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News Brief: Developers will pitch their plan Monday to build a hotel and restaurant complex across from Turning Stone Resort and Casino.

Gaming Partners International Corporation has completed an order valued at approximately $1 million from the new Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Powerball will climb to an estimated $32 million for Wednesday's drawing as the grand prize was not hit Saturday evening.

No ticket matched all six numbers to win the $12 million jackpot, so the jackpot for the Tuesday, June 5 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $16 million.

The California Nations Indian Gaming Association would like to extend our thanks and congratulations to the Morongo, Sycuan, Barona and Rumsey tribal gaming commissions for working with the federal government to investigate and uncover a specific criminal activity ring targeting tribal casinos.

Casino City is providing updates from the 2007 World Series of Poker. In the first weekend of action, 21-year old Steve Billirakis becomes the youngest player to win a bracelet and Event #3 sees the largest player field of all time for a non-Main Event.

Sure, poker players are interested in bracelets and cash. But they want prestige too. That's where the Casino City World Series of Poker Player of the Year comes into play.

Senator Joseph L. Bruno, Deputy Director of the New York State Lottery Susan E. Miller and Saratoga Gaming and Raceway executives were at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway to officially open its expansion Friday.

MGM Mirage and Harrah's have agreed to extend its collective bargaining agreement with the state's largest labor union beyond last night's expiration date.

News Brief: The Illinois Senate late Thursday voted to approve four new casinos and to let all existing casinos expand.

News Brief: Although the Ho-Chunk band has invested thousands of dollars in commercials against the Beloit Casino Complex, officials with the St. Croix and Bad River bands of the Chippewa Tribe say the Ho-Chunk apparently didn't feel that way about six months ago.

News Brief: The Middleborough police officers' union hand-delivered a letter to Mashpee Wampanoag tribal chairman Glenn Marshall last week, saying union members were unanimously in favor of a casino in town.

News Brief: The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled against an anti-casino group’s attempt to invalidate the state’s gaming compacts with the tribes.

News Brief: The Legislature spent the past five months shutting out casino gambling in Texas, but the federal government has cracked open the door for Las Vegas-style games.

Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd.announced Thursday it has entered an agreement with the developer holding purchase options for the site of the former Wet 'n Wild water park on the Las Vegas Strip.

Binion's in downtown Las Vegas has been the subject of sale speculation for months and a recent remark by the chief executive officer of MTR Gaming Group that owns the historic casino added fuel to the rumors.

The 2007 World Series of Poker begins today with the first two events in a 55-bracelet tournament schedule. First on the list are the $500 employees-only event and the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em World Championship. Mixed Hold'em combines limit and no-limit action.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. reports a proposed approximately $100 million expansion project at the Company's Council Bluffs property.

enn National Gaming, Inc. reports that John Chaszar has been named General Manager of its Hollywood Casino - Bay St. Louis property, effective August 1, 2007.

The 2007 World Series of Poker will be better than last year's. It has to be. Last year's event was missing something. The most exciting moment came when Phil Hellmuth won his tenth-bracelet. This was when I was still a Hellmuth fan. But then he started blogging about his pseudo-celebrity status and I stopped caring. Plus, he talks in the third person off the record as well as on, which is pretty tedious.