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From July 28th through September 5th, The Bicycle Casino hosts one of their largest poker tournaments of the year, the Legends of Poker.

Pennsylvania Senator Robert M. Tomlinson supports the new gaming act which he has was a lead sponsor for.

BetWWTS.com has seen a shift in U.S. Presidential betting and now lists Democratic candidate John Kerry as a slight favorite to win the election.

Despite a surge in ticket-buying travelers, heated competition within the U.S. airline industry actually drove down the cost of flying to and from Las Vegas earlier this year.

Consumers and tourists helped Nevada post another double-digit gain in taxable sales in May, up 12.6 percent over May 2003, the state Department of Taxation reported Wednesday.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $54 million.

Caesars Entertainment Inc. recently purchased about 7 acres of land behind its Bally's hotel-casino that it may use for future development.

News Brief: Advocates of open government said Des Moines and Polk County officials violated the law and created distrust in the public when they negotiated in secret to reach a gambling deal.

News Brief: Ideas were pitched to an ad hoc committee looking into ways to protect the gambling industry from storms.

News Brief: A proposed casino in Calhoun County is back in the spotlight. Critics and supporters will get their say on its potential environmental impact during a public hearing.

News Brief: Detroit’s casinos have not become the magic bullet for development. However, George Boyer, chief operating officer of MGM Grand, maintains that the casinos have been a catalyst for other development by introducing Detroit to people who previously stayed away.

JCM American has been granted a temporary gaming license by the State of Arizona.

News Brief: Pennsylvania may speed up $1 billion in property tax cuts by becoming the second state to sell bonds backed by slot-machine revenue, Treasurer Barbara Hafer said.

Smaller, regional casinos will likely face tougher competition if the two pending acquisitions between MGM Mirage and Mandalay Resort Group and Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and Caesars Entertainment Inc. take effect, according to executives.

News Brief: A newly enacted law that will bring slot machines to Pennsylvania is meant to insulate regulators both from partisan politics and the gaming industry itself, but some experts are concerned about some of the elements.

News Brief: The tribal members of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association voted unanimously to support a proposal by a Southern California tribe that will appear on the November ballot.

Visitors spent more than $20.2 billion in Nevada in 2002, according to a report from the Travel Industry Association of America.

MGM Mirage's pending buyout of Mandalay Resort Group hit its first snag when the Federal Trade Commission requested more information about the competitive consequences of their proposed merger.

News Brief: Eastern Washington's Kalispel Tribe has decided that it needs to assist the gamblers in its Northern Quest casino who had developed problems.

News Brief: The Rockaway Beach casino issue is stacking up as one of the most expensive ballot questions in Missouri election history.