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Morowitz Gaming Advisors will present its popular seminar, "Ultimate Budgeting for Gaming Industry Finance Professionals" at the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas.

No ticket matched all six numbers to win the $88 million jackpot. That means the jackpot for the Friday, February 10, 2006 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $102 million.

PicksPal.com players proved once again they really know their pro football, as the Big Game Blowout Contest came to an end with a site-wide predicted Pittsburgh win and the occurrence of several long shot props.

News Brief: Saratoga Springs' new mayor, Democrat Valerie Keehn, has been named by state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to a committee that is studying the future of thoroughbred racing in New York state.

Isle of Capri Casinos reports the appointment of Michael S. Vautrin as vice president and general manager of the company's Black Hawk, Colorado properties: Isle of Capri-Black Hawk and Colorado Central Station.

News Brief: High-tech radio frequency identification chips allow casinos to keep real-time track of table game action, quickly assess player points and know that their chips are secure from counterfeit or theft.

News Brief: The Sheboygan Common Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday night calling for an advisory referendum on casino and riverboat gambling in the city.

Apartment rents throughout Las Vegas are expected to increase 5 percent this year to average of $834 a month.

VegasSportsbookandCasino.com’s newest online casino in cyberspace offers online gambling enthusiasts ‘all-in-one’ gaming.

The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum presents Rubens and His Age: Masterpieces from the Hermitage Museum from February 6, 2006 through July 31, 2006.

Grand announced today that it is now accepting reservations for The Signature at MGM Grand, the luxurious suite hotel to debut in May 2006.

News Brief: Wheeling City Council is scheduled to consider a resolution Tuesday, Feb. 7, declaring its support of local option elections to approve table gambling at racetracks.

New Jersey's top casino regulator has been reappointed to a state development agency four months after she was removed by former Gov. Richard J. Codey in a high-profile power strug

News Brief: From contractors to caterers, 157 people from minority- and women-owned businesses have lined up for today's workshop on the types of services and supplies the Las Vegas Sands Corp. will need if gambling comes to south Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Las Vegas could lose its only nonstop air service from Asia next year.

News Brief: Boxing has seen better days, but Native American casinos are latching on to the sport and that may help revive it.

News Brief: Illinois Gaming Board staffers are readying a plan that would require the 15.3 million people who visit the state's nine riverboats each year to show their driver's licenses before being allowed in.

Inside casinos, neither a Pittsburgh Steelers Terrible Towel nor a Seattle Seahawks flag can be found. Instead, decorations from the recent Chinese New Year celebration are still evident.

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

The Rapper's Challenge Texas Hold 'Em Tournament, hosted by Snoop Dogg, is a one-day event in Miami on Friday, May 5, 2006.