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Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the Mega Million jackpot, the Friday drawing will have an estimated jackpot of $192 million.

Atlantic Pier Associates, the developer of The Pier at Caesars in Atlantic City, is planning a build a high-tech outdoor signage onto the luxury retail, dining and entertainment complex.

Boomtown Casino and Hotel Reno will toast 2006 with a New Year’s Eve celebration of free champagne, party favors and free live entertainment.

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue reports that SAS 6.01 will be the initial communications protocol for slots gaming in the commonwealth.

News Brief: Despite a power outage, the slots kept spinning at the Eldorado Casino in Shreveport yesterday.

News Brief: Rhode Island's booming gambling industry is showing its first signs of slowing down.

News Brief: Six California Indian tribes who are members of the California Tribal Business Alliance sent $8 million in quarterly payments to the state today.

Many of the biggest names in poker will descend on Caesars Palace next week to compete for $2 million in total prize money at the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, Harrah's Entertainment.

News Brief: A bill to eliminate casinos that just passed the Illinois House of Representatives may never even get called to the Senate floor but gambling opponents are declaring it a victory of sorts.

News Brief: Frustrated and angry at the Legislature's refusal to approve its new gambling agreement, an Imperial County Indian tribe is preparing to go around California lawmakers for permission to expand its casino.

The battle intensified Monday as the two sides failed to agree on the details of a dispute over a former Wynn casino boss who quit his post to take a job running the Golden Nugget Laughlin.

News Brief: Although the operating agent agreement between the Indiana Gaming Commission and the partnership building a casino in Orange County has never been signed, construction on the casino continues and is running ahead of schedule.

News Brief: An overview of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe casino-resort complex, as well as descriptions of four other development options, are included in a preliminary draft of the environmental impact statement.

L’Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino in Lake Charles, La. is giving L’Club Members a new way to win big in November with $75,000 worth of “Rapid Fire” cash giveaways.

More than 100,000 people from more than 100 countries are expected to attend Las Vegas' second-annual Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week, which has quickly emerged as one of the city's busiest convention periods.

Wall Street jitters over soft room rates and faltering demand for Las Vegas vacations sent gaming stocks sliding in October for the third straight month.

Tropicana Casino and Resort will light a 25 foot Holiday Tree in Fiesta Plaza at The Quarter.

News Brief: Members of an anti-casino group spent the weekend collecting signatures on a poster-sized letter that criticizes the Senecas' Buffalo casino as a social and economic mistake.

The invitation-only affair gave blackjack experts a chance to trade tips, compete in contests of esoteric gambling skills and let their hair down.

Joanne Collins recently was named chairperson of the Missouri Alliance to Curb Problem Gambling.