Louisiana News - Page 21

Fair Grounds Race Course cancelled the final four races of its Mardi Gras Day card Tuesday after a fire broke out in the men's restroom on the east end of the second floor of the grandstand.

Fair Grounds Race Course and Churchill Downs have confirmed their intent to move forward with plans to build a slot machine gaming facility adjacent to the historic racetrack in New Orleans.

News Brief: Investigators told the Louisiana Gaming Control Board that nothing in Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.’s known background should block renewal of the L’Auberge du Lac Casino in Lake Charles.

With searchlights, red carpet, celebrity impersonators, and exciting gaming play, Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge premieres tomorrow, February 9.

News Brief: A public opinion poll commissioned by a competitor of Pinnacle Entertainment’s proposed riverboat casino-hotel resort in south Baton Rouge indicates major local opposition to the project.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.