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July 25 2001
Woman killed for lottery numbers
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysian police said DNA tests have identified a victim of a ritual killing as an American woman who went missing about 19 months ago.
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July 24 2001
Mexican deal struck
A pair of small Las Vegas gaming companies announced they finalized an agreement to develop and operate "entertainment centers" in Mexico. The first center operated under the agreement between Viva Gaming & Resorts Inc. and Phoenix Leisure Corp., located in one of Mexico City's busiest malls, will be completed in late August. The center will contain 460 token-operated lottery machines.
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July 23 2001
Monaco Trawls New Waters for Tourist Dollars
MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - Monaco has built its reputation on hosting the rich and famous, but the tiny principality is gambling on a more modest class of customer to keep the cash registers ringing all year round.
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July 12 2001
LV Strip giant eyes foreign Internet casino
LAS VEGAS SUN
Las Vegas Strip casino resort giant MGM MIRAGE has for some time been the most vocal proponent of legalized Internet gambling being offered by Nevada casinos.
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July 7 2001
U.S. firms seen as abetting illegal 'Net gambling
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
While it is illegal to offer wagers over the Internet in most states, a growing number of U.S. companies are profiting from a boom in online gambling and from business relationships with virtual casinos based overseas whose games can be played in the United States.
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July 7 2001
Las Vegas casino owner plans Mexico gambling complex
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Las Vegas casino owner wants to build a gambling complex in Reynosa, Mexico, across the border from McAllen, Texas.
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July 6 2001
LV casino operator looks to expand to Mexico
REYNOSA, Mexico -- A Las Vegas-area developer agreed Wednesday to build a casino and luxury hotel in this border city, even though laws lifting a ban on casinos have yet to be approved by Mexico's Congress.
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July 4 2001
Buyout by Aristocrat completed
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd., a Sydney, Australia-based slot machine manufacturer, announced Friday it has completed its acquisition of Casino Data Systems of Las Vegas.
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July 3 2001
British Gambling, Leisure Company Wins Social Responsibility Award
Evening Standard, London
Bookmaker Ladbrokes is among companies to qualify for the country's first ethical Kitemark.
Technology firm ARM Holdings, a fellow FTSE 100 constituent, has qualified alongside a college, a trade organisation and the Isle of Wight's 16-bedroom Seaview Hotel and Restaurant for the GoodCorporation badge of corporate social responsibility.
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July 1 2001
Tabcorp stops casino high roller incentives
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian gaming, wagering and casino group Tabcorp Holdings Ltd said on Thursday its Star City casino in Sydney decided to stop its highroller incentives programme.
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Las Vegas

July 31 2001
London Clubs CEO out: Aladdin fate up in air
LAS VEGAS SUN
Alan Goodenough today resigned as executive chairman of London Clubs International, as speculation swirled on both sides of the Atlantic that his company is about to take control of the $1.2 billion Aladdin hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
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July 31 2001
Critics decry 'laundering' of casino licenses
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO -- Illinois gambling regulators found Horseshoe Gaming mogul Jack Binion of Las Vegas unfit to run a riverboat casino in their state, so he left -- after selling his suburban Chicago casino for $465 million.
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July 30 2001
New casino packs 'em in
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
They opened their wallets for the coinless slot machines and their mouths for the countless snacks as they put their feet in motion to explore Southern Arizona's biggest and newest casino. Retirees, families and groups of friends poured Friday into the new $52 million Desert Diamond Casino, operated by the Tohono O'odham Nation's Gaming Authority, despite a little-advertised opening day.
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July 30 2001
Tucson, Ariz.-Area Casino Prepares to Open
The new Desert Diamond Casino south of Tucson could open as early as today -- or as late as next week or beyond. Before it opens, the casino -- off Interstate 19 near Sahuarita -- must get regulatory approval from the state Department of Gaming. That could happen at any time, said Ned Norris, marketing director for the Tohono O'Odham Gaming Authority.
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July 29 2001
Purdue won't play in Vegas casino
Purdue's men's basketball team will still play in a December tournament in Las Vegas, but not in a casino ballroom as had originally been planned.
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July 28 2001
Vegas casino figure jailed for bankruptcy fraud
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
TRENTON, N.J. -- After making a tearful apology to his family, friends and officials of the federal bankruptcy court, a once-flamboyant penny-stock tycoon, Robert Brennan, was sentenced Thursday to nine years and two months in federal prison for money-laundering and bankruptcy fraud.
