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PinnacleSports.com is offer a betting line on a potential national title game match-up between USC and Ohio State.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $74 million.

The jackpot for the Tuesday, November 28, 2006 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $31 million.

ews Brief: From Brooks down to San Jose, Bay Area gaming halls offer dozens of poker tournaments and other games that will counteract the effects of that sleep-inducing enzyme tryptophan in the family bird.

ews Brief: Casino opponents have appealed an October decision by the Straban Township Zoning Hearing Board to permit the proposed gaming resort near routes 15 and 30.

News Brief: Peppermill is taking a page from the Las Vegas casino playbook with its $300 million expansion now under way that community leaders say should bring more tourists to the region.

News Brief: The D.C. Court of Appeals yesterday blocked a bid to bring slot machines to the District, saying only Congress can authorize such gambling in Washington.

News Brief: A community group is circulating a petition opposing legislative approval of the Sycuan Indian band's amended gambling compact, which would allow the East County tribe to open a second casino with up to 3,000 slots.

News Brief: Despite many area families preparing for the Thanksgiving Holiday today, thousands of people spent at least part of their day at Mohegan Sun.

News Brief: The Riverside Casino and Golf Resort reports $13.9 million in adjusted gross revenue for its first two months. Isle of Capri casino and hotel in Bettendorf and the Rhythm City casino in Davenport reported a decline in gross revenues.

News Brief: A liquor license application from the Nooksacks" Northwood Crossing Casino may be denied because of protest letters from local government officials, according to a spokeswoman from the Washington State Liquor Control Board.

News Brief: Dan Gustafson is stepping down from the post of executive director of the Michigan Gaming Control Board, the watchdog state regulatory agency that oversees the $1.2 billion casino industry in Detroit.

News Brief: Churchill Downs Inc.'s Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans has begun its first live race meet since Hurricane Katrina damaged the facility in August 2005.

News Brief: The former mayor of Maple Park, Illinois, pleaded guilty Wednesday to six counts of illegal gambling, the result of an undercover probe involving him and 12 others.

News Brief: Some Pennsylvania bar owners are concerned legislation that would allow casinos to dispense unlimited alcoholic drinks to patrons would be bad for business.

News Brief: The Richmond City Council approved a 20-year, $335 million services agreement this week with a Pomo Indian tribe that would take effect if a casino is approved in North Richmond.

Powerball will reach an estimated $64 million jackpot for Saturday night's draw as the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening.

News Brief: Casino Rouge plans to change the name of its riverboat casino and the Louisiana Gaming Control Board today unanimously approved those plans.

Nearly everyone in poker has a take on how the government's recent crackdown on Internet gambling will affect traditional casino cardrooms, or 'brick-and-mortar' poker rooms, as they have come to be known.

This week: reflections on nightclubs, vodka, Las Vegas, and casino chips embedded with radio frequency identification tags.