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The $500 million new riverboat for the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond was only 8 feet from its final mooring on Tuesday morning when workers on a barge under one of the boat's three boarding ramps felt a sudden, unexpected kick. Sensing danger, the seven...

The big cheer came at 6:21 p.m. Sunday, when announcer Michael Buffer bellowed to the blackjack players: "Let's get ready to gamble!" Seconds later came applause from a table where the dealer turned over a queen on her jack and three to make 23 —...

THE STATISTICS stood out because they were so surprising and, to some extent, counterintuitive. Community Marketing Inc., a San Francisco-based firm, conducted research in 2004 on behalf of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and arrived at...

The rapid growth of Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun isn't letting up, with the casinos adding hundreds of millions of dollars of gambling, dining and entertainment options this year. n But the latest expansions at two of the world's largest casinos...

Monday: -- Institute for Supply Management services index -- Earnings: Activision Inc.; Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; Burger King Holdings Inc.; Cardinal Health Inc.; Career Education Corp.; Dun & Bradstreet Corp.; Entergy Corp.; Forest Oil Corp.; Sysco Corp....

"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" was your mantra last night. Now your head is pounding, and you feel as though you dragged your tongue down the Strip. Worse, your best friend needs you to find a bail bondsman — or he's going to stay in Vegas...

In the Middle Ages moats were deep water-filled trenches that encircled castles to protect kings. The wider, the better. In 2007 moats are the competitive advantages that protect dominant companies and their shareholders. The wider, the better. The...

The House approved yesterday a measure to stifle online gambling in the United States by restricting the flow of money to illegal Internet gaming sites. Under the bill, credit-card companies would be forbidden to collect payments for Internet casinos....

To date, Bravo has given more than $2 million to various charities through its series "Celebrity Poker Showdown." The show will add another million to its pot this year -- with all the money going to organizations helping victims of Hurricane Katrina....

Expectations for financial salvation were sky-high back in 1992 when Louisiana, still smarting from the oil bust, cleared the way for construction of a land-based casino in downtown New Orleans. Today the winnings on that bet seem paltry compared with...

You've probably heard by now that the Wynn Las Vegas is something of a rarity: a new hotel and casino on the Strip that doesn't have an architectural theme, the way the Venetian, the Paris, the Luxor and countless others do. But it turns out the Wynn does...

As the battle over casino-style gambling heats up in Maryland, an unlikely group is waging its own behind-the-scenes scramble for a piece of the action. Counseling services and other organizations that work with problem gamblers - groups that might be...