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Four nationally recognized industry experts will address internet gaming questions at the 15th annual East Coast Gaming Congress, May 23-24.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan joins host Aaron Todd live from San Francisco to discuss the Global iGaming Summit and Expo, the closing of the Sahara, and the decision by PokerStars to donate more than $500,000 in winnings by an underage player to charity.

Man sees Luxor Casino alleging they threw him out when he was a guest there.

Receding Mississippi River floodwaters are allowing casinos in Tunica, Miss., to get back to business.

A drag racing hobbyist laid claim to the $100,000 winner's share at Commerce Casino's $300,000 No Limit Hold'em Turbo event.

Hank Williams Jr. will perform for all his rowdy friends at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa on July 2.

Pinnacle Entertainment has gone with a familiar name for the company's $357 million hotel-casino under construction in Baton Rouge, La.; Pinnacle Entertainment has named the company's $357 million hotel-casino under construction in Baton Rouge, La., L'Auberge Baton Rouge, extending the brand of the company flagship L'Auberge du Lac in Lake Charles, La.

Station Casinos Inc. on Monday reported a smaller first-quarter loss compared with last year as revenues generated at the company's 18 local casinos remained stable.

The Blackfeet Nation's Glacier Peaks Casino has selected Table Trac as the provider of a comprehensive, total solution casino management system.

Greektown Casino-Hotel's smartphone app is now available for download on Windows® Phone 7 with a new “favorite slots” feature that enables guests to check if their favorite slot machines are available to play.

The American Gaming Association's "State of the States" reportoutlines the jobs, revenues and taxes commercial casinos produce in every state that licenses and regulates commercial casinos, and also includes the results of a survey that provides a perspective on the casino-going population. Casino City's Aaron Todd provides a top-10 list of takeaways from this year's report.

Riverwalk and Ameristar Casino, both in Vicksburg, remain open despite the rise in the Mississippi River.

When the Sahara's doors close, it will mark the end of a long and storied history in Strip entertainment.

The Sahara's final guest checks out at around noon on Monday. The nearly 60-year-old Strip resort will cease operations two hours later, a victim of both the recession and of progress.

Former owner of the Sahara Paul Lowden reminisces about his time running the iconic Vegas strip casino, and plans one last dinner at its famous House of Lords steakhouse before the casino closes its doors for good.

Monday’s closing of the Sahara will put almost 400 employees out of work. SBE Entertainment is providing Sahara workers with severance pay based on years of service.

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas' first quarter of operations is in the books, and despite its high occupancy rate, the newest resort on the Strip reported a $56.8 million loss, the company said Friday.

American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC, owner of the Stratosphere, on Thursday posted a bigger first-quarter loss than a year earlier and a moderate decline in revenues.

A Las Vegas business is giving Nevada residents a chance to buy lottery tickets in California and Arizona, but officials differ on whether or not the business is legal.

Attorneys for Green Valley Ranch Gaming LLC said low-ranking creditors who are challenging the $500 million sale of the Green Valley Ranch Resort in Henderson to affiliates of the Fertitta family should be removed from the case's unsecured creditors committee.