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Nobu Hospitality will renovate the Centurion Tower in a year-long transformation that will turn the building into the Nobu Hotel Las Vegas.

The 23-year-old outlasted a final table that included Carlos Mortensen to win over $1.6 million and his first WPT title.

The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood has launched mobile applications for the iPhone and Android and a BlackBerry Accessible mobile site.

Erik Seidel defeated Chris Moneymaker in the finals to claim the $750,000 first-place prize.

Iowa renews two casino gambling licenses for a year.

Voters may have an opportunity to decide if slots should join Texas racetracks.

Catherine Zeta Jones and Bruce Willis to star in Stephen Frears directed adaption of a gambling memoir.

Pinnacle CFO Stephen Capp will remain at his current position until the end of the month.

Fortune named Wynn Resorts the fourth most admired company in the category of hotels, casinos and resorts, the highest Las Vegas company.

February slot machine revenue jumped 23 percent compared to January and 17.6 percent compared to February 2010.

Cantor Gaming's latest multimillion-dollar race and sports book was scheduled to Friday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

Gov. Chris Christie has conditionally vetoed a bill that would allow Atlantic City casinos to offer online gambling to New Jersey residents. Because it is a conditional veto, the Legislature can still tweak the bill and send it back to the governor's desk for his approval.

The Iowa State Government Committee voted 9-6 in favor of a measure that would legalize and regulate intrastate Internet poker.

$39.7 million was gambled on slots at Presque Isle Downs the week of Feb 21-27.

Horseshoe Southern Indiana non-smoking section now three times bigger.

Californian card clubs raided in organized crime crackdown.

Despite president and CEO Keith Smith saying Boyd Gaming's "core business is improving," shares in the casino company dropped 7.3 percent on Tuesday.

Las Vegas Sands saw its stock drop more than six percent after it was revealed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice have opened investigations.

An Iowa state senator will introduce a gaming bill this week that will allow casinos to offer legalized online poker to residents.

Erik Seidel won the L.A. Poker Classic's $25K Tournament and has won over $3.5 million so far this year.