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Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel in Downtown Las Vegas will return to international poker competition in Fall 2006 with a new tournament, Binion's Poker Classic.

Construction continues on Red Rock Station Casino near Charleston Boulevard and Interstate 215.

News Brief: The Schwarzenegger administration has condemned one of its lottery officials for masquerading as a reporter to gather ammunition in a legal battle over whether the multistate Mega Millions game is constitutional in California.

News Brief: Lawmakers return to the Rhode Island House to vote on legislation that would allow the state to sign contracts leading to major expansions of gambling at Rhode Island's two video-slot emporiums: Lincoln Park and Newport Grand.

News Brief: Iowa communities desperate to renew bids for riverboat casino licenses will have to wait up to two years.

Hundreds of people from all over Southern California took to the field at Arrowhead Credit Union Park in San Bernardino to play in the world's largest human bingo game.

News Brief: A breach-of-contract lawsuit has been filed against Jim Gannarelli, Bear River Casino’s general manager and former Mazatzal Casino chief executive officer, by his former employer, the Tonto Apache Tribe.

News Brief: Governor Pataki, the State Senate and State Assembly may have left Albany at the end of the regular legislative session far apart on a deal that could bring casinos to the Catskills, but casino opponents say this is no time to relax.

News Brief: Palace Casino opens the Poker Parlor, believed to be one of the best poker rooms on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

News Brief: The owner of a new casino in Waterloo, Iowa, paid out two big checks to the city before any dirt has been moved to build the casino.

News Brief: Wyoming will probably not appeal a recent court ruling that grants the Northern Arapaho tribe permission to offer casino-style gambling on the Wind River Indian Reservation, state Attorney General Pat Crank said.

News Brief: The revised, tweaked and supplemented application for a Beloit casino should be on the desk of the secretary of the interior by midfall, according to a spokesman.

Ambitious high roller Daren Leverenz seeks revenge on Las Vegas after losing three million dollars there in the upcoming eight-episode CMT original series, MAN VS.VEGAS.

The pressure is mounting at Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel in downtown Las Vegas, where the final day of the World Series of Poker is being held to honor the city's centennial.

Barney Vinson: I had been in Las Vegas for two years, bouncing from job to job like a Mexican jumping bean.

American Real Estate Partners, the owners of the Stratosphere, are considering adding new rooms and a convention center to the 2,444-room resort just north of the Las Vegas Strip.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $31 million.

he Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Clear Channel Entertainment Properties today announced the second annual Vegas Rock Star Poker Tournament and Sweepstakes.

News Brief: The Schwarzenegger administration is willing to consider restoring $20 million in tribal gambling money for Riverside, Tulare and other counties after vetoing the funding Monday, two Coachella Valley legislators said Wednesday.

Atronic announces the Michigan Gaming Lab approval for and first installation of its Cash Fever video slots. Cash Fever is a dynamic Bonus Link system featuring four levels of jackpots and exciting game themes on Atronic's innovative e-motion cabinet.