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1 hr ago | The Times

Catch '4-of-a-kind' the easy way with Quick Quads

Many new products unveiled during this week's Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas represent waves of the future and not necessarily what casino fans will be able to play any time soon.

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Related Topix: Games, Poker, International Game Technology, New Buffalo, MI, Entertainment

Sat Nov 22, 2008

Las Vegas Review Journal

NORM: Make room for new, bigger clubs

NORM CLARKE MORE COLUMNS Junior welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi will wear this custom designed Ed Hardy boxing robe by Christian Audigier at today's weigh-in. Courtesy photo Two major players in the Las ...

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Drama, Las Vegas, NV, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Henderson, NV

The Taipei Times

Gambling sector hit by economic strife

The Luxor Resort & Casino, left, and the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino are pictured on Nov.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, Media, Hotels, MGM Mirage

Reuters

VIDEO: Macau's luck on the wane

Nov 21 - After a golden streak since 2002, which saw Macau transformed from a sleepy former Portuguese colonial backwater into a Las Vegas-style gambling paradise, Macau's fortunes may be about to change.

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Freep.com - RSS

West Virginia's Mountaineer Casino lays off 93 to cut costs

The number of unemployed West Virginians keeps growing: Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort announced today it is laying off 93 workers, or 4% of its work force.

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Related Topix: MTR Gaming Group, Hancock County, WV, New Martinsville, WV

Fri Nov 21, 2008

Gulf Times

style Hatton confident about Malignaggi bout

LAS VEGAS: IBO light-welterweight champion Ricky Hatton returns to the scene of his only professional defeat today confident an improved style will help him retain his title against American Paulie Malignaggi.

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Related Topix: Oscar De La Hoya

Las Vegas Review Journal

Flip Side of Bad Times

The Signature at MGM Grand is offering a third night free with the purchase of a two-night stay in an effort to increase business.

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Related Topix: Blue Man Group, Las Vegas, NV, Henderson, NV

KAKE-TV Wichita

AG Clears Commissioners In Video Flap

Attorney General Steve Six concludes three Wyandotte County officials didn't intentionally violate the law by appearing in a video promoting a company that wanted to operate a state-owned casino.

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Related Topix: Wyandotte County, KS, Kansas City, KS, Pinnacle Entertainment

Hotels

Street: Casinos bad gamble

Sneaker-clad tourists aren't the only ones to stop making tracks to Las Vegas casinos.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, Travel/Tourism

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: Gaming industry

Gamers flock to Austin to join major industries making their dreams come true.

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Related Topix: Video

Las Vegas Review Journal

Life on the Couch: New cable shows dig deep, but still turn up typical Vegas

ELSEWHERE The Johnson family -- retired police sergeant T.D. Johnson, substitute teacher Kim Domansky and high school freshman Tom Domansky -- from Las Vegas will compete on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" . ...

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Las Vegas, NV, Cities of the Underworld, Wedding

Thu Nov 20, 2008

hosted The Associated Press | The Associated Press

Dubai parties at hotel gala despite economic gloom

Dubai developers threw a $20 million party Thursday complete with Hollywood celebrities Robert DeNiro and Charlize Theron and fireworks that lit up the evening sky.

The party, which was headlined by Australian pop star Kylie Minogue in her Middle East debut, was to celebrate a new $1.5 billion marine-themed resort built off the Gulf coast on an artificial island shaped like a palm tree.

Celebrities and stars such as Michael Jordan, Lindsay Lohan, Wesley Snipes, Mary Kate Olsen, Shirley Bassey and others were on hand for the festivities.

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Related Topix: Kerzner International

WRIC-TV Richmond

Lottery Lawsuit Moving Forward

An attorney for a university professor suing the Virginia Lottery is weighing his next step after a ruling this week that eliminates other ticket purchasers.

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Related Topix: Richmond, VA

WEAU-TV Eau Claire

Lottery Says Illegal Pull-Tabs Cost WI Millions

Illegal pull-tab games are costing the Wisconsin Lottery millions in revenue but an audit says prosecutors have been reluctant to charge their operators.

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Related Topix: Lottery

International Herald Tribune

Macau's hot streak shows signs of cooling

MACAU : The baccarat tables at the Venetian's Red Dragon section still teem each night with hundreds of the Chinese players who've fueled Macau's breathtaking shot to the top of the gambling world.

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Related Topix: Travel, China Travel, Business News

Sunherald.com

Harrah's to close Memphis office

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. is closing its Memphis office and data center, leaving 250 employees without jobs.

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Related Topix: Harrahs Entertainment, Tunica, MS

Wed Nov 19, 2008

WPVI-TV Philadelphia

Harrah's CEO: Economy is changing casinos

Executives at top casino companies said Wednesday that the gambling business won't be the same for years to come, with operators and manufacturers shifting to focus on properties that already exist, not ones ...

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Related Topix: Harrahs Entertainment

STLtoday

Pinnacle eyes President Casino move to Chain of Rocks

If Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. plays its cards right, President Casino could find new digs on the extreme north end of the city of St.

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Related Topix: Games, Card Game, Pinnacle Entertainment, St. Louis, MO Metro, East St. Louis, IL, Poker

International Herald Tribune

IGT says layoffs will cost up to $21 million in 1Q

RENO, Nevada : International Game Technology says work force reductions will cost the company up to $21 million in one-time charges during the first quarter of the fiscal year.

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Related Topix: Reno Metro, Reno, NV, International Game Technology, Business News

Hattiesburg American

28 Vicksburg workers laid off at Ameristar casino

VICKSBURG - Ameristar casino has laid off 28 workers and offered reduced hours to another 57 employees.

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Related Topix: Ameristar Casinos

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