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Spectrum Gaming Group, which conducted a suitability background investigation of Caesars Entertainment for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, said in a statement it did not make any recommendation in its draft report.

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

PokerStars hit by license application suspension by state gaming regulators.

The lawsuit claims Stephen Crosby’s “tortious interference” with Caesars partnership with the Suffolk Down Race Track violated the company’s “contractual rights to fair consideration” in the Massachusetts gaming license application process.

This is the largest single donation of toys ever received by the local Salvation Army.

Pro-casino group forms to push for table games at Saratoga Casino and Raceway.

Construction on the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City has been stopped by a judge.

November revenue weighs in at $224.7 million -- a 29 percent increase on last November which was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.

The magic of the holiday season has taken over Bellagio as the Las Vegas resort's Conservatory & Botanical Gardens unveils a glistening winter wonderland.

The final piece of the 1,300-foot track for the El Loco roller coaster is being laid this week.

During a House subcommittee hearing examining the status of Internet gambling in the United States, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said Las Vegas Sands vice president Andrew Abboud's anti-online gambling stance "feels a little hypocritical."

The Las Vegas-based gaming company issued the statement after a planphilly.com report Friday suggested Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn was not finished with Philadelphia, despite his company’s license-application withdrawal.

Competition from Ohio casinos is seeing slot machine numbers reduced in Southeast Indiana riverboat casinos.

The 11-tournament series will begin with a $600 no-limit hold’em $100,000 guarantee and will wrap up with a $300 no-limit hold’em $20,000 guarantee.

In late November, Brian McGill, who follows publicly traded casino companies and slot machine manufacturers for financial services company Janney Montgomery Scott, sampled the new East Coast Internet gaming opportunities in Delaware and New Jersey.

Hearings over the next few weeks involving MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts Ltd. may provide a clearer idea of when casinos will open in Massachusetts.

Gaming regulators rejected Tim Poster's request for a full-fledged gaming license.

Introduction of table games help Maryland increase gambling revenue 47 percent.

Israel Consul General David Siegel said discussion of gaming that could benefit Israeli tourism is in the preliminary stages only.

On Feb. 3, The Scintas bring their Vegas show to The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.