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Steve Wynn plans a half-billion dollar expansion of his $2.4 billion megaresort, with construction on a second tower set to begin before Wynn Las Vegas' scheduled April 2005 opening, industry insiders say.

Friday the thirteenth was far from unlucky for the international visitor to the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino who won $10.2 million on Nevada Megabucks.

As part of a new marketing campaign featuring the incomparable ‘Loose Slot Louie,’ Bally's management is loosening more than 1,000 slots in the company's Louisiana riverboat casino.

News Brief: Tropicana Casino and Resort plans to open its entire $245 million expansion project, including the fatally flawed parking garage, by the end of September, Aztar Corp. said Wednesday.

News Brief: A $25-million expansion project at Charles Town Races has received unanimous approval from the Jefferson County Planning Commission.

News Brief: Many state lotteries are under investigation due to tough economic times and employees being more comfortable whistle-blowing on questionable situations.

News Brief: Resorts Atlantic City reports earnings were hammered by the effects of its major expansion project.

News Brief: 55 Ho–Chunk Nation employees have been laid off, including 35 people from the Baraboo Casino.

Pinnacle Entertainment has been picked as the developer of choice for a new gaming location in south St. Louis County.

The wonder of it all apparently isn't so wondrous anymore.

ews Brief: If Dane County residents vote next week against turning the DeJope bingo hall into a casino, Ho-Chunk Nation officials say they will not come back for a second try.

News Brief: Bidders on a proposed lease of Monmouth Park face likely delays in installing slot machines, due to resistance from Atlantic City casinos, said the head of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.

News Brief: Stopping just short of calling each other liars, the players on two sides of the debate over a proposed Narragansett Indian casino in West Warwick are accusing each other of manipulating statistics and making misleading claims.

News Brief: Vernon Downs will be one of the first local businesses to take advantage of the county smoking waiver.

News Brief: The groundbreaking for the new Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Biloxi will have a lot of Mississippi flavor.

News Brief: Matt Goscky -- a regular at the Borgata, Atlantic City's newest casino -- is young, bets big and loses steadily. He might be just what that city needs.

News Brief: The Casino Queen continues to reign when it comes to political donations in East St. Louis.

News Brief: The former chairman of the federal Securities and Exchange Commission has joined a lawsuit alleging fraud against the Las Vegas group that controls Vernon Downs.

News Brief: Arizona poker tournaments are cashing in on poker’s newfound popularity.