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Steve Wynn had a few reasons for buying out his partner's interest in the Wynn Las Vegas production show 'Le Reve.'

One lucky player in Oklahoma matched all 6 numbers Saturday and walked away with the $101.8 million Powerball jackpot.

Surging gasoline prices have recently slowed and staggered American consumers. A potential knockout blow is poised to hammer the already dazed U.S. economy.

Mega Millions players are checking their tickets after Friday's drawing, because somewhere there is a ticket worth an estimated $34 million.

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

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that its Board of Directors has approved an increase in the scope and budget of the Company's casino resort under construction in the city of St. Louis, Missouri.

ews Brief: Massachusetts’ License Commission Chairman Thomas N. Wilson said yesterday as a result of a recent City Hall meeting with State Police he anticipates license commissioners will no longer issue permits for video poker slot machines.

Big retailers are hoping their summer ad campaigns will soon transform Father's Day into a powerful shopping season in its own right.

Although gasoline prices remain higher than $3 a gallon, statistics from AAA suggest they may be coming down.

News Brief: East Chicago plans to for Resorts Casino’s money are on hold due to a lawsuit.

News Brief: Despite the thumping Measure H received at the polls, the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe will continue to try build a casino here, the tribal chairman Charles F. Wood said Thursday.

ews Brief: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit to allow Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. to move the Rhythm City Casino riverboat 380 feet east upstream.

News Brief: Preliminary poll results show strong and diverse support across Allen County for an Eastern Shawnee Tribe casino and resort development.

News Brief: An Ohio group has cancelled their planned press conference, acknowledging that the proposed slots parlor is all but dead for this year.

News Brief: The number of companies seeking a license to operate a casino in Vicksburg will grow by one today as the development group involved in cleaning up the former Vicksburg Chemical site appears before the Mississippi Gaming Commission.

The Sullivan County Legislature has passed a resolution approving a local mitigation agreement between the County and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe in regards to a casino at Monticello Raceway.

Just one month from the last hit, Atronic's Penny Parade Wide Area Progressive awarded yet another winner.

News Brief: As the Nooksack Indian Tribe prepares to build a casino north of Lynden, elected officials continue to suggest moving the project out of the county's farmland and nea

News Brief: Efforts to add more slots casinos in Delaware have dropped beneath the waves for yet another year.

News Brief: Local government revenue from Vicksburg, Mississippi, casinos followed a trend predicted by industry analysts, dropping during the spring from winter peaks, but a summer rebound may be around the corner.