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July 27 2001
Casinos happily cash tax rebates
LAS VEGAS SUN
What Uncle Sam giveth in the form of tax rebate checks, Las Vegas casinos are happy to taketh away. The first of 92 million federal tax rebate checks are in the mail. Over the next 10 weeks Americans will receive an estimated $38 billion from the U.S. Treasury -- up to $300 for singles, up to $600 for couples.
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July 27 2001
Venetian room rates strong, casino unlucky
LAS VEGAS SUN
For the second straight quarter, the Venetian's earnings have been pushed down by below-normal hold, even while demand for its hotel rooms boomed.
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July 27 2001
Internet bookings growing for hotels
LAS VEGAS SUN
Las Vegas hotel operators apparently believe the tech-savvy customer is not a niche to be ignored as local resorts step up promotions for discounted rooms, show tickets and other deals through their Internet websites.
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July 26 2001
Mississippi watchdog group seeks better enforcement of gaming laws
ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi Gaming Commission Executive Director Chuck Patton dismissed a state watchdog group's report that the agency needs to do a better job of enforcing some regulations and documenting its business.
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July 26 2001
Business slow for Station, North Las Vegas project off
LAS VEGAS SUN
Station Casinos Inc. announced this morning it is abandoning a controversial casino proposal in North Las Vegas.
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July 26 2001
Mikohn Gaming reports strong gain in revenue
LAS VEGAS SUN
Mikohn Gaming Corp., a Las Vegas-based supplier to the casino industry, on Tuesday reported a second-quarter profit of $1.67 million or 15 cents per share, about even with the prior-year quarter's $1.63 million or 15 cents.
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July 26 2001
Legal insurer wants out of casino design case
LAS VEGAS SUN
A legal malpractice insurer is disclaiming responsibility for claims made by a law firm representing Las Vegas architect Domingo Cambeiro in a legal battle over the design of the New York-New York hotel-casino on the Strip.
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July 25 2001
Mayors, critics argue over Chicago-area casino
CHICAGO -- Suburban mayors urged quick approval of a casino in Rosemont on Monday, while critics said the parade of endorsements was engineered by state senators to focus fresh heat on gambling regulators.
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July 25 2001
Vegas casino operators considering a bet on legalized gambling in Macau, Britain
LAS VEGAS SUN
In most respects, the Chinese coastal city of Macau and the United Kingdom are about as different as two areas of the globe can get.
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July 25 2001
MGM MIRAGE posts impressive profit numbers
LAS VEGAS SUN
MGM MIRAGE, continuing to defy fears of a slowdown in the Las Vegas gambling industry, today reported a substantial jump in earnings for the second quarter of 2001.
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July 24 2001
County OKs razing of DI: Wynn expected to unveil plans for new resort in October keynote address
LAS VEGAS SUN
Nearly one year after shutting down the Desert Inn, Steve Wynn has received county approval to begin the process of demolishing the 50-year-old resort to make way for his latest creation.
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July 24 2001
Panel delays vote after N.O. casino layoffs
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS -- A day after Harrah's New Orleans Casino, the recipient of a major tax break from the state four months ago, fired 148 employees, the city decided Wednesday to delay considering a $5 million annual reduction in lease payments.
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July 22 2001
Las Vegas Poker Room's New Manager Plans Changes
New Binion's Horseshoe poker room manager Tom McEvoy plans major changes for the casino's card room and the World Series of Poker. McEvoy assumed the Horseshoe's top poker job last week, almost two months after a World Series of Poker controversy cost the job of then-card room manager Cathi Wood.
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July 22 2001
Successful Northwest Restaurateur to Become Major Player in Gaming And Entertainment Scene
SEATTLE/PRNewswire/Gerry Kingen, founder of Red Robin
Restaurants and the award-winning Salty's Restaurants, will become a major player in the Washington state mini-casino scene with the opening of Funsters Grand Casinos. The 24,000 square foot entertainment and gaming club will open to the public on August 1, 2001.
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July 21 2001
$100,000 awarded in cybersquatting case
A federal judge has awarded more than $100,000 in damages to the Bellagio resort and ordered a California company to stop using its name.
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July 21 2001
Attorney sues for legal fees
A Las Vegas attorney retained by San Francisco businessman Luke Brugnara to help him apply for a gaming license to reopen the Strip's Silver City casino has sued to recover $15,130 in alleged unpaid legal fees.
