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News brief: The trustee of the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City reached an agreement with lenders to set a $200 million minimum bid in a bankruptcy auction.

Gov. Jim Gibbons appointed Las Vegas attorneys Joe Brown and John Moran Jr. to seats on the Nevada Gaming Commission on Friday.

The financially troubled casino giant has until the end of April to either proceed with the $8.7 billion CityCenter development or cut its losses.

News brief: Kansas Speedway president Jeff Boerger personally hand-delivered a resubmitted bid for a Hard Rock Casino at the track.

Caesars Palace was packed with poker aficionados as there were 148 teams totaling 444 players that entered the event.

Las Vegas Boulevard went dark -- or tried to -- from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. for Earth Hour.

The Binion's Poker Classic will be begin on May 25 and will have 45 different events over 45 straight days.

Las Vegas Sands has lost two high-level executives in the last month and there are questions on where the casino company is headed.

News brief: Trump Plaza has removed Atlantic City's only batch of automated poker tables after trying them out for a few months.

News brief: A provision in far-reaching gambling package would allow 18-year-olds to gamble at Florida casinos, not just racetracks.

A Vegas economist said the unemployment rate in Southern Nevada would increase 1 percent if there was any long-term disruption to building the $8.7 billion CityCenter development.

The $8.7 billion project's 8,500 construction workers remain employed after MGM Mirage made a $200 million debt payment.

News brief: A New Jersey Congressman said that $160 million worth of business and 120,000 visitors already have chosen other cities other than Atlantic City.

The $8.7 billion CityCenter project avoided a bankruptcy filing after MGM Mirage made a $200 million debt payment.

A man at Spotlight 29 Casino in California won more than $1 million playing the Wizard of Oz penny slot machine.

The Creek Nation Casino will close its doors and just hours later the new River Spirit Casino will be unveiled to the public.

News brief: The FBI arrested a man connected to 17 bank robberies at the Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa in Atlantic City.

The multi-billion dollar MGM Mirage project, billed as the most expensive commercial development in U.S. history, may end up in bankruptcy court.

International news brief: The European Union said on Thursday that a U.S. crackdown on European online gambling breaches World Trade Organization rules.

News brief: Texas poker players are willing to be taxed in order for the game to be legalized.