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News brief: The league filed a legal brief with the state Supreme Court that argues skill "plays an impermissible" role in sports betting.

With the 2009 World Series of Poker fast approaching, Casino City presents its Top-10 tips for making your trip to poker's most prestigious event that much more enjoyable this summer.

News brief: Officials at the Connecticut casino will open an office in Central Massachusetts to show commitment to building a gambling resort.

Steven Kent of Goldman Sachs told investors a number of risks continue to persist surrounding the stocks of Las Vegas-based casino operators.

MGM Mirage placed 143 million shares of common stock on the market Thursday as part of an effort to raise $2.5 billion.

The two Connecticut casinos saw a net gain of $57.5 million in slot machine gaming revenue, a 1.3 percent increase from April 2008.

Destination encourages employees to help “Save the Planet” with environmental initiatives.

West Virginia native bests 322 players to take home $22,558.

News brief: Racing commission approves Churchill Downs plan to cut seven racing dates and reduce purses for six stakes races.

Ex-employee believes her efforts to force her employer to address secondhand smoke cost her that job.

Metro Police homicide detectives are investigating a dead body discovered on the Las Vegas Strip on Monday morning.

$300 million project already making an economic impact in Michigan.

Professors, students say slumping industry has altered classroom discussion.

Mississippi is the third-largest casino market in the U.S. but Gov. Haley Barbour thinks that it could surpass Atlantic City at No. 2 on that list.

Dawson retains IBF/IBO light heavyweight title with second consecutive win over Tarver.

Two teams of Las Vegas inventors are defying the odds and stand poised to see their dreams become reality.

Just in case you're heading to Las Vegas this year to watch the World Series of Poker, Casino City presents our list of the Top-10 players you want to go out of your way to see at the tables.

Thanks to the World Series of Poker's new discipline system, Phil Hellmuth's next temper tantrum could prove costly for the Poker Brat.

The MGM Mirage says the demand for hotel rooms is high enough to warrant an increase in summer prices thanks to rising occupancy rates and fewer convention cancellations.

Seventy-seven guests won a total of $269,000 in four days at Lake of the Torches Resort Casino in Lac du Flambeau.