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News Brief: According to attorneys, everything is on track for demolition and construction to begin in March on the Hard Rock site in Mississippi.

Mountaineer Park, Inc. has reached a new, five-year agreement with the union representing its pari-mutuel clerks, and a new, three-year agreement with the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association governing live racing and simulcasting.

Deputy U.S. marshals entered Binion's Horseshoe late Friday armed with two court orders authorizing them to seize up to $1.9 million in cash from the casino, an action that forced the closure of the 52-year-old property's casino.

News Brief: Atlantic City casino revenue rose 2.8 percent in December, thanks to the new Borgata resort, which gained ground lost by existing rivals, New Jersey state data showed on Friday.

News Brief: The Department of Justice has issued a subpoena to Clear Channel Communications and other media companies regarding advertising by illegal Internet gambling sites.

News Brief: The general contractor for the Tropicana parking garage that partly collapsed in October has applied for a permit to demolish at least part of the structure.

Archon Corporation reports the closing of the purchase of the fee ownership of the Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada on December 29, 2003.

THEhotel at Mandalay Bay ushers in a new model of understated luxury to the Las Vegas Strip, affording guests a haven of sophistication and service on par with the best boutique hotels in the world.

Trump Taj Mahal has launched ‘The $100,000 Apprentice Challenge,’ in which gamblers compete by selecting the losing and winning contestants of the reality show, ‘The Apprentice’.

Concern about the relationship of strip-club owner Rick Rizzolo to prospective Golden Nugget buyers prompted the Gaming Control Board to tack a one-year limitation on the duo's license recommendation.

Clark County commissioners unanimously approved revised plans for the Red Rock Station resort Wednesday.

Gateway will supply approximately 7,000 customized Gateway-branded plasma and LCD TVs as well as hundreds of DVD players and other products at Wynn Las Vegas.

Penn National Gaming entered into an agreement with Capital Seven, LLC to purchase all of the shares of Bangor Historic Track, Inc. and has secured an option to purchase the interests in Vernon Downs.

Average daily on-track attendance for the 2003/04 Tropical at Calder meet was 4,816, representing a 5.4-percent decrease from the previous year's average of 5,090.

Another piece of Las Vegas history will close next week to make way for The Venetian's second Las Vegas resort on the corner of Twain Avenue and the Strip, across from Wynn Resorts' new hotel-casino.

The Internal Revenue Service has placed a second tax lien on Binion's Horseshoe for unpaid employee payroll withholding taxes.

Summerlin homeowners and Station Casinos struck a tentative compromise Tuesday, agreeing to a 198-foot tower at the gaming company's proposed resort, Red Rock Station, sources said.

The Palms hotel-casino has settled one dispute with the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 while another dispute remains unresolved as it makes its way through the appeals process of the National Labor Relations Board.

News Brief: Casino Windsor has laid off 100 employees amid a dwindling customer base and plunging revenues.

News Brief: A judge says both the Trump Taj Mahal and the Bank of New York share the blame in a case of where a swindler bilked the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort out of $370,000 in chips.