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Englishman James Dempsey defeated former November Niner Soi Nguyen to win $821,612 at the World Poker Tour's Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic in Las Vegas.

The retrial of the Alabama gambling vote-buying case will not take place in separate trials.

With 2011 drawing to a close, Casino City's Vin Narayanan looks ahead and outlines the top stories to watch next year when it comes to licensing and regulating online gaming in the U.S.

48-year-old female employee is suspected of stealing up to $1.2 million from the Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack.

Cleveland's Horseshoe Casino has started recruitment for another 750 jobs.

Viejas Casino Team Members and guests have donated more than 3,000 toys for the Salvation Army serving eastern San Diego.

The Dec. 22 Las Vegas Bowl between Boise State University and Arizona State University is expected to be the game's seventh straight sellout.

October's gaming revenues in Nevada were $960.7 million, an 8.1 percent increase compared with $888.6 million in October 2010.

Hours after news broke that Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson opposes any federal legislation allowing states to license and regulate online poker, players flooded social media with calls to boycott The Venetian's poker room.

December's events include a performance by The Beach Boys.

Rivers Casino in Des Plaines took in $32 million in revenue during November.

The Meadows Racetrack and Casino will host the first-ever slot tournament in Pennsylvania on Dec. 12.

The two bills A-4294 and ACR-209, if approved, would see slots at racetracks established.

Revenue down 6 percent for Atlantic City casinos for November 2011.

The Las Vegas Hilton will be known by its new name the LVH-Las Vegas Hotel & Casino beginning Jan. 3.

The U.S. Department of Interior and FBI are investigating possible misuse of funds by the North Fork Rancheria band of Mono Indians in connection to money the tribe receives from Station Casinos.

A potential casino complex in Miami could siphon an estimated $1 billion to $2 billion in annual gaming revenues away from the Las Vegas Strip.

Harlow's Casino Resort & Hotel in Greenville broke ground on renovations of areas that were impacted by the Mississippi River flooding this year.

The 2006 Main Event champion will is the Las Vegas casino's new poker spokesman and the Tropicana’s poker room will be named “The Jamie Gold Poker Room.”