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Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $40 million jackpot, that jackpot now grows to an estimated $50 million for the Friday, February 11, 2005 drawing.

It's become an annual rite of winter, and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman held true to form Tuesday when delivering another post-Super Bowl tirade against the National Football League.

As celebration of Chinese New Year starts today, many Strip properties are pulling out all stops to welcome Far East visitors with large bankrolls looking to welcome the Year of the Rooster.

Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell today presented a ceremonial check for over $14.7 million to three women who were winners of a recent Powerball Lottery jackpot.

Yes, Steve Wynn really was on top of his Wynn Las Vegas hotel when the resort's new television commercial was filmed.

When the three-member state Gaming Control Board meets in Carson City Wednesday and Thursday, there will only be two members to cast votes.

News Brief: Bay State racetracks have temporarily cut business ties to a New Hampshire dog track where top managers.

A group of investors which formerly bid on Lincoln Park's parent company now plans to buy the park itself, according to the governor and legislative leaders.

News Brief: The casino tax revenue gravy train could slow for St. Charles and some other cites, while property owners could get a tax break under legislation pending in the Missouri Senate.

News Brief: A California tribe’s plans to build a major casino next to an environmentally sensitive stretch of shoreline near Oakland International Airport has been met with resistance from local residents and environmentalists.

News Brief: A $200 million expansion and the first Native-American-owned Starbucks are only the beginning of an Indio Empire for Fantasy Springs Resort, a top executive vowed last week.

News Brief: The Maine Gambling Control Board's first executive director, Robert Welch, has set honesty and integrity among his top priorities for the racetrack casino headed for Bass Park.

Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino co- Chairman Robert Earl and Clear Channel Entertainment CEO Brian Becker announced a partnership that will raise the bar for entertainment options in Las Vegas.

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority reports that net revenues for the Mohegan Sun for the Q1 2005 increased by $12.3 million, or 4.0%, to $319.3 million from $307.0 million for Q1 2004.

The National Football League's efforts to stop Las Vegas-themed ads from airing within this year's Super Bowl telecast were as successful as Sunday's bumbling two-minute drill offense by the Philadelphia Eagles.

An Ohio businessman who says he was rejected from Neonopolis because his proposed nightclub would have attracted a largely gay audience has settled his dispute with the struggling downtown Las Vegas mall.

News Brief: The pair of casinos in Jackpot, Nevada, raked in 5.0 percent more revenue than a year ago in the fourth quarter, helping to more than triple operating income there.

The Federal Trade Commission has approved Caesars Entertainment Inc.'s purchase of the remaining stake in an Indiana riverboat casino.

News Brief: Mississippi casino companies are courting minority businesses and promoting their successes as they try to head off set-aside requirements and vendor reporting.

Bob Ameral was so excited about watching the Super Bowl in a casino Sunday that he got to the tiny sports book at the Cannery 2 1/2 hours before kickoff to get the best seat.