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Asbestos materials lacing Binion's Horseshoe could further delay its sale and reopening as well as slow and add substantial costs to any renovation or redevelopment of the downtown property.

News Brief: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino gave $250,000 to its employees for perfect attendance, improved service and exceeding goals in customer satisfaction.

News Brief: This week, serious and casual gamblers are placing their money on the Patriots and a slew of interesting and bizarre gambling options tied to Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston.

The Mega Millions jackpot grows to an estimated $73 million for the Friday, January 30, 2004 drawing.

Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said Tuesday he will try again this year to usher Internet gambling restrictions through the Senate.

News Brief: Connecticut's tribes are now looking to bankroll other Native American gaming ventures across New England and the country in a significant move to expand.

After five months of construction activity, Perini Building Company, Inc. announces the opening of a new $15 million, 55,000-square-foot gaming facility at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the rating outlook on Poster Financial Group Inc. of Las Vegas to ‘stable’ from ‘negative’.

Hundreds of Binion's Horseshoe former workers may have to pay millions in unpaid medical bills even though the gaming company deducted medical insurance premiums from their paychecks.

Magna Entertainment reports the appointment of Jack McDaniel as President of Santa Anita Park and the resignation of Jack Liebau as President, MEC California Operations and a member of the MEC Board of Directors.

The Las Vegas Strip's Aladdin hotel-casino, in the midst of a U.S. Bankruptcy Court-approved sale, had a loss of $4.1 million in December, documents filed with the court said.

News Brief: The Imperial Palace will save more than $5 million in property taxes over the next eight years under a settlement agreement reached Monday.

News Brief: Gamblers from Rhode Island and Massachusetts drop more than $1.1 billion dollars each year at the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos in Connecticut, according to a new study.

News Brief: The American Indian operators of Connecticut's two casinos find themselves at different stages of development as 2004 gets underway.

News Brief: A three month long investigation at the Palace Casino in Lemoore is now over, with investigators making dozens of arrests.

Wheel of Fortune slots hit twice on Saturday in Las Vegas paying the two winners a total of nearly $5 million.

Tim Poster and Tom Breitling have received approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission for their $215 million takeover of the downtown and Laughlin Golden Nugget hotel-casinos.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $55 million.

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. today said it signed a definitive agreement to purchase Binion's Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas and is working to re-open the historic hotel-casino.

The Hard Rock hotel-casino could face a fine of as much as $300,000 after the state Gaming Control Board filed a three-count complaint against the Las Vegas resort over its advertising on Wednesday.