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Powerball will reach an estimated $43 million jackpot for Saturday night's draw as the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening.

tronic's new eMillions Wide Area Progressive awarded over one million dollars to one lucky mom in the early morning hours of December 11th.

News Brief: Broward's latest racino was hoping to open this week, but will have to wait a bit longer before it can allow gamblers to try their luck on its spanking-new, Las Vegas-style slot machines.

News Brief: A man attempting to take 120 bath towels from Horizon Casino Resort, dropped the loot when he was spotted by security, authorities reported.

Former Las Vegas Mayor Bill Briare set the standard for those who would follow in that post - that of a walking billboard for the city.

News Brief: The new chief executive officer of the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort says he spent four days anonymously learning what the casino and hotel had to offer before deciding he'd take the job.

News Brief: The Michigan Gaming Control Board on Tuesday rejected Greektown Casino's request for another year to meet revenue projections, which are likely to fall short because of delays in the construction of its new $200 million facility.

More than 40,000 dentists and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers helped Las Vegas attract a record number of visitors in October.

ews Brief: Hundreds of citizens are expected to attend the hearing about a proposed casino near Gettysburg today, in contrast to the sparse attendance at similar hearings for competing slots proposals.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to take home the $22 million jackpot, that jackpot grows to an estimated $30 million for the Friday, December 15, 2006 drawing.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that its board of directors has approved a major expansion and renovation of the company's Boomtown New Orleans property.

SCOTTY NGUYEN (win) is returning to defend his crown when the WORLD POKER OPEN kicks off at GOLD STRIKE on Jan. 3. He fully expects to play his way into the championship event Jan. 21-25. There was little doubt that Scotty would return.

Casinos along the famous boulevard saw October gaming revenues decrease for the second straight month in 2006, according to figures released Monday by the Gaming Control Board.

ews Brief: Some slot machines and other games played in Native American casinos across the country could be removed if a federal oversight agency has its way.

News Brief: Casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, won 1.6 percent more money from gamblers in November compared with a year earlier, the state's Casino Control Commission said on Monday.

News Brief: Fourteen people were arrested yesterday after they entered the lobby of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board headquarters to demand information about proposed casinos.

ews Brief: Gettysburg Borough Council members argued Monday about how a proposed revenue-sharing arrangement should have been negotiated.

Three men from Los Angeles sued Mandalay Bay in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas last week, claiming they were assaulted and falsely arrested two years ago by hotel security guards looking for gun-toting, mask-wearing men.

Successful business leaders don't shy away from changing their minds when circumstances change or perspectives evolve.

News Brief: With four area casinos slated to open in the next few years, Delaware County Community College will begin offering a training program for slots technicians next month.