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Hotel room upgrades will include 42 inch high-def tv's, luxury bedding, new carpets and wallpaper.

A federal bankruptcy judge gave his approval for Station Casinos placing 11 properties up for sale in a bankruptcy auction as one entity.

Michael Jackson memorial complex in Gary, Indiana could include a casino.

Software glitch means woman's win turns out to be worth $20.18, not $43 million.

Ohio house and Senate finally agree last minute legislation on casino regulation.

The Pala Casino Spa and Resort's poker room celebrated its first anniversary over the weekend and is offering a number of tournaments this month.

The stock prices for MGM Mirage, Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts all showed slight declines in May.

The casino giant says it has begun the process of paying subcontractors involved with the construction of the CityCenter project in Las Vegas.

A member of the Nevada Gaming Control Board said casino licensees should keep their distance from Internet gambling companies that accept wagers from Americans.

The 53-year-old hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip posted a $9.9 million loss in the first quarter ended March 31.

Analysts believe gaming won’t be brought up in Kentucky until 2012 while Delaware's governor asked legislators to hold off on gambling talk until 2011.

Casino mogul Steve Wynn is blaming CityCenter for dragging down room rates that "has by and large blunted the effects" of a possible Vegas recovery.

The casino operator received preliminary approval from the Nevada Gaming Control Board to acquire 1 percent of a small slot machine manufacturer and distributor.

Joshua Tieman won $441,692 and poker’s most coveted prize — a WSOP gold bracelet — with a win in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (Event #6) on Thursday.

Aadam Daya, a 31-year-old business analyst from Mississauga, Ontario, won the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship (Event #3) at the World Series of Poker to collect a whopping $625,872 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. Daya topped a huge field of 4,345 players in the tournament, played over Memorial Day weekend.

The Connecticut casino is offering players the chance to qualify for the World Series of Poker Main Event during the month of June.

Slot machine revenue in the Keystone State rose nearly 13% in May compared to the same month in 2009.

Praz Bansi, a 32-year-old professional poker player from London, England, won $515,501 by claiming the title in the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship (Event #5) at the World Series of Poker on Wednesday.

Michael Chow, a poker pro from Honolulu, Hawaii, won $237,463 and his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the $1,500 buy-in Omaha High-Low Split tournament (Event #4) on the day of his 33rd birthday early on Wednesday morning.

Isle of Capri approved to buy Rainbow Casino.