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News Brief: State Senator Dave Kleis has announced legislation that would make it clearly legal tavern and bowling alley owners to host Texas Hold’em tournaments.

ews Brief: In what would be their first official move against a proposed Isle of Capri Casino riverboat in Elmwood, four Jefferson Parish Council members said Tuesday they plan to vote as early as today on a resolution opposing the casino's plans.

This March, E! is shuffling the deck on the celebrity poker genre with the launch of ‘Hollywood Poker Night’.

On last night's finale episode of Celebrity Blackjack on GSN, Jason Alexander rode his good fortune and blackjack skills to become the series' new champion.

The Pennsylvania Lottery today announced that WLT Trust and its beneficiaries are the winners of the Dec. 8, 2004 Powerball(R) jackpot worth a $171.4 million annuity or $93.4 million cash.

No ticket matched all six Mega Millions numbers to take home the nation's largest jackpot, so that jackpot now rolls to an estimated $111 million for the Friday, January 14, 2005 drawing.

Harrah's Entertainment announced Tuesday it will build its first resort under the well-known Horseshoe brand, turning a racetrack casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, into the state's largest gaming establishment.

More than 60 executive- and management-level employees of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Tuesday moved one step closer to landing average salary range increases of approximately 14 percent to 15 percent.

Local travel leaders' decision Tuesday to commit $3.6 million over three years to promote an annual Arena Football League championship weekend illustrates their belief that top-tier special events will play an increased role in luring more visitors to Southern Nevada.

The leader of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said this city's message to would-be rivals remains remarkably simple: We're number one, and we're going to stay number one.

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Chairman Thomas A. Decker and American Gaming Association President Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. are among the speakers who will participate in Pennsylvania Gaming Congress 2005.

Market leaders Raving Consulting and Ascend Media Gaming Group are teaming up to produce the Second Northern Nevada Gaming Summit, February 22-23, 2005 at Harrah's Reno.

Gaming Partners International Corporation reports the appointment of Elisabeth Carrette to its board of directors.

A man won more than $3.9 million on a $20 investment while waiting for his departing flight from McCarran International Airport

Station Casinos has been named one of Fortune magazine's 100 best companies to work for in 2005, the first Nevada-based company and member of the gaming industry to appear on the list.

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. has reached agreements to acquire its partner's 18 percent interest in the company that owns and operates the Caesars Indiana casino resort.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that after receiving approval from the Coast Guard, the company has re-opened the riverboat casino portion of Belterra Casino Resort.

John G. Brokopp: In light of recent changes and upgrades to its Joliet, Illinois, location, the company is obviously preparing for the day when it will no longer have a Harrah’s branded destination in Northwest Indiana.

News Brief: All five riverboat casinos in the St. Louis metropolitan area had more people on the boats and increased revenue in December, the Missouri Gaming Commission and Illinois Gaming Board said.

News Brief: Representatives of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians hailed a federal court decision Monday that they say removes federal obstacles to constructing a casino on Shingle Springs Rancheria.