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With a professional poker player as the instructor and a curriculum structured much like a college classroom, the Leonard Benson Co.'s Poker Boot Camp has hosted more than 200 students since mid-February.

Rob Powers, vice president of community relations for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, was arrested June 9 on charges of felony drunken driving and has been suspended from his job pending an investigation.

News Brief: Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun executives said year-over-year gains in slot machine win last month bode well for the upcoming summer season.

News Brief: Without a doubt, some of the Mississippi Coast's best places to people watch and make new friends are its casinos' bars.

News Brief: The big draw on June 25, when the Chinook Winds Casino throws a 10th anniversary celebration, will be country-singing star George Jones.

News Brief: Country Club Hills Mayor Dwight Welch and Alderman Steven Burris exchanged heated words over Burris' motives to put gambling in the city up for a vote.

News Brief: The Senate Tuesday night voted 22-13 to put a proposal for a racino in Washington County on a statewide ballot. The tally falls just one vote shy of the needed two-thirds majority to override a possible veto by Gov. John Baldacci.

News Brief: Two dozen business leaders have signed a letter against a proposed Park City tribal casino, which supporters have pitched as a way to generate money for Kansas to fund education.

News Brief: Due to the Pauma Indian band's new state gambling compact, the county’s about-face concerning potential impacts and general lack of communication, the new annex of Casino Pauma is an alcohol-free zone.

News Brief: The California Valley Miwok tribe is focused only on western Merced County near Los Banos as a spot for a new casino.

The Stratosphere Casino Hotel and Tower will present its annual citywide fireworks display and "Independence Pool Party" on Sunday, July 3.

Pechanga Resort & Casino’s new High Limited Gaming Area was designed and constructed with ancient Chinese Feng Shui principles in mind to promote balance and harmony for its guests.

Oklahoma may be less than two weeks away from having its first racetrack casino operation, according to Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Executive Director Gordon Hare.

Starting this week, consumers nationwide will get a taste of Las Vegas through a series of new television spots that will do something that tourism bureaus nationwide have so far avoided.

Casino Marketing: The 2005 Conference returns for its second big year July 17-19 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

The fair was held to recruit workers for housekeeping positions at the new hotel tower at Caesars Palace set to open in July.

The Las Vegas-based commercial passenger carrier has begun flights linking Orlando's Sanford Airport with four cities already on the airline's route map.

News Brief: Surrounded by roses, balloons and a cake adorned with her face, Violet Johnston rung in her 100th year playing bingo at the Swinomish Northern Lights Casino.

The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians has filed a second lawsuit in an attempt to get a reservation casino in Louisiana.

Over the governor's opposition, a Senate panel approved a bill Tuesday that would let a New Orleans cruise ship offer gambling on board.