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News Brief: The battle over the November Rhode Island casino referendum has begun.

nternational News Brief: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to try to shut down six casinos in a dispute over how their slot machine numbers are tallied.

News Brief: Two Coeur d'Alene Casino maintenance workers died Thursday morning in an explosion and fire in a large shipping container that may have been used to store fireworks.

Gulfport, Mississippi, will witness the return of gaming with a sensational new view – the Island View Casino Resort.

A California legislative committee late Wednesday dealt a blow to the prospects of side-by-side tribal casinos opening in Barstow, but proponents of the venture some 120 miles

Mohegan Sun announced today that Lisa Stevens has been appointed Vice President of Casino Marketing.

Leo Kraimer of Delray Beach, Florida, bet 125 pennies and won a jackpot of $417,319.00 on the Loco Loot Slot Machines at Mohegan Sun.

A 65-year-old retiree visiting the Isle of Capri Casino in Biloxi hit a $12.4 million statewide MegaJackpot.

Boyd Gaming Corporation and MGM Mirage report the opening of its public space expansion at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, located at Renaissance Pointe in Atlantic City.

The logistical nightmare of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) makes for an interesting scene that is best described with the word “zoo.” Basically, it’s a bunch of poker starved animals caged inside a box not equipped to handle them.

For now, news from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) has Phil Hellmuth as the all-time leader in cashes with 50 after he made the money in WSOP Event # 2 and received an appreciation ovation for his accomplishment.

Three World Series of Poker events (WSOP) will run simultaneously today, a sign that the momentum is building here at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino as players gear towards the Main Event and poker immortality.

News Brief: A new legal wrangle unfolded Tuesday in a Placer County Superior Court harassment and discrimination case filed by seven former female Thunder Valley Casino employees.

News Brief: The Pauma Indian band and Connecticut's Mashantucket Pequot tribe, operator of the world's largest casino, Foxwoods, are to announce today a development partnership t

News Brief: An California Assembly committee has rejected a bid by two Indian tribes with reservations far from Barstow to open casinos in that economically depressed town after representatives from several Inland gaming tribes testified against the proposal.

News Brief: The Michigan Gaming control Board voted 4-1 in a special meeting to rewrite its rules concerning Greektown Casino’s $8.7 million complimentary meal program.

Efforts to promote Nevada's tourism industry are paying off in Asia and could soon result in direct air service from China, a state tourism leader said Wednesday.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $40 million for Saturday night's drawing.

C4-Sports, the first electronic media trade show dedicated wholly to sports technology, will be hosting a Sports Book Summit on July 17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Hoosier Park concluded its 13th season of Standardbred racing Saturday, June 24. The meet offered 60 days of live racing, beginning April 1.