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Clean-up efforts are underway at Ellis Park to tentatively reopen the storm-battered track for simulcasting operations on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

News Brief: David Jonas, Harrah's regional president, in charge of the company's four casinos in Atlantic City resigned from his post Monday.

News Brief: A Lima, Ohio, group is denying wrongdoing in the wake of state Commerce Department allegations of securities fraud among efforts to start a casino in Botkins.

News Brief: Voters in Hot Springs, Arkansas, narrowly approved a measure on Tuesday allowing Oaklawn Park to offer electronic games of skill.

News Brief: Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter will investigate East Chicago’s local casino agreement on behalf of the Indiana Gaming Commission, citing a need to scrutinize ‘questionable’ transactions.

The Mega Million jackpot for the Friday, November 11 drawing rolls to an estimated $262 million.

Professional poker player Mike "The Mouth" Matusow outlasted the biggest names in the game to win the Tournament of Champions and $1 million at Caesars Palace Casino in Las Vegas.

Hilda Fitch took home the top prize of $1 million at the world's largest slot machine tournament held last night at Harrah's Las Vegas.

Racking up an abundance of high-cost legal fees made Oscar Goodman a multimillionaire in his days as an elite trial defense attorney.

Bally Gaming and Systems reports that a lucky winner has hit the largest New York Lottery video gaming progressive jackpot ever, winning $195,700.25 on a Jackpot Celebration Bally/SDG video gaming machine at Saratoga Gaming & Raceway in Saratoga Springs.

Magna Entertainment Corp. has entered into a share purchase agreement with PA Meadows and a fund managed by Oaktree Capital Management for its shares in The Meadows, a standardbred racetrack in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

News Brief: A family that parlayed $40 worth US of tickets into the second-biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history came forward Tuesday to claim their $340 million prize.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board may go to court to make sure that its popular tourism slogan, 'What happens here, stays here,' also applies to the slogan itself.

The top executive of the Fremont Street Experience, the company that oversees the light show canopy and retail mall, thinks downtown Las Vegas needs to better capitalize on its "Vintage Vegas" theme.

A planned $1.8 billion resort six miles south of the Strip on Las Vegas Boulevard South was unanimously approved by the Henderson City Council last week.

News Brief: Boomtown Reno hotel-casino will be renovated in the next year, but officials didn't have any new information to offer Monday regarding negotiations with Cabela's outdoor retailer.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. broke ground today on its casino, hotel and entertainment district in the St. Louis County community of Lemay, Missouri.

The iconic Fremont Street hotel-casino had an operating loss of $762,000, well below its $80,000 profit in the same period a year ago, owner MTR Gaming Group said Monday.

Pinnacle Entertainment said Monday it was able to increase net income, revenue and earnings per share during the third quarter despite a seemingly anti-gaming stance by Mother Nature.

News Brief: A tax audit, a DUI and some charges on a credit card might be behind Columbia Sussex Corp.'s failure to secure a Missouri casino license, a group of companies claims in a court motion.