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ews Brief: Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel officials will finally be able to show off their new facilities during Friday’s grand opening ceremony.

ews Brief: The Town of Johnston and its prospective casino partner, Ajax Gaming Ventures LLC, are the latest parties to seek to block a November statewide referendum on the competing West Warwick–Narragansett Indian Tribe casino proposal.

Rainbow Casino is one of the few in gaming history to give free money to its guests ... all of their guests.

The Lower Sioux members latest demand for resignations was triggered last week when chairman Sheldon Wolfchild suspended the gaming licenses of four key employees of the tribe's Jackpot Junction Casino.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

Two World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets were awarded on Sunday night/Monday morning at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, both to relatively unknown players.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $135 million.

Since no ticket matched all sixnumbers to win the $12 million jackpot, the Mega Millions jackpot for the Tuesday, July 25, 2006 drawing grows to an estimated $15 million.

In an unexpected twist, the Las Vegas locals market should be the only weak link in an unbroken chain of record-breaking profits as the 'Big Six' gaming operators begin reporting their second-quarter financial results next week.

Michigan's business community is split on whether the state should spend money to promote its 20 casinos in state- sponsored tourism promotion.

The Blackfeet Nation of Montana and Casino Marketing Guru Gary Green are finishing the final touches to open the largest casino in Montana and the largest Racino in the Northwestern United States.

Bettorsworld.com has released their odds on several teams winning the BCS title in 2007.

Casino City is providing daily updates from the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Coverage includes bracelet winners, chip counts, features, and live coverage when possible. Check in daily for all your WSOP news.

News Brief: Mountain View Casino owner John McCaw, late of Pahrump, died suddenly in Las Vegas at the Rio Hotel and Casino. He was 50 years old.

News Brief: Lady Luck smiled upon, and then deserted, a Philadelphia man when he won about $20,000 in a casino and then had the money stolen, police said Thursday.

News Brief: One of two suspects in an armored car robbery at a Salt River Indian casino is still at-large, contrary to earlier reports, officials said.

News Brief: Central Business Improvement District commissioners on Thursday unanimously voted to recommend the Fort Smith Board of Directors support the United Keetoowah Band’s effort to build a casino and hotel along the Arkansas River.

News Brief: The Casino Queen was named in two separate Jones Act suits filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court on allegations that the riverboat gambling facility failed to provide two employees safe places to work.

News Brief: As part of the final 2006-07 Yolo County budget, the Board of Supervisors approved spending more than $1 million to ease the impacts of the Cache Creek Casino Resort on the Capay Valley.

News Brief: The South Side Local Development Co. thrown its support behind the bid by Forest City Enterprises to build a casino at Station Square.