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The World Poker reports the induction of its third organizational member, The Small Town Poker Tour.

More than 300 World Tavern Poker players from across the country will converge in Las Vegas for 4 days of poker, parties, and prizes at the 3rd World Tavern Poker Open.

Widener University and its acclaimed School of Hospitality Management will be the Diamond Sponsor of the 3rd annual Pennsylvania Gaming Congress, conference organizers announced today.

One ticket matched all six Mega Millions numbers and now players are checking their tickets to see who won the estimated $55 million jackpot.

lobal Gaming Business magazine and Spectrum Gaming Group are requesting nominations for the fourth annual Gaming and Technology Awards.

News Brief: Churchill Downs now will accept race entries three days prior to races, instead of the usual two days in advance.

Calder Race Course concluded its 112-day Calder Meet on Sunday, Oct. 15, with gains in average daily inter-track , intra-state and combined mutuel handle.

Skire, Inc. reports an agreement with Boyd Gaming Corporation's Echelon Place development, a world class destination that is expected to open in 2010.

Brandon Cantu leads a star-studded field after the first day at the fourth-annual Festa Al Lago Main Event.

Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis employees enjoyed a star studded day at work Friday as managing supervisors prepared and served savory steak meals.

Strip casinos are now spending millions on swank nightclubs and other late-night venues to capture an audience the Hard Rock previously had to itself.

For decades, Las Vegas hotel rooms were intended for little more than power naps between gambling binges.

MGM Mirage struck a deal to unload its two Laughlin casinos Monday to a group headed by the son of casino building pioneer Tony Marnell.

ews Brief: The Narragansett Indian casino proposal is trailing by 14 points just three weeks from Election Day, according to a new poll of 402 likely Rhode Island voters, conducted by Fleming & Associates.

News Brief: In their fourth attempt to eliminate video lottery since it was adopted in 1989, foes of South Dakota's seemingly omnipresent casinos might have found an ironic ally - tribal gaming.

News Brief: When Vernon Downs opens its new video gambling facility Oct. 26, the long-suffering harness track expects to receive a major infusion of revenue that it could depend on year-round.

News Brief: Gamblers lost $145.9 million to Louisiana’s riverboat casinos in September, up more than 50 percent from a year ago.

News Brief: A Little River councilman and a South Carolina lawmaker called the 10-year contract with the casino boat industry a `sweetheart deal' that will hurt Little River and said they will ask the courts to examine whether it's legal.

The World Series of Poker is still legal. But the status of online satellite tournaments, which have driven participation in poker's premier event to record levels, is uncertain at best.

News Brief: A wild year in Barstow city politics that featured a successful recall of one councilman, the sudden resignation of another, and a divisive casino measure, wraps up with a crowded City Council race.