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ews Brief: A potential $10 million subsidy for Arlington Park, Churchill Downs Inc.'s Chicago-area racetrack, faces a challenge from casino operators, who contend that a new Illinois law is unconstitutional.

he $382 million development and restoration project at the French Lick Resort & Casino continues at an accelerated pace, said construction officials with Blue Sky, the resort’s ownership group.

Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corp. jumped into the middle of the Florida gambling debate, agreeing Wednesday to buy a privately owned Fort Lauderdale jai alai fronton and its adjacent 50 acres for $152.5 million.

With sales increases from amenities far outpacing the increase in visitors over the Memorial Day weekend, Las Vegas seems to be proving its new paradigm true: High-end amenities can insulate the city from travel downturns.

At the Pechanga Resort and Casino’s Celebrity Poker Challenge, celebrity players play a game of no limit Texas hold’em poker with a twist.

News Brief: California lawmakers are urging swift passage of a U.S. Senate bill to roll back the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians' gaming rights at the tribe's Casino San Pablo.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers the Powerball jackpot will jump to an estimated $48 million for Saturday night's drawing.

According to the CNIGA, a report on California gaming commissioned by the California Attorney General contains some errors and misleading information that contradicts points made

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation announced today that John A. O'Brien will succeed William Sherlock as President of Foxwoods Resort Casino.

Just as the biggest gaming companies grew through consolidation last year, executive pay packages also fattened, reflecting larger responsibilities and record corporate profits.

Two casinos in Clark County have agreed to pay fines for violating state gaming regulations - one for permitting a 6-year-old girl to take part in a casino drawing and the other fo

News Brief: Wednesday is the last day for smokers to light up at Canadian casinos, then business could light up on the American side of the U.S.-Canada border.

News Brief: A group of poker enthusiasts is challenging their arrest on gambling charges in an effort to change a South Carolina law that has made outlaws out of card players for two centuries.

The popularity of Mobile gambling, involving casinos, lotteries and betting, is set to rise from under $2 billion to in excess of $23 billion come 2011, according to industry analysts Juniper Research.

The casino operators behind proposals in Allentown and Bethlehem have turned up the heat in their public relations campaigns and mailed thousands of glossy fliers that give resid

After watching the fortunes of online casinos soar fivefold in as many years, Las Vegas casino giants want Congress to study letting them in on the action.

News Brief: A group trying to land a casino in Cincinnati has failed again to gather enough signatures to launch a statewide campaign for the November ballot.

ews Brief: A proposed constitutional amendment to allow a Narragansett Indian casino in West Warwick passed the Senate Committee on Constitutional and Gaming Issues on a 6-3 vote.

Since no ticket matched all six Mega Million numbers, the jackpot grows to an estimated $47 million for the Friday, June 2, 2006 drawing.

Bally Technologies, Inc. has signed a contract with Lincoln Park, a subsidiary of BLB Investors to provide an advanced suite of Bally Power Bonusing products and iVIEW touch-screen displays for all of the VLTs planned for the Lincoln Park racino.