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The norovirus outbreak at the California Hotel seems to have subsided, but no "all clear" declaration from the Clark County Health District is on the horizon, county and company officials agreed Tuesday.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment is considering adding more hotel rooms in Atlantic City to meet burgeoning demand, according to Chief Executive Gary Loveman.

Steve Wynn announced an April 28, 2005, opening date for his Wynn Las Vegas resort on the Las Vegas Strip in a speech this morning to the Advertising Specialty Institute conference in Las Vegas.

ews Brief: Detroit casinos collected more than $101 million in revenue for February, with the $3.5 million average daily revenue their best ever.

News Brief: Foxwoods Resort Casino ‘out-handled’ Mohegan Sun last month but Mohegan Sun beat Foxwoods in wins.

News Brief: Experts worry that as the number of teens who gamble online increases, the number of teens with gambling problems will increase as well.

News Brief: Seneca Niagara Casino turned a profit of nearly $50 million in its first nine months of operation.

News Brief: An examination of the Seminole Tribe's casino-development deal, including a study of financial documents and court records, offers a revealing glimpse inside the boardrooms where the multibillion-dollar casino deal was crafted.

News Brief: Federal prosecutors have begun a wide-ranging effort to curb the growing popularity of online gambling in the United States by quietly threatening legal action against American companies that do business with online gambling operations.

The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has entered into an alliance with Greektown Casino to develop a casino marketing program for Greektown players seeking to travel to Las Vegas as an alternative gaming destination.

Harrah's Entertainment and MTR Gaming Group completed their long-delayed buyout of Binion's Horseshoe on Thursday, setting the stage for an April 1 reopening and the World Series of Poker's final run at the landmark downtown property, Harrah's spokesman David Strow said.

Officials from the Hard Rock Hotel said Thursday their company could spend between $16 million to $25 million this year toward several planned or proposed improvements at its signature Las Vegas resort.

Intertops.com has 19-year-old Fantasia Barrino from North Carolina as the 5/2 favorite to win American Idol.

The spread of bingo games that resemble slot machines is expected to pave the way for a day when casinos can quickly reprogram new games into existing machines from a central computer terminal.

The nation's largest hotel, MGM Grand, is getting a face lift at the ripe old age of 10.

Harrah's Entertainment and MTR Gaming Group's plan to take over the Binion's Horseshoe property cleared its final known hurdles Wednesday.

News Brief: Aurora and Joliet casinos continued to see revenues decline in February, even as other Illinois casinos began to see increases.

The troubled sale of the Binion's Horseshoe remained mired in more legal maneuvering throughout Tuesday, apparently further complicated by a District Court judge's decision to order a new auction for a tract of land underneath the historic hotel-casino.

News Brief: Casino Windsor is challenging a pay equity order awarding some female employees raises and retroactive pay dating back to 1994, a casino spokesman said Monday.

It's been a great six weeks for the new co-owners of downtown's Golden Nugget, Tim Poster and Tom Breitling said Sunday evening.