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Planet Hollywood officials say the arrest of six employees are part of a cooperative effort with law enforcement agencies.

News brief: About a dozen anti-gambling activists were arrested at the SugarHouse Casino construction site on the Delaware River waterfront.

Rather than buy into companies, investors mull buying up debt — with chance of calling shots.

Key lenders file motion urging case be converted to Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

A motion filed by a group of secondary lenders says that finishing the Las Vegas project is "not possible."

News brief: A man was fatally injured after falling from the escalator at the Pier Shops at Caesars.

News brief: The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma is poised to take possession of an existing horse racing track in Grand Prairie.

The gaming company has received notice that it will not be part of the hearings involving its partner in the Borgata in Atlantic City.

News brief: The Pennsylvania casino had previously planned to add 2,000 additional slot machines.

The director of Wynn and Encore’s race and sports operations visited his first racetrack at age 5, bet with a bookmaker as a teen and played team sports through college.

News brief: State revenues from all sources of authorized gambling fell 2.8% in fiscal 2009, the first decline in data going back at least 20 years.

News brief: Maryland will award the state's first slot license to the Ocean Downs racetrack.

Hundreds of job seekers were informed yesterday that they landed positions at one of CityCenter's two projects.

News brief: The Detroit casino's creditors and bondholders have questioned how Greektown's worth of $540 million was calculated.

News brief: The WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship has been a success since it started on Sept. 8 with an estimated 15,000 entrants.

CityCenter began making employment offers to hundreds of workers today in preparation for the project's opening later this year.

A ceremonial groundbreaking was held last week on the American Indian casino in Michigan that will be managed by Station Casinos.

Dealers, Harrah’s Entertainment have been unable to negotiate a union contract since December 2007.

Case against three alleged casino scammers is one step closer to going to trial.

News brief: A man is suing MotorCity Casino to recover over $670,000 of losses he incurred over ten years.