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News Brief: The Kansas committee that will determine where a casino will be placed in Sumner County will take a first-hand look at the area next month.

Among the things we've learned at the World Series of Poker this year are there are no easy tables and not all poker players vote -- but they do rebuy.

News Brief: The manager of Casino Aztar has resigned after only about six months in Evansville, Indiana.

News Brief: Gamblers could once again smoke 'em if they got 'em at Bronco Billy's Casino in Cripple Creek thanks to a loophole in the statewide smoking ban.

News Brief: The chairman of Baltimore-based Cordish Co., which is expanding into gaming management, confirmed yesterday that it is among a number of bidders vying to acquire Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino and Resort.

News Brief: The distributor of a gaming machine whose proliferation led to a recent gambling crackdown in Ohio filed a lawsuit to find the former attorney general in contempt of court for seizing machines and company bank accounts.

News Brief: Hundreds of people, some with walkers and wheelchairs, waited for hours outside Hoosier Park's new casino Monday, each of them hoping to coax a slot machine into a jackpot.

News Brief: Mohegan Sun has started work on Route 2A to accommodate Project Horizon, the casino’s $925 million expansion project.

News Brief: River Rock Casino finally has a liquor license after more than five years of trying to obtain one.

News Brief: Chairman Aaron Payment of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians provided reaction to the news Friday that Greektown Casino has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The majority of union workers on MGM Mirage's CityCenter project went on strike late Monday after union negotiations with the developer and construction company regarding the construction site's safety broke down.

Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa in Rancho Mirage and Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs want you to win big in June.

Horseshoe Casino has entered into an alliance with AEG Live to develop and program a new 3,200 capacity entertainment venue as part of a $500 million casino expansion project.

An emergency request for an injunction filed in federal court Monday seeks to stop the state of California from seizing electronic bingo aids that charities heavily depend on.

If casino visitations are down in Tunica County you would never know it at HARRAH’S which just finished its $45 million remodeling that centered not on more games but on the reputation of a grand ma cook.

News Brief: Las Vegas authorities announced new criminal charges against onetime political fund-raiser Tony Rezko for failing to pay $450,000 in gambling debts.

Retired jeweler wins million-dollar jackpot on a Millionaire 777s progressive slot machine.

The 1-ton chandelier looms above the Venetian’s Phantom Theatre, falls from the ceiling and almost crashes into the audience during each performance of 'Phantom, the Las Vegas Spectacular.'

The 2008 World Series of Poker rocketed out of the gates this weekend with a final table that must have had ESPN executives drooling.

News Brief: A man recently fired by Casino Aztar has filed a federal complaint alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act.