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Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that voters in East Baton Rouge Parish approved the development and construction of Riviere.

News Brief: The Louisiana Lottery Corporation has transferred more than $10.2 million from December revenue to the state treasury department, bringing its fiscal year total transfers to $63,056,025 million.

Hotels At Home has launched new in-room catalog and e- commerce programs for three leading hotel brands, including L'auberge du lac Casino Resorts.

News Brief: In a campaign finance report, Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. reported spending $5 million over the past year to sell East Baton Rouge Parish voters on its proposed new $250 million casino on the Mississippi River near Gardere Lane.

News Brief: Fair Grounds and Louisiana state officials say the slot room will make the track better, increase racing purses and attract higher quality horses.

Horseshoe Casino and Hotel along with CMT today announced plans for the first ever CMT Crossroads Bar.

News Brief: Despite the addition of two gambling outlets, Louisiana's state-licensed casinos only won a fraction more last month than in November 2006.

News Brief: The Iberville Parish Council has unanimously adopt a resolution of support for a racino to be constructed in St. Gabriel, Louisiana.

Schiffer previews the grand opening of Harlow's Casino, reports on a free play trend in Tunica and promotes a Elvis impersonator contest.

News Brief: The Fair Grounds Race Course kicked off its 81-day thoroughbred meet Thursday with an added attraction: 245 slot machines.

European WSOP runner-up John Tabatabai to participate in New Orleans circuit event.

The Small Town Poker Tour will visit the Cajun Dome Convention Center in Lafayette, Louisiana November 2 and 3 for an event that will benefit the United Way of Acadiana.

Our Top-10 list of Gambling Destinations begins in New England, travels the high seas to China and lands in Las Vegas.

News Brief: The Metro Council decided Wednesday to let parish voters determine Feb. 9 whether Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. can build a casino in south Baton Rouge.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that the Louisiana Gaming Control Board has approved its plans for a hotel and gaming entertainment project on more than 550 acres of land in Baton Rouge.

News Brief: By a vote of 7-0, the Metro Council voted Wednesday to file a lawsuit and use any legal means necessary to get information about the economic impact of Pinnacle Entertainment’s proposed riverboat casino project in south Baton Rouge.

Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino recently finished its 2007 spring/summer season with across-the-board gains in several major categories.

Fair Grounds Race Course enters a new era with the opening of a temporary slot-machine gaming facility at 10 a.m. Sept. 21, Fair Grounds President Randall Soth announced today.

Wednesday marks two years since Hurricane Katrina roared across the Gulf of Mexico and demolished the vibrant casino industry that had flourished along Mississippi's Gulf Coast.

News Brief: Shreveport-Bossier City casinos today gave $63,084 to the Louisiana Association on Compulsive Gambling in recognition of Responsible Gaming Week, which started Monday and ends Friday.