News - Page 1295

News Brief: Waterloo's Mayor Tim Hurley is asking the City Council and the Black Hawk County Gaming Association to amend a 2003 agreement and to allocate a greater portion of casino revenues for property tax relief.

News Brief: Gambling interests spent big on lobbying this year, pouring nearly $2 million into efforts to persuade Indiana lawmakers to vote for slots at racetracks and other bills favoring the industry.

News Brief: Business at Broward County's fledgling racinos has been lackluster, falling well short of Wall Street's expectations, according to gaming industry experts.

News Brief: The Meadows Racetrack & Casino is sharing its success by giving out gift cards from local businesses to frequent gamblers and buying from local suppliers.

News Brief: Hooters has followed Hard Rock Cafe into the Las Vegas casino business, but is off to a mighty shaky start.

News Brief: After years of planning and exhaustive legal challenges, Four Winds Casino Resort is about to open and two more proposed for southwestern Michigan are close to approval.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $103 million for Wednesday night's drawing.

No ticket matched all six numbers to win the $66 million jackpot, so the Mega Millions jackpot for the Tuesday, June 26 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $78 million.

Las Vegas Sands Corp.reports that The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino, a mega-resort currently being built adjacent to the company's famed Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, has begun accepting applications for the resort's 4,000 available jobs.

News Brief: A fire damaged part of the state Casino Control Commission headquarters Sunday, but gambling in the city should not be affected, a spokesman said.

More space and more people have speeded up the testing process for accounting systems, which can take months.

As part of our coverage of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series of Poker, we’re examining each game played in H.O.R.S.E. in detail. Today we talk Omaha Hi-Low with T.J. Cloutier.

Interesting news and notes from the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series of Poker.

The World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament got underway this afternoon, and 148 players entered with hopes to take down the most prestigious tournament in poker. Oh yeah, and then there’s the $2.3 million first place prize.

Walking into the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino yesterday, you would never have known that the fifth-largest poker tournament in history was underway.

T.J. Cloutier fell just shy of reclaiming sole possession of the World Series of Poker record for final table appearances on Saturday night, finishing 11th in the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event.

As part of our coverage of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series of Poker, we’re examining each game played in H.O.R.S.E. in detail. Today we examine Limit Hold'em with two-time WSOP bracelet winner Bill Chen.

Alan Smurfit, a 64-year old retiree from Miami, and Alexander Borteh, a 24-year old professional poker player who recently graduated from college with a degree in Philosophy, won bracelets last night at the World Series of Poker.

Harlow’s Casino Resort in Mississippi is slated to open in late October.

News Brief: The United Auburn Indian Community announced its planned expansion of Thunder Valley Casino near Lincoln, California, that is set to include a five-star, 23-level hotel, performing arts center and more gaming space.