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July 20 2001
Bad hold, tough competition plague Rio
LAS VEGAS SUN
Since late 1999, the Rio has looked a lot like a hard-luck gambler taking a pounding at the tables. For six of the last seven quarters -- including the quarterly results reported Wednesday -- the Rio's tables haven't won nearly as much from gamblers as company officials and investors expected. And each time, that factor -- "poor hold," as it's usually called -- has impacted the earnings of Rio owner Harrah's Entertainment Inc.
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July 19 2001
Pataki denies Indian casino deal close
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Gov. George Pataki said Tuesday talks are continuing between his administration and Mohawk Indians over bringing casino gambling to the Catskills, but he denied that an agreement is imminent.
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July 19 2001
Louisiana critics rip Harrah's for New Orleans job cuts
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS -- About four months after getting a major tax break from the state to stay open, Harrah's New Orleans Casino on Tuesday cut 148 jobs, saying the reductions were needed to match the demand of its customers
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July 18 2001
Analysts bullish on IGT, WMS
LAS VEGAS SUN
Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown gaming analyst Mark Mutkoski has initiated coverage of International Game Technology and WMS Industries Inc., assigning the two slot machine manufacturers a buy rating.
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July 17 2001
Harrah's claims Station violated slot club patents
LAS VEGAS SUN
Harrah's Entertainment Inc. hauled Station Casinos Inc. into Las Vegas federal court Friday, claiming Station is violating three Harrah's patents with its popular "Boarding Pass" slot club card.
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July 17 2001
Bellagio named fourth-best hotel in world
LAS VEGAS SUN
The Bellagio hotel-casino has been ranked the fourth-best hotel in the world by readers of Travel & Leisure, a major travel magazine.
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July 16 2001
New Jersey Casinos Feeling Pressure
The Hartford Courant
Connecticut has just two casinos, but they have grown so strong that they threaten to endanger an Atlantic City, N.J., streak of 22 consecutive years of gambling revenue increases. For the first six months of this year, Atlantic City's 12 casinos generated revenues of $2.1 billion, a decrease of 1.1 percent from the same period last year.
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July 15 2001
Las Vegas Casino Owner Aztar Reports Revenue Drop
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Volatile stock markets have hurt the consumer confidence of the 55-and-older crowd, cutting into the midweek business of Tropicana owner Aztar Corp., a top company official said Wednesday. The gyrating markets have reduced the value of a mix of retirement programs, with many 401(k) investors last year experiencing the first-ever yearly decline in the value of their plans.
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July 15 2001
House Testimony Deals Bad Hand to Net Gambling Ban
With Nevada set to host an international panel on online gaming this month, lawmakers supporting a federal ban on Internet gambling were dealt a blow Thursday as experts called draft legislation unworkable.
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July 14 2001
Venetian sidewalk ruled open to union
LAS VEGAS SUN
The Culinary Union emerged victorious when a federal appellate court ruled that individuals can picket along the Venetian hotel-casino's privately owned sidewalk because it is a public thoroughfare.
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July 14 2001
Sale hearing delayed again
A court hearing to approve plans to sell the bankrupt Regent Las Vegas was delayed Thursday, after Regent attorneys asked for more time to develop a sale plan. The hearing will now be held Aug. 9.
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July 14 2001
LV casino supplier sues former employees
A Las Vegas gambling equipment maker sued two former employees, alleging they breached a non-compete agreement when they stole its proprietary information and trade secrets to create a rival business.
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July 14 2001
Slot machine regulators concerned about LV topless club
LAS VEGAS SUN
The Nevada Gaming Control Board is considering stripping the gaming license of the Olympic Garden, a prominent Las Vegas topless dancing club.
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July 13 2001
Former Reynolds site to have Greek theme
LAS VEGAS SUN
The company that acquired the Debbie Reynolds hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip is dropping the Reynolds name and theme in favor of a new orientation based on Greece.
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July 13 2001
LV resort gets new president
The MGM Grand hotel-casino has a new president, following the promotion of long-time Las Vegas casino executive Bill Hornbuckle.
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July 12 2001
Higher energy costs hurt Vegas Tropicana
LAS VEGAS SUN
Five days after Harrah's Entertainment Inc. shook up gaming stocks with an earnings warning, Aztar Corp. beat analyst expectations for its second quarter ending June 28.
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July 12 2001
LV Strip giant eyes foreign Internet casino
LAS VEGAS SUN
Las Vegas Strip casino resort giant MGM MIRAGE has for some time been the most vocal proponent of legalized Internet gambling being offered by Nevada casinos.
