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Agilysys, Inc. reports that Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana, has selected Agilysys to provide a wide range of software solutions for the 531-room property.

B-I-N-G-O! It may be a game that you learned as a kid, but in the industry of land-based gaming bingo spells big business. We dipped into the Casino City data to find out where you can find the biggest bingo parlors in the world and the list begins deep in the woods of Connecticut at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

After screening “21” at its premiere, Casino City finds that despite a plot and conclusion that differ from the book it is based on, the film will appeal to a variety of movie-goers, regardless of whether or not they have gambling in their blood.

News brief: Mardi Gras and Leap Day helped push the gross casino revenue to its second-highest February on record as the $110.5 million won by coast casinos was almost $1 million more than February of 2007.

News brief: After announcing a partial smoking ban in February of 2007, the Atlantic City Council will attempt to outlaw smoking entirely in city casinos next week.

News Brief: The government of Antigua says it will abolish intellectual property treaties with the U.S. by the end of March if a settlement involving a trade dispute between the two countries is not resolved.

News Brief: A Massachusetts legislative committee voted yesterday to recommend lawmakers reject Gov. Deval L. Patrick's bill to legalize casino gambling, setting the stage for killing the bill.

News Brief: Even with an extra day of business because of leap year, Colorado's mountain casinos posted a 10 percent drop in revenue last month — perhaps the strongest sign yet of the smoking ban's impact on the industry.

Cosmopolitan Chief Operating Officer Scott Butera, a former investment banker specializing in reorganizing financially troubled companies, has left the troubled Strip project to take over as president of Tropicana Entertainment.

Percy Sledge will be performing live in concert at 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday, April 25th & 26 th at Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis.

The Las Vegas County Commission approved Elad IDB Las Vegas LLC's Site Development Plan and Special Use Permit today giving the company all necessary entitlements to begin moving forward with their plans on expanding The Plaza brand to the Las Vegas Strip.

This June, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa will redefine dining in Atlantic City, when it opens Izakaya - A Modern Japanese Pub.

Foreclosure filing meant to push Strip project’s sale.

Lake of the Torches Resort Casino presents loyal 104 year old guest with $104 in Blackjack chips, one for each year of her remarkable life.

Luxor is picking up two nongaming attractions from the Tropicana.

Electrician who blew the whistle on illegal remodeling at the Rio hotel encouraged Clark County commissioners to push for thorough investigation of management at Harrah's Entertainment.

News Brief: Gov. Deval Patrick has started an 11th hour personal appeal to state legislators in his bid to reverse the tide running out on his plan to bring casinos to Massachusetts.

News Brief: Showgirls in fishnet stockings and white fur coats passed out champagne and silver shovels during Tuesday afternoon’s groundbreaking ceremonies for a new Philadelphia Park Casino off Street Road.

News Brief: Presque Isle recovered, Mount Airy held its ground, and Pennsylvania added more than $17 million of gaming tax revenues to its coffers.

News Brief: Las Vegas Sands Corp., the only Wyandotte County, Kansas, casino contender whose plans lack the necessary local endorsement, will host a preliminary job and vendor fair on Thursday.