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The growth in casinos in the US has challenged the spend at casinos in The Bahamas.

High stakes legend David Benyamine has joined the line-up for Party Poker Premier League IV in Las Vegas in February.

Kimbo Ung won $125,901 and outlasted some 300 Midwesterners at the Red Rock Resort in the first event of the Heartland Poker Tour.

MGM Mirage is looking at an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that could hasten its exit from the sagging Atlantic City gaming market.

Las Vegas has made the Indianapolis Colts 4 1/2 point favorites over the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl on Feb. 7 in Miami.

The number of passengers using the Las Vegas airport fell 8.2 percent in 2009 compared with 2008 -- the single-largest one-year percentage drop.

Las Vegas residents have raised concern about the urban blight caused by the multitude of unfinished projects across the city.

The slot machine giant posted a 20 percent profit gain as its cost-cutting efforts made up for reduced revenues from slower first-quarter slot machine sales.

Where in the world to play poker and what else to do when you get there are what these two recent books are all about. Reading them will answer your many questions and also save you time and money.

The slot machine giant named former MTV official Gideon Bierer as executive vice president of new media.

Construction on the $157 million Gun Lake Casino in western Michigan is two weeks ahead of schedule due to a mild winter.

A report filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Miami says that billionaire Carl Icahn submitted the only qualified bid for the Fontainebleau project in Las Vegas.

The California casino will have a large volume of big-money cash games in January and February.

State authorities have wiped out a 4-year-old limitation that held an individual slot machine manufacturer to just 50 percent of the games on a casino's gambling floor.

Bally has acquired a small Arizona-based game manufacturer to beef up its slot machine content and give the company another development base.

Reports that New Jersey would make an effort to legalize online gambling have received a mixed reaction in Atlantic City.

A woman playing the Wheel of Fortune quarters MegaJackpot at Wildhorse Resort and Casino won a cool $144,666 prize.

The Las Vegas-based slot machine manufacturer has found new revenue sources in both Kansas and Macau.

Luke Brugnara, who was denied a gaming license by Nevada casino regulators in 2001, said he would pay up to $200 million for the bankrupt Fontainebleau project.

The woman claims she suffered permanent injuries due to smoke inhalation associated with a 2008 fire at the Las Vegas casino.