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PokerRoom.com, one of the world's largest online poker sites, will host two poker tournaments this weekend to benefit the victims of the devastating tsunamis in Southeast Asia.

AngelCiti Entertainment, Inc. has retained OTC Financial Network, a division of National Financial Communications Corp., to implement a comprehensive investor relations program.

News Brief: More and more casinos are converting to the ticket in, ticket out technology, which converts money to a piece of paper than can be exchanged between nickel and quarter or any other denomination machines.

Saratoga Gaming and Raceway celebrates its First Anniversary of operation on January 28, 2005 and to commemorate the occasion is hosting a full month of special promotions.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $37 million.

House of Blues Atlantic City and Showboat Atlantic City, a subsidiary of Harrah's Operating Company, Inc. have joined forces to open the 10th House of Blues location at Showboat, The Mardi Gras Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

News Brief: Just five years or so into the gambling game, Paul Blanchard is part-owner of the Downs at Albuquerque racetrack and casino and the new Zia Park racino in Hobbs.

News Brief: Jemez Pueblo and Santa Fe art dealer Jerry Peters have formally approached the federal government for approval of New Mexico's first off-reservation casino in Anthony.

News Brief: The Isle of Capri may proceed with plans for a bigger gambling barge, and Boomtown may move its casino from leased property to land it owns.

Black Oak Casino will be temporarily shutting its doors for 48-hours starting on Monday, January 10 and Tuesday, January 11.

News Brief: In a move that could spell trouble for the French Lick casino, state lawmakers will review the project's progress and the state's decision to award the license to Donald Trump's company.

News Brief: In a move that could spell trouble for the French Lick casino, state lawmakers will review the project's progress and the state's decision to award the license to Donald Trump's company.

News Brief: Swinomish leaders have big plans for the northern end of the tribe's reservation east of Anacortes — a new resort with its own marina.

News Brief: A key Republican lawmaker will propose his own financial deal to help keep the Indianapolis Colts in town by adding 5,000 slot machines at the state's two horse tracks.

CIBC World Markets is arranging a $650 million refinancing for Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., according to officials of the Biloxi, Miss.-based riverboat gambling operator.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. intends to lease a "villa suite" at the upcoming Wynn Las Vegas megaresort to company Chief Executive Steve Wynn and his wife, Elaine, a company director.

News Brief: With a trial now three weeks away -- and a potential buyer circling again -- lawyers on both sides of the alleged Lincoln Park bribery-conspiracy case have been sharpening their arguments.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the jackpot grows to an estimated $80 million for the Friday, January 7, 2005 drawing.

While Rosie the Robot was nowhere to be found, odds are good even George Jetson would be impressed by the products showcased at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show.