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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.

News Brief: Just days before the threatened ‘drop dead date’ on which the sale of Lincoln Park would have fallen through, legislation to enable the deal that the House, Senate, governor and purchaser all find agreeable zipped through the House Finance Committee Wednesday evening.

News Brief: Harvey aldermen Monday unanimously passed a resolution opposing the proposed Lynwood casino.

News Brief: The River Hills Riverboat Authority is meeting to discuss Ottumwa’s casino license efforts.

News Brief: City Council members agreed to plans Wednesday that may allow Barstow residents a vote to support Indian gaming, and approved expediting casino-related contracts with two Indian tribes.

News Brief: University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Park Campus is thriving and plans to add a casino management program should only put it further along its path to success, Southern Miss President Shelby Thames said.

Mighty M Gaming reports the installation of its first video gaming progressive jackpot machines.

Developers say the planned Wind River Casino could open by next spring following a second appeals court ruling that says the state didn't negotiate in good faith with the Northern Arapaho tribe.

News Brief: As the field narrows to just 58, Londoner Tiffany Williamson is sitting pretty in seventh place

Twelve jurors were selected Tuesday afternoon for the second bribery conspiracy trial for Rhode Island's Lincoln Park dog track and two of its former executives.

Hoping to head off a legal battle, a state senator on Tuesday announced a proposal that would settle questions about the legality of California's entry into a multistate lottery game.

News Brief: Gamblers left behind a record $1.1 billion at Iowa's riverboats and racetrack casinos during the past 12 months, up 4 percent from a year earlier, creating broadly felt effects on average Iowans.

News Brief: Georgetown County officials solidified their opposition to casino boats Tuesday night by passing third and final reading on an ordinance to ban gambling vessels.

News Brief: A renewed call to offer casinos to two local Indian tribes in exchange for abandoning tax-exempt status on lands in Seneca and Cayuga counties is being raised by the Seneca County Board of Supervisors’ Indian Land Claim Committee.

Workers at Missouri’s 11 casinos have much higher job satisfaction and higher expectations regarding pay and promotions than the general population, according to a recent survey conducted for the Missouri Riverboat Gaming Association.

R&R Advertising boss Billy Vassiliadis also asked to address the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board Tuesday, but chairman Oscar Goodman turned down his request.

News Brief: California officials were wrong when they said this week that Riverside, San Bernardino and other counties did not file reports with the Legislature explaining how they spent money.