationally known rock group Tonic.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $67 million.

News Brief: Fireworks-lovers will be able to get their fill on July Fourth at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, which announced Wednesday that it would host a ‘world-class fireworks extravaganza’ on Independence Day.

News Brief: Borgata, the Las Vegas-style megaresort that was supposed to vault Atlantic City into the major leagues of gambling, as lived up to its hype and dramatically exceeded financial projections in its first year of operation.

MGM Mirage, once its $7.9 billion buyout of Mandalay Resort Group is done, is interested in keeping and maybe redeveloping Circus Circus, MGM Mirage President Jim Murren said.

News Brief: A federal judge on Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss the bribery conspiracy case against top officials at Lincoln Park gaming center and dog track.

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday, June 25 has been pushed up to an estimated $177 million.

News Brief: Workers are putting the finishing touches on Carson City’s newest casino, expected to open July 1 on the northeast side of town.

News Brief: The Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, operators of Great Blue Heron Charity Casino, are at odds with the Ontario Health Department over a smoking ban.

ews Brief: The Ontario government torpedoed reports today that it would consider letting travelers on the new high-speed ferry to Rochester play video lottery terminals in provincial waters.

News Brief: Video lottery terminals would be allowed on the high-speed ferry that recently began operating between Rochester, N.Y., and Toronto under a measure introduced in the state legislature.

The head of Southern Nevada's second-busiest airline painted a dismal portrait of the U.S. aviation industry Tuesday, telling a Las Vegas audience high fuel costs and rigid competition could soon permanently ground many of today's largest carriers.

Another Las Vegas landmark changed hands Friday when Caesars Entertainment completed the $280 million sale of the Las Vegas Hilton to Colony Capital.

News Brief: A surge in attendance at Belterra Casino Resort & Spa boosted the May turnstile count at southeastern Indiana's three casinos by 7 percent compared with the same month a year earlier.

First handicapping the political race at the beginning of June, online bookmaker BetWWTS.com today announced updated odds on the outcome of the Canadian Federal Election.