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Harrah's Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment have substantially complied with a request from the Federal Trade Commission for additional information surrounding their proposed $9.4 billion merger agreement.

Sportbook.com has offered to by the baseball from the Boston Red Sox’s historic win.

News Brief: The West Virginia Lottery Commission has reconsidered its position and has decided to give Kanawha County more support in enforcing its Video Lottery Establishment Ordinance.

News Brief: Financing plans for a new Indianapolis Colts stadium are in trouble, as House Speaker Brian Bosma said plans to expand gambling to pay for it are ‘dead.’

News Brief: Canterbury Park Holding Corp. says that it does not know how a new racetrack in Anoka County, Minnesota, will affect the company.

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. reports that the Minnesota Racing Commission granted North Metro Harness Initiative, LLC's application to construct and operate a harness racetrack in Columbus Township, Anoka County, MN.

Shuffle Master, Inc. today announced that the Company will form a wholly-owned subsidiary company, Shuffle Up Productions, Inc.

Boomtown Casino and Hotel Reno is dazzling with a $75,000 Diamond Giveaway through April 2 that will award Hearts on Fire, Scott Kay and other dazzling diamond jewelry.

A plan to install slot machines at Gulfstream Park and three other pari-mutuel facilities will be decided March 8 by Broward County voters.

State auditors have found that charitable causes supported by legalized gambling in Minnesota are being shortchanged as more than 40 percent of the groups sponsoring gambling spend too much of their revenue on business expenses.

News Brief: The chairman of the Mississippi House Gaming Committee has introduced a vaguely worded bill that can be used to amend state law so casinos can better protect themselves from hurricanes.

Membership in the Gaming Standards Association continues to grow worldwide, and the organization is proud to welcome its newest Platinum Member, the Genting Group, the leading casino operator in the Asia Pacific region.

News Brief: A proposal to build the state's first nontribal casino in the Portland area would have to clear huge political hurdles that cast doubt on the project's future, gambling industry observers say.

News Brief: The Lewis County Coalition Against Gambling Expansion and the Lewis County Ministerial Association filed an appeal with the West Virginia Supreme Court in regards to a proposed plan to turn the now closed Weston State Hospital into a resort and casino.

News Brief: Chairman Aaron Payment of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and Marvin Beatty of the Greektown Casino Management Board have been named acting Chief Executive Officers of Greektown Casino.

One ticket matched all six Mega Millions numbers in the Tuesday, January 18, 2005 drawing, and now players are checking their tickets to see who won the estimated $130 million jackpot.

The Las Vegas City Council is expected to delay voting on a measure that could relieve Boyd Gaming of its obligation to build a parking garage on city land it bought for $1 in 1994.

Bonus Bet 21 is one of the first table games to be developed on the internet prior to introduction as a casino table game.

Global Casinos, Inc. has completed a $500,000 private debt offering.