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Station Casinos Inc. awarded Perini Building Co. a $63 million construction contract to expand Green Valley Ranch Station, a four-diamond casino resort.

Las Vegas Sands Inc., owner of The Venetian resort and the Grand Canal Shops, reported Q4 cash flow of $63.4 million, an increase of 8.7 percent from Q4 2002. But net income of $2.6 million was down from $6 million in Q4 2002.

News Brief: Opelousas wants a much bigger share of the anticipated revenue from the new Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino in Louisiana.

News Brief: Winter weather and gaming competition from eastern Idaho's Fort Hall Indian Reservation cut into revenue at a pair of Jackpot, Nevada casinos.

HCS I, Inc., the managing general partner of Hollywood Casino Shreveport, reports that its Board of Directors has initiated a process to sell the riverboat casino/hotel complex of HCS located in Shreveport, Louisiana.

News Brief: How do you convert the Mohegan Sun Arena into a top-notch tennis court worthy of world-class play?

The celebrations began early as the hundreds of customers flowed into the new gaming facility in Saratoga Springs, New York.

News Brief: A 30-year-old single mother of two won $5.1 million in a $1 progressive slot machine at Thunder Valley Casino on Saturday, one of Northern California's largest slot payoffs.

January was a stellar month for gaming stocks, with the average value of casino shares up more than 50 percent from a year earlier.

Binion's Horseshoe and its owner are being investigated by the U.S. Department of Labor for possible violations of federal law involving $2.5 million in unpaid worker health insurance claims.

The reopening of Binion's Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas is not expected to be delayed by asbestos concerns, an official with Harrah's Entertainment Inc. said Thursday.

News Brief: Mississippi’s Palace Casino is set to open the Palace Sports Zone, which features 50 televisions hooked up to DirecTV, more than 300 slot machines and a 300-foot-long ticker, continuously running the latest scores and statistics from ESPN.

Since no one has correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $74 million.

The Palms hotel-casino has canceled a sold-out broadcast of the Super Bowl in its movie theater after the property was threatened with legal action by the National Football League.

The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 today said it stepped up its effort to organize workers at the bankrupt Aladdin hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

News Brief: Terry Lanni, CEO of MGM Mirage, is optimistic about the future of Borgata.

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.