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The company's game-enhancing products on blackjack and pai gow tables have helped path the path to prosperity.

The gaming company's owners are buying the debt to ensure they remain in control should Harrah's go bankrupt.

News brief: Massachusetts residents spent nearly $1b at casinos last year despite the fact that residents have to travel out of state to gamble.

Two twenty-somethings each won WSOP Circuit bracelets in separate hold-em events at Caesars Atlantic City.

News brief: An anonymous woman spent about a $100 before a $4 bet turned into a $5.3 million jackpot.

News brief: Two Republican leaders called for a a major expansion of gaming to fund improvements to highways and government buildings.

News brief: Revenue at Atlantic City plummeted a 19.2 percent in February, the biggest monthly drop ever.

The gambling equipment provider posted a net loss if $973,000 for the quarter ended Jan. 31.

Press secretary Robert Gobbs said that the president never said "don't go to Las Vegas."

A $1.75 billion deal by Australian gaming company Crown Limited to buy Cannery Casino Resorts collapsed on Thursday.

News brief: The city of San Jose will allow two card rooms to continue 24-hour operations but would limit gamblers to 20 consecutive hours.

Players can register online or in-person at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, which is the host property.

News brief: The new Indiana Live Casino pulled ads that included a Barack Obama lookalike promoting "change you can believe in."

News brief: A source told ESPN the Magazine that Gov. Jack Markell will introduce a proposal to legalize sports betting sometime next week.

The state Senate passed a 3 percentage point increase in the hotel room tax Tuesday, which current projections show will raise about $230 million.

Winnings at casinos on the Strip fell 14.7 percent in January, the fourth straight month of a double-digit declines.

Under the deal, lenders will control Herbst's 15 casinos in three states while Herbst brothers will control its Nevada slot routes.

News brief: The three casinos in the Detroit market saw February revenues increase by more than 9% from January.

Former President Bill Weidner stepped down from his post Sunday after constant infighting with Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson.

News brief: The Indiana Live! Casino will pull the ads showing an Obama lookalike calling for economic growth and "change."