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Lakes Entertainment, Inc. received approximately $6.0 million in cash from Metroflag related to the previously announced sale of the Travelodge property in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Station Casinos, Inc. has completed its new $1 billion revolving bank facility, which refinances its $500 million revolving credit facility.

Summit Entertainment Group reports the finalization of a Letter of intent to acquire / purchase a casino in Biloxi Mississippi.

News Brief: The growth of gambling in Oregon has been outstripping predictions for two decades, ever since voters created the Oregon Lottery, which was sold as a low-key affair to raise a little cash for economic development.

News Brief: California’s Cabazon Band of Mission Indians opened the doors to its newest addition, a 12-story hotel and 100,000-square-foot special-events center.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Mountain High Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado.

The Illinois Gaming Board announced today that a 24th site to enroll persons in the Board’s Statewide Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program has opened in Davenport, Iowa.

News Brief: The NCAA, which has been outspoken in opposition to sports gambling, does not oppose Mayor Bart Peterson's plan to finance a new retractable roof stadium mostly with gambling money.

Seven men charged in federal court with felony gambling offenses pleaded not guilty on Monday.

News Brief: A casino patron who claimed another player at a poker table at Bally's Atlantic City lunged at him, grabbed him by the throat and ripped his shirt filed a federal lawsuit against the casino, police and several others.

The state Gaming Control Board has reached a settlement with an Albuquerque department store over two slot machines that were seized in October.

News Brief: The Atlantic City Casino Reinvestment Development Authority approved new design guidelines that will serve as a blueprint for the Boardwalk's future growth.

News Brief: A former French food manager at the MGM Grand Detroit Casino has filed a federal lawsuit charging the casino with operating a hostile anti-French workplace environment and firing him for opposing discriminatory practices against African-Americans.

News Brief: Casino Fortune says it's ready to ante up more than $5 million to put its name on ‘The Charging Bull,’ the 7,000-pound bronze sculpture near Wall Street.

When the self-described Secret Santa began handing out $100 bills, the surprise turned to joyous tears.

In an Internet poll, more people from Burlington, Vermont, nominated their town to host the first stop on the Small Town Poker Tour; the other top two were Hampton Roads, Virginia, and Tauton, Mass.

Northern Kentucky developer and casino gambling advocate Jerry Carroll, who owns Kentucky Speedway and formerly owned the Turfway Park thoroughbred track in Florence, believes the state legislature will vote on legalizing casino gambling in 2006.

With just four days remaining before tip-off, Sportsbook.com fans are picking the Miami Heat to beat the LA Lakers and Shaq over Kobe in head-to-head competition.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, the estimated jackpot for the Friday, December 24, 2004 drawing advances to $40 million.