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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo a day early at Barona Resort & Casino's "Cuatro de Mayo" event on Sunday, May 4 when players will have the chance to win prizes.

Casino City's Dan Podheiser covered the final two days of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Season XII World Championship at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City. It was the first poker tournament he'd ever covered.

Nothing has occupied the first floor of downtown Henderson’s Pinnacle Building for three years, but a sale of the structure was approved last week, paving the way for an urban lounge to fill the empty space.

The 65,000-square-foot rooftop nightclub, day club and pool deck were designed by Victor Drai.

Connecticut-based hedge fund Silver Point Capital and private equity firm Z Capital Partners of Illinois used similar language to describe reconstituting Affinity’s board.

The food and beverage director at Texas Station claims Station Casinos has a practice or policy “of intentionally refusing to compensate women equal pay for similar work done by male co-employees.”

Stammen bested a field of 328 players in the $15,400 buy-in, six-day event to take home the title and the $1.35 million first-place prize.

Gov. Rick Scott wants clarification from Congress on the Wire Act and demands opposition to online gambling.

Lucky Rivers Casino guest hit it jackpot, while playing one of the casino’s 2,900 slot machines, taking home nearly $183,000 in cash.

A state bill to end greyhound racing has died on a technicality.

This new location is expected to boost the local Jacksonville economy by increasing business for area hotels and restaurants.

Through the company’s Americas division, Genting said it paid the $1 million application fee to the New York State Gaming Commission as part of an application for one of four casino licenses for the Hudson Valley and Catskill regions.

Penn National Gaming, which owns M Resort, is again looking at the Strip for possible expansion opportunities.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan, Aaron Todd and Dan Podheiser discuss the state of casino gaming in Massachusetts where MGM wants more certainty and Suffolk Downs says it will close if it doesn't receive a casino license, the new World Series of Poker poker room opening in Atlantic City and the state of online gaming in New Jersey and the hard work that goes into hosting a home poker game. And as always, they make their best bets for the week.

The development is planned for a 120-acre parcel in Orange County, N.Y., one of the destinations designated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that is viewed as helping revive the economy in upstate New York.

Lights out for Earth Day at Horseshoe Casino.

The mixed-use property, which is owned by Chief Executive Officer of SBE Entertainment Sam Nazarian and has more than 1,600 guest rooms and suites, is expected to be completed by fall 2014.

Germany’s largest bank, which opened the 3,000-room Cosmopolitan in December 2010 after it foreclosed on the project’s original developer, is reportedly seeking a buyer for the resort.

James Kennedy of Birmingham, England, was greeted by Stratosphere General Manager Paul Hobson at the entrance to the 1,149-foot-tall tower with balloons, an entourage of Stratosphere employees and cameras.

The MSPT at Potawatomi Casino will take place August 30 – September 7, 2014 and boast a $200,000 Guaranteed Main Event prize pool.