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July 11 2001
LV casino-building giant backing e-commerce firm
LAS VEGAS SUN
A Las Vegas company with a stellar resume in the design and construction industry is trying to create a new cyber niche: design-to-commerce.
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July 11 2001
Despite claims of bad luck, two execs leave Harrah's Rio casino
The Rio hotel-casino's top two executives abruptly departed Monday, four days after Harrah's Entertainment Inc. warned poor table game hold at its off-Strip property had once again hurt its profitability.
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July 10 2001
Nevada slot giants merge: Job losses are expected to be minimal
LAS VEGAS SUN
In the biggest deal in the gaming industry this year, International Game Technology of Reno -- a company that controls two-thirds of the U.S. slot machine market -- announced Sunday it will acquire Las Vegas-based Anchor Gaming for more than $1.3 billion.
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July 10 2001
Case to proceed against Hilton, Rodman
LAS VEGAS SUN
A Las Vegas Hilton cocktail waitress won the right to a trial Friday in her lawsuit alleging she was fondled by basketball star Dennis Rodman and was then fired for reporting the incident to the hotel-casino.
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July 10 2001
LV casino operators looking at Chicago
MGM MIRAGE, Park Place Entertainment Corp. and Mandalay Resort Group are all expressing interest in acquiring a majority stake in a Chicago-area casino development opportunity, Crain's Chicago Business reported.
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July 9 2001
Harrah's Entertainment Expects Adjusted Net Income of 46 to 50 Cents per Share for Second Quarter
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE) --Harrah's Entertainment Inc. (NYSE:HET) today announced that it expects to report second- quarter adjusted earnings per share of 46 to 50 cents, up 15 to 25 percent over last year's second quarter but below analysts' consensus estimates of 55 cents per share.
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July 8 2001
LV firm still interested in PT's deal
Las Vegas-based PDS Gaming Corp. remains interested in acquiring the valley's largest chain of video poker bars, PDS's chief executive said Thursday.
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July 8 2001
Las Vegas Casino Executive Looks to the Future
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Palace Station, the flagship property of Station Casinos, is celebrating its 25th anniversary, faced with increased competition for both the locals and tourist market. Lasvegas.com columnist Len Butcher recently sat down with Jonathan Swain, vice president and general manager of Palace Station, to discuss the property's plans and position in the new millennium.
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July 7 2001
Las Vegas casino owner plans Mexico gambling complex
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Las Vegas casino owner wants to build a gambling complex in Reynosa, Mexico, across the border from McAllen, Texas.
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July 6 2001
PDS Gaming cancels deal to buy chain of PT's Pubs
LAS VEGAS SUN
As it prepares to make a run at the Regent hotel-casino, PDS Gaming Corp. of Las Vegas has called off its deal to acquire Las Vegas's largest chain of video poker bars.
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July 6 2001
Partners bidding for Regent resort break up
LAS VEGAS SUN
A sudden, unexpected rift has developed between Peccole Nevada Corp. and Heller Financial Inc. of Chicago, identified in May as the first bidders on the bankrupt Regent Las Vegas hotel-casino.
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July 6 2001
LV casino operator looks to expand to Mexico
REYNOSA, Mexico -- A Las Vegas-area developer agreed Wednesday to build a casino and luxury hotel in this border city, even though laws lifting a ban on casinos have yet to be approved by Mexico's Congress.
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July 5 2001
LV man killed during construction
A 45-year-old Las Vegas resident was killed last month during the construction of a tribal casino in Southern California, the Press-Enterprise of Riverside, Calif., reported.
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July 5 2001
LV Hilton lawsuit could open doors to Park Place dealing
NEW YORK TIMES
Much of what happened inside Park Place Entertainment Corp. after the unexpected death last year of its hard-driving chief executive, Arthur Goldberg, remains cloaked in the official secrecy of the company, the largest casino operator in the world.
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July 4 2001
Swimsuit competitions bring publicity, players to resorts
LAS VEGAS SUN
What can take a high-roller's attention away from the tables for a few hours? Attractive young women clad in bikinis, perhaps?
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July 3 2001
Las Vegas-Area Hotels, Casinos Expect Strong Crowds for July Fourth Holiday
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
There are more tourists filling more Las Vegas-area hotel rooms than ever before. Yet, the coming national holiday reflects a pair of challenges facing the city's hotel-casino operators. First, there's the calendar, which has July Fourth falling on a Wednesday. Does the holiday begin this weekend and end Wednesday or does it begin midweek and end the following weekend?
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