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Since no ticket in Friday's drawing matched all six numbers, the jackpot for the Tuesday, March 28, 2006 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $96 million.

GWIN Inc. and National Sports Services Inc. have entered into a nonbinding Letter of Intent to combine key assets of the NSS operation into GWIN.

Dozens of poker faces went from serious to smiles as players at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino’s new World Poker Tour branded poker room put aside their chips to watch Carmen Electra stroll down the red carpet on March 23.

The head of Las Vegas' busiest carrier foresees more mergers and shutdowns in the dangerously turbulent aviation sector.

News Brief: Governor Ed Rendell said today he will unveil a plan Thursday to build a new arena without slots money.

News Brief: Misdemeanor gambling charges were in the cards for two men who held an illegal poker party in Clinton Township, police said.

News Brief: In both the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes are pursuing expanded or new gambling operations, according to Thursday testimony to the state Legislature's Select Committee on Tribal Relations.

News Brief: A gaming analyst for Susquehanna Financial Group has released a report on the chances for each of the applicants vying for the five Pennsylvania casino licenses.

Rules governing the use of wireless hand-held gaming devices in casinos were adopted Thursday by the Nevada Gaming Commission.

News Brief: Oregon has rejected a package of ballot measures Thursday that could have allowed construction of the state's first non-Indian casino.

News Brief: The residents of Lordstown and its Village Council have bought into the shared dream of a casino with the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and believe it can become a reality and benefit the area.

Hollywood Sportsbook features odds on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament between the Washington Huskies and the Connecticut Huskies on March 24, 2006.

Gamblers at the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) 2006 Game Night will have a chance to win a seat to a World Series of Poker event, but the real winners will be people who suffer from hemophilia and other bleeding disorders.

Internet sites have found a hot spot in Nevada and especially in Las Vegas, home to one of the biggest concentration of gamblers and a place where bettors come from all over the world to hone their skills.

News Brief: Greektown Casino plans to build its 20-story, 400-room hotel atop the 13-story parking garage proposed to replace the city’s Foster-Winter garage on Monroe Street.

News Brief: Should Boyd Gaming be granted a Pennsylvania license for a slots parlor off the Sanatoga exit of Route 422, Limerick township stands to gain more than twice the amount of money that was originally promised.

News Brief: Members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives introduced legislation that would give Rhode Islanders the right to vote on a Narragansett Indian Casino.

WPT Boot Camp will conduct its first two-day poker school just outside Memphis, Tennessee, on April 15-16 at Gold Strike Casino Resort in Mississippi.

NAPP Tour has added Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel to the International Poker Association's 2006-2007 tournament schedule.