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News Brief: Twelve people got stuck between floors on an elevator Sunday morning at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, and city firefighters had to cut a hole in a wall and run ladders into the elevator shaft to free them.

News Brief: Games will resume 10 a.m. Dec. 31, at the Meskwaki Bingo-Casino-Hotel in Tama, Iowa, said Betsy McCloskey, executive director of marketing.

Multimedia Games, Inc. has installed the first 267 Point-of-Sale Terminals for a new Tribal Instant Lottery Game at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.

The Nevada Gaming Commission has approved a complicated deal permitting operators of the Rampart Casino at the Resort at Summerlin to share 50 percent of their profit with the company that owns the property.

News Brief: Casino Control Commission Ralph Frulio is out of a job after 61/2 months, the shortest tenure for any commissioner in the agency's 26 years.

News Brief: Oneida Indian Nation President Ray Halbritter said that the Pataki administration during land-claim talks has made `11th- hour' demands for the tribe to turn over a portion of revenues generated by its Turning Stone casino to New York state.

ews Brief: Harrah's Entertainment is trying to acquire the Binion's Horseshoe name in Nevada, one of the best known and oldest brands in the gambling industry, a company official confirmed Thursday.

HCS I, Inc., the managing general partner of Hollywood Casino Shreveport reports that HCS has received a $4 million insurance payment.

Less than an hour after the official nominations were announced earlier this morning, BetWWTS.com became the first bookmaker in the world to release odds on the 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards.

Kenilworth Systems plans to provide real time television broadcasts of live in-progress casino table games to digital satellite and digital cable subscribers, so that those viewers can wager along as the games are played.

A trio of independent sources close to the deal have confirmed Trizec Properties within the next few days will likely complete a deal to sell its Desert Passage at Aladdin shopping center to a group of East Coast investors.

The Five Diamond World Poker Classic at Bellagio in Las Vegas is the latest event on the World Poker Tour to demonstrate the domino effect of the television show's huge popularity.

News Brief: The president of Vernon Downs has turned over the reins of the upstate New York harness track to a junior executive while he appeals the state's decision last week to deny him a racing license.

News Brief: The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa may be changing that reputation. The new kid in town is winning big by gambling on the appeal of table games to a younger market.

The profitability of Wynn Las Vegas and the continuing transformation of the California tribal casino market are the biggest issues facing the Las Vegas economy, according to the state's top gaming economist.

News Brief: A dealer from Harrah's Reno has filed a lawsuit in Washoe County District Court over a change in the way players' tips are collected and distributed to employees.

Santa Fe Station is about to undergo a major expansion, Las Vegas locals casino powerhouse Station Casinos is expected to announce today.

Executive Producer Craig Piligian has chosen Green Valley Ranch Casino Resort and Spa in Henderson, Nevada as the showcase for `American Casino’.

News Brief: If you want to feel like you're in Las Vegas without leaving Yuma County, the Cocopah Tribe believes their new casino is the place for you.