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he Trump Taj Mahal will host the CEO Poker Tour, May 19-25, where players will battle over the green felt of the poker table for an exclusive Tiffany Championship bracelet, cash, trophies, prizes and bragging rights.

News Brief: Other casinos are being put to the test after Caesars dealers became the first ever in this city to become unionized after other unions tried and failed.

The convergence of gaming and leisure will be in the spotlight when two nationally prominent leaders in these fields co-present at the 11th annual East Coast Gaming Congress.

News Brief: A Cape May County couple who won half of a record $390 million lottery jackpot claimed their prize yesterday, almost two weeks after the drawing.

News Brief: Caesars Atlantic City dealers deny the casino's allegation that the United Auto Workers intimidated them into voting for union representation was false.

News Brief: According to figures released by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, Pennsylvania racinos have taken a sizable bite out of the revenue stream of Atlantic City's casinos.

News Briefs: A sweeping majority of table games dealers at Caesars Atlantic City approved unionization with United Auto Workers, making them the city's first casino dealers to join a union.

Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa announced today Marguerit Pittman, a Browns Mills, NJ, resident and My Borgata Rewards cardholder, won $2.4 million on a nickel Wheel of Fortune machine early Saturday morning.

News Brief: The winner of half the recent record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot has still not claimed their $195 million prize.

ews Brief: The Meadowlands will discontinue racing on Wednesday nights for the following eight weeks.

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, reports the appointment of two executives to its senior management team.

News Brief: Assemblyman Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic City, urged state authorities to investigate the recent firing of a veteran Tropicana casino employee and outspoken anti-smoking advocate.

ews Brief: Rutgers University announces the creation of a new Center for Gambling Studies, which will delve into everything from sports betting to Internet poker to gambling's social and legal impacts.

News Brief: A vocal critic of casino smoking was laid off Sunday from his position as a tables-games supervisor, a move the Somers Point man calls retaliatory.

News Brief: Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. will take its time building a $1.5 billion megaresort in Atlantic City to avoid the construction mistakes and cost overruns plaguing its new casino in St. Louis, its chief executive says.

News Brief: New Jersey Casino Control Commissioner Michael C. Epps rejoined the agency Tuesday after a 64-day hiatus caused by delays in getting his nomination approved by the state Senate.

News Brief: As the New Jersey Senate Health Committee considers closing the loophole which permits smoking on the casino floor today, at least one gaming hall expects to go 100 percent smoke-free.

News Brief: The chairman of the Senate Health Committee has breathed new life into the effort to ban smoking in all corners of Atlantic City casinos.

New Brief: A union drive at Atlantic City casinos is starting to sound more like a nasty political campaign, with each side accusing the other of using intimidation tactics and dirty tricks.

News Brief: MGM Mirage is serious about developing a new megaresort on a 70-acre site next to Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.