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Due to overwhelming demand a third show has been added to Jerry Seinfeld's December 26 - 27 engagement at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

News Brief: With a live television audience cheering him on, an Alabama cowboy who hid his expressions behind dark glasses won $1 million Monday in the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

News Brief: Seven of nine top managers at Casino Arizona, including President and CEO Jon Jenkins, will return to work Thursday, three months after they were put on paid leave for a casino administrative audit.

News Brief: The Arizona Racing Commission unanimously renewed T. P. Racing’s license so that it can operate races and simulcasting at Turf Paradise in Phoenix through May 2006.

Now, for the first time since it was built in 1997 at the intersection of the Strip and Tropicana Avenue, New York-New York hotel-casino is getting a new $10 million marquee sign.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

Caesars Palace will sparkle with an extensive array of holiday decorations, the centerpiece of which is a seven-story Christmas tree positioned in the middle of the famous Caesars Palace front fountains.

Tickets for the championship boxing match featuring Arturo Gatti versus Gianluca Branco will go on sale Monday, November 17 at 3 p.m.

s the Palms was preparing for this weekend's celebrity-filled second anniversary party, a man was shot and killed in the hotel-casino's parking lot this morning.

News Brief: For the second time in two years, employee health insurance costs are rising at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun.

Palms owner, George Maloof, is looking for opportunities to expand in Las Vegas or California although he said he won't act until he finds the perfect project.

News Brief: Tropicana Casino and Resort is financially strong enough to weather an undetermined delay of its major expansion project, the Casino Control Commission said Wednesday in awarding the casino a four-year license renewal.

The Las Vegas office of the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Binion's Horseshoe hotel-casino on behalf of a former employee who was terminated.

The Fitzgeralds hotel-casino has reported a widening operating loss and negative cash flow for the third quarter compared to a year ago as part of the company's third quarter results.

News Brief: Louisiana Downs concluded its 80-day meeting on Sunday with a handle increase of nearly 12%.

News Brief: The massive overhaul planned for Pimlico Race Course faced a cloud of doubt when Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich Jr. expressed his support for a slot machine plan that would limit gambling licenses to one per company.

News Brief: A casino shark, of the fish not the loan variety, is leaving the Mohegan Sun Casino for New Jersey.

News Brief: Tropicana Casino & Resort took another step toward normalcy Tuesday afternoon, when authorities allowed the casino to reopen the walkway over Pacific Avenue and the other half of its parking garage.

According to Moody’s, the debt rating outlook for the gaming industry remains stable despite a weak economy and increased operating expenses, while casino revenue is expected to rebound over the next 12 months from the sluggish economy, the war in Iraq and higher gaming taxes.

Acres Gaming has received an order from the Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno, Nevada.