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Vegas woman wins $12 million slot jackpot

6 February 2007

1-year-old Las Vegas woman made a little magic of her own today when she hit the dollar Megabucks jackpot for $12,076,530.

Fair Grounds bolsters purses again

5 February 2007

Fair Grounds Race Course today announced a purse increase of approximately 10 percent on overnight races beginning with the card of Thursday, February 8.

Louisiana officials warn of scams

1 February 2007

News Brief: Consumers should beware of e-mail lottery scams that are flooding the Internet, state officials said Tuesday.

B. B. King released from hospital, still playing Horseshoe Casino

29 January 2007

News Brief: B. B King is back to his old self after a bout of illness and still scheduled to perform next week at the Horseshoe Casino in Bossier City.

Fair Grounds increases purse

15 January 2007

Fair Grounds Race Course today announced a 10 percent increase on overnight purses beginning with the card of Thursday, January 18.

Louisiana casino makes area family-friendly

12 January 2007

News Brief: Behind-the-scenes planning is under way to make district around Shreveport’s Eldorado Casino more friendly to the under-21 crowd.

Casino City Gaming Stories of the Year

2 January 2007

The Casino City Editorial staff announces their 2006 Gaming Stories of the Year.

Inside gaming column: Amid wave of scandal, gaming execs untainted

18 December 2006

Rod Smith's final column offering a selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

Pinnacle Entertainment to expand Boomtown New Orleans

13 December 2006

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that its board of directors has approved a major expansion and renovation of the company's Boomtown New Orleans property.

Slot jackpot to help others

8 December 2006

The winner of a $4,348,921 jackpot on a $1 Wheel of Fortune Machine is planning to use the money to help families affected by cancer.

Louisiana Downs executive hopes to develop more jackpot wagers

6 December 2006

News Brief: The racing industry has come to terms with the idea that slots players are not horseplayers, but horse racing can still learn a lot from slot machines.

Pinnacle plans Louisiana inland casino

6 December 2006

News Brief: Pinnacle Entertainment has confirmed that its proposed south Baton Rouge riverboat casino would operate inland on a large pond between River Road and Nicholson Drive, and not be berthed directly on the Mississippi River.

Churchill Downs track reopens

24 November 2006

News Brief: Churchill Downs Inc.'s Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans has begun its first live race meet since Hurricane Katrina damaged the facility in August 2005.

Casino Rouge plans name change

22 November 2006

News Brief: Casino Rouge plans to change the name of its riverboat casino and the Louisiana Gaming Control Board today unanimously approved those plans.

Louisiana casino boat license awarded

20 November 2006

News Brief: After years of St. Mary Parish working to procure Louisiana’s 15th and last waterway gambling license, Amelia will soon be home of a riverboat casino.

One of three gaming measures passes

8 November 2006

Two of the three casino-related issues on ballots Tuesday were rejected by voters.

Pinnacle Entertainment wins vote for second Lake Charles Resort

8 November 2006

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that voters in Lake Charles, Louisiana have approved a local-option referendum that would permit construction of a new $350 million casino hotel, Sugarcane Bay, adjacent to their L'Auberge du Lac facility.

Louisiana casino industry slowly recovering from Katrina

6 November 2006

News Brief: Louisiana's casinos took in a combined $58.4 million in September, down from $59.3 million in August.

Pinnacle seeking addition in Gulf

1 November 2006

Pinnacle Entertainment has submitted an application to state gaming regulators to move a shuttered Lake Charles riverboat casino to a new location in Baton Rouge.

Casino theft suspect caught

31 October 2006

News Brief: A 24-year-old LaPlace woman wanted by the St. John the Baptist Sheriff's Office for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 from a Reserve casino where she was employed was arrested in an apartment in Virginia.

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