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ews Brief: Harrah's New Orleans Casino will reopen next year, but an exact date and the number of employees who will be needed remain unknown.

News Brief: Every gaming company with a Gulf Coast casino except one plans to unveil part of its plan when the Mississippi Gaming commission meets today at Imperial Palace Casino in Biloxi.

The Chukchansi Economic Development Authority has completed the refinancing of its outstanding debt, setting the stage for a proposed expansion of the premier Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino.

News Brief: When Pennsylvania approved slots parlors, one might have thought a city as hot as Philadelphia would have high-end gaming firms lining up for a shot at a license here. Not so, it seems.

News Brief: A record $200,000 fine for sloppy accounting practices was levied Thursday against the owners of the Mardi Gras Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado.

Checks, drawn from more than $200 million deposited by California gaming tribes, were sent yesterday to eligible tribes throughout the state.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $40 million.

News Brief: Slot machine gambling in Maine has gotten off to a multi-million dollar start.

News Brief: James H. McKennon, a veteran of Las Vegas who helped guide development and operations of the $200 million Fantasy Springs Resort Casino & Special Events Center, has joined the list of top-level executives asked to depart by the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians.

News Brief: Florida developer Charles Cato will ask the Gaming Commission today for final approval to locate the Emerald Star Casino near Natchez, Mississippi.

News Brief: Will Rogers Downs' casino opening, once predicted for July, will be delayed at least two more weeks.

News Brief: The Reno City Council approved planning changes late Wednesday that will allow Station Casinos to build a $500 million hotel-casino at the junction of Mount Rose Highway and Virginia Street.

News Brief: In a surprise announcement, the developers of an Orange County casino said yesterday that they will shut down the French Lick Springs Resort hotel for a year to speed construction on the $240 million casino project.

Two months after sharing a stage at the Global Gaming Expo, Harrah's Entertainment Chairman Gary Loveman and MGM Mirage Chairman Terry Lanni took part in another public discussion Wednesday.

arty Moore , the senior director of marketing for the Casino Magic, will find himself at the forefront when hurricane-ravaged Bay St. Louis' only casino reopens.

Louisiana casinos, ransacked by Gulf Coast hurricanes in August and September, came back slowly in October, figures released Tuesday by the state Gaming Control Board show.

Ardent Zorro fan, David Ventura, became the first player to win the $50,000 top award on Aristocrat's new Zorro-themed local-area progressive games.

AlamoPoker.com is bucking up a storm with the sponsorship of Professional Bull Riding standout Dustin Elliott.

Even though the $315 million jackpot winning ticket was not purchased in the Commonwealth, Virginians were big winners in the November 15 Mega Millions drawing.