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SBE Entertainment Group and Stockbridge Real Estate Funds have reached an agreement with Gordon Gaming to acquire Las Vegas' renowned Sahara Hotel & Casino.

Quil Ceda Creek Casino is giving away $20,000 cash and Tulalip Casino is giving away weekly Alaskan Cruises for two in March.

tation Square Gaming filed a petition today with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court relative to the award of the Category 2 gaming license in Pittsburgh.

Paul Wasicka beat Chad Brown to claim the 2007 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship yesterday at Caesar’s Palace.

Former U.S. Senator Alfonse D’Amato has signed on as a lobbyist for the Poker Player’s Alliance, a PPA spokesperson confirmed Monday.

Actress Shannon Elizabeth, best known for a famous bedroom scene with Jason Biggs in the film American Pie, advanced to the “Elite Eight” of the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship last night at Caesar’s Palace.

The world's largest casino company officially got a little larger Thursday.

The opening of Red Rock Resort in April helped boost Station Casinos' fourth-quarter cash flow, although higher interest expenses and operating costs pushed net income down sharply.

Actor Don Cheadle defeated high-stakes professional poker player Phil Ivey in the first round of the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship on Friday at Caesar’s Palace.

News Brief: Governor Mike Easley wants to reprioritize what North Carolina's lottery pays for, spending less on school construction and college scholarships and more on his signature program for preschoolers.

News Brief: Florida Rep. Bob Allen is taking another whirl at a bill to stop gambling-cruise operators from releasing an estimated 1.4 million gallons of sewage off Brevard County's coast each year.

News Brief: West Virginia’s racetracks would pay an additional 1 percent of net profits for the privilege of offering table gambling under legislation passed Thursday out of the Senate Finance Committee.

News Brief: The serving of free alcoholic drinks at Pennsylvania casinos could remain uncontrolled, despite the intent of lawmakers and the governor to regulate the practice when they approved the legislation late last year.

News Brief: The Riverside Casino & Golf Resort has filed a lawsuit in Washington County, Iowa, against a minor who entered the casino floor with false representation.

ews Brief: Winston Hotels on Friday confirmed it has sold its loan interest in the $91.5 million renovation of the Lady Luck casino and hotel in Las Vegas.

News Brief: Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. will take its time building a $1.5 billion megaresort in Atlantic City to avoid the construction mistakes and cost overruns plaguing its new casino in St. Louis, its chief executive says.

ews Brief: Gamblers wagered $2.6 million in two test runs at Presque Isle Downs & Casino here before it opened Wednesday, the biggest debut of Pennsylvania's first four slot parlors.

News Brief: Because of delays in licensing, the soonest a casino can now open in Pittsburgh is June 2008, according to a spokesman for the Detroit-based Majestic Star Casino.

News Brief: Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission chastised the developers of the new Isle of Capri Casino in Waterloo, after the opening date for the casino was pushed back once again.

News Brief: The former developer of Kenosha's proposed $808 million casino project was indicted Thursday on federal charges alleging he funneled $100,000 in improper campaign contributions to Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle.