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Mammoth legislative session sees Senate approve Cuomo's casino bill that permits four casinos in upstate New York.

Taxes raised from the Rivers Casino to fund 19 civic, education, environmental and arts-related projects.

The World Series of Poker's highest buy-in event is taking place this week with the $111,111 One Drop High Roller, and Aaron Todd chimes in with his top-10 predictions for the event.

As New Jersey prepares for its next court hearing on Wednesday over its efforts to legalize sports betting, gaming officials in Canada are urging lawmakers to vote on a bill legalizing Las Vegas-style sports books.

Voters in the small Massachusetts town of Everett overwhelmingly approved a referendum signing off on Steve Wynn’s proposal to develop a $1.2 billion resort casino on a site that once housed a chemical plant.

Both Nevada and New Jersey require players to be physically located within the states’ respective borders to gamble through computers or mobile devices.

Mark Pilarski explains why it's important to make sure your ticket is correct when you leave a slot machine.

Revel is revising its name to Revel Casino Hotel and prioritizing the gambling floor in its new marketing strategy.

The young poker pro and college student from the Dallas area won the $2,500 Razz event on Friday morning at the WSOP at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Eric Lindgren may have enjoyed his greatest moment on Friday morning when he claimed his second World Series of Poker bracelet, winning the $5,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em event for $606,317.

Louisiana casinos see healthy revenue with 1.3 percent increase, but jobs have been lost due to static customer numbers.

Racinos back Cuomo's bill after amendment that offers tax parity if casinos are located nearby.

Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez approved the move at a short Thursday hearing.

The ruling comes a few days Pinnacle reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission over antitrust issues surrounding the deal.

The Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously approved the gaming license applications of father and son Larry Jean Woolf and Larry David Woolf and their company, Navegante Gaming Inc., to manage Hooters Hotel.

The tournament takes place August 22 - 28.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss Revel's new strategy to attract slot players, whether the "most cashes" record at the WSOP means anything and Sheldon Adelson's rant against online gambling. And in the most degenerate 5 minutes in podcasting, they make their best bets for the week.

Jarred Graham can add his name to the list of Australians who have excelled at the World Series of Poker after claiming the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low title for his first WSOP bracelet and $255,942.

Chris Dombrowski won the latest $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em title at the World Series of Poker event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for $346,332, beating a field of 2,108 players.

The Texas trio will rock The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.