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Boyd Gaming unveiled details and renderings for the $4.8 billion Echelon, which will have five hotels surrounding a multiuse resort destination on 87 acres.

News Brief: Within nine days of launching a direct marketing campaign targeting Hispanics, the Riviera Casino had more than 1,200 new players.

News Brief: All casino boats must leave Horry County in five years, county lawmakers decided Tuesday.

News Brief: House-passed legislation that could allow East Baton Rouge Parish to collect more taxes from riverboat gambling gained Senate committee approval Tuesday.

News Brief: With a court deadline looming, the Carnegie Science Center and Don Barden are still battling over traffic and lighting issues related to his proposed North Shore casino.

News Brief: The Biloxi City Council voted 4-2 Tuesday afternoon in favor of rezoning 23 acres of Boomtown Casino's property on the southwestern corner of Main Street and Bayview Avenue to allow for gambling, among other things.

News Brief: Broward County parimutuels are waiting for the Florida governor to take action on a bill that lets them add more slot machines and operate them longer.

Katja Thater was the first woman to win a World Series of Poker tournament open to anyone since 2004, and Phil Hellmuth tied T.J. Cloutier by making his 39th career WSOP final table yesterday.

News Brief: Legislation that protects the Atlantic City casinos from another government shutdown like the one that halted gambling last year has been declared unconstitutional by a new legal opinion.

News Brief: Slot machines at Connecticut's two Indian casinos took in about $85 million less this May than the same time a year ago, according to monthly reports filed with the state's Department of Special Revenue.

News Brief: If the federal courts uphold an Oklahoma tribe’s claim to legal gambling rights in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, it is uncertain what sort of games might be played there.

News Brief: Legislation that would allow the Penobscot Nation to operate 400 slot machines on Indian Island has won approval in both the House and Senate, but Gov. John Baldacci has promised to veto the bill.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $55 million jackpot, the Mega Millions jackpot for the Friday, June 22, 2007 drawing grows to an estimated $66 million.

Representatives from Presque Isle Downs and The Meadows will provide updates on their first months of operation when the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board holds its regular meeting on Thursday, June 21, 2007 in Pittsburgh.

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. reports that it has broken ground on the previously announced expansion of the Atlantis.

Registration is available now for Spotlight 29 Casino's first Ladies Only Poker Tournament.

Stars Gina Gershon, Shannon Elizabeth, Willie Garson and Brad Garrett and top poker professional Jennifer Harman have joined the growing list of celebrities who plan to play in the Ante Up For Africa charity tournament July 5 at the 38th annual World Series of Poker.

MGM Mirage and Kerzner International Holdings Limited report that the companies have entered into a letter of intent to form a 50/50 joint venture to develop a multi- billion dollar integrated resort property on the Las Vegas Strip.

Hellmuth's final table appearance in Event #28 moved him into a first-place tie for that mark, matching TJ Cloutier’s 39. Cloutier was in attendance Tuesday to congratulate Hellmuth.

News Brief: Weekend patrons who sometimes filled The Meadows Racetrack & Casino to 90 percent of capacity helped the new slots parlor generate slightly less than $5 million in revenue its first week, making its debut a success in the views of both casino and state officials.