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The chairman of the American Hotel & Lodging Association says one of the best ways to promote world peace is through increased international leisure and business travel.

News Brief: A 42-year-old Georgia man became the second person in the nation to win a Cash for Life jackpot when he hit a $1,160,540.48 prize at Imperial Palace.

News Brief: Businesses that cater to the Bellagio are feeling the pinch from the power struggle too

News Brief: A 27-year-old Wethersfield man jumped to his death from the 28th floor of the Mohegan Sun hotel Tuesday afternoon.

A small army of workers scurried all day and night Tuesday to get Bellagio ready for a reopening today although several government officials described any timetable to restore power and inspect the resort's electrical and safety systems as "extremely fluid."

John G. Brokopp: There is news and noteworthy developments from the local casino gambling to report.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $65 million.

The property made plans to reopen Wednesday as tourists gawked at the idled Las Vegas Strip resort, subject of the longest single power outage on the Strip in recent memory.

News Brief: A professional gambler has emerged victorious after betting everything on a single spin of a roulette wheel in Las Vegas.

Isleta Pueblo's governor has apologized for an Isleta casino ad that suggested people could pay their debts by gambling.

The Golden Nugget casinos in downtown Las Vegas and Laughlin today reported a profit of $2.9 million for 2003, up from a loss of $529,000 for 2002 primarily due to increased operating efficiency at the properties.

News Brief: An Atlantic Canadian online club will be used to set up one of the country's first legal Internet gambling sites if the Atlantic Lottery Corp.'s board approves the plan, the agency's president has confirmed.

The continuing power outage at the Bellagio has left many of the megaresort's 8,000 workers out of work and without pay for at least a day.

News Brief: Pac Ten presidents have accepted the recommended penalties against the University of Washington for gambling.

News Brief: Under a court-approved settlement, MotorCity Casino and Greektown Casino will pay $79 million to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

News Brief: The opening of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, set for June 10, is expected to have long-ranging impact on the tourism and hospitality trades in both Southern Ontario and the Buffalo Niagara region.

A power outage paralyzed gambling operations at Bellagio on Easter Sunday, sending workers at the five-star hotel scrambling to accommodate more than 1,500 inconvenienced guests.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $57 million.

While visiting the Trump 29 Casino in California, Donald Trump beat one of the Apprentice Chickens who are trained to play tic-tac-toe as a promotional gimmick.

News Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court has refused without comment to consider a Placer County citizens group's challenge of Thunder Valley Casino.