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The bad news is that no one matched all six numbers from last night’s $122 million Mega Millions jackpot, the good news is that the next Mega Millions jackpot is at $148 million.

The first shipment of slot machines arrived today at the new $412 million Mount Airy Casino Resort, which is on track to complete initial construction and open its doors in October 2007.

Texas Hold 'Em players looking to compete against the giants of the game are already flocking to the poker room at Fallsview Casino Resort to take part in satellite tournaments hoping to win a seat in the World Poker Tour's 2007 North American Poker Championship.

News Brief: City councillors are putting the pressure on provincial candidates, with an election looming, to secure the long-term future of Casino Niagara.

News Brief: Hurricane Katrina is finally behind the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi, which emerged from bankruptcy Friday.

News Brief: Aaron Payment, who has been chairman of the Greektown Casino Board of Directors since 2004, has been replaced by Fred Paquin, a member of the tribal board of directors and Sault Tribal Police Chief.

A man from La Quinta is the latest winner of a Paradise Jackpot at Agua Caliente Casino, where slot players continue to reap hefty payouts thanks to the popular slot promotion.

News Brief: Churchill Downs Inc. will stop offering simulcast signals from its racetracks to Indiana Downs' off-track-betting facility in Evansville, Ind.

News Brief: Two Kanawha County officials disagree over the latest twist in the still-undecided referendum to allow table games at Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center in Nitro.

Mount Airy Casino Resort announced today that it has launched a new and improved website.

News Brief: According to a report released Friday by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, The Isle Casino and Hotel at Waterloo is initially doing more business than those rivals.

News Brief: New deals with four casino-operating Indian tribes ratified last month by California legislators give Temecula officials significantly better odds of getting the Pechanga tribe to ante up millions of dollars to offset the impacts of the casino on the city.

News Brief: The Rincon Indian band is challenging a long-standing practice in which states ask for cash when negotiating with Indian tribes trying to open or expand casinos.

VeCommerce Inc. reports its contract with Woodbine Entertainment Group to expand their existing telephone wagering system.

News Brief: Penn National Gaming Inc., owner of Hollywood Casino in Tunica, has entered into a preliminary agreement to buy Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Md. from Cloverleaf Enterprises Inc.

The River Rock Entertainment Authority, the operator of the River Rock Casino in Sonoma County, California, today announced that Joseph Callahan has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.

A construction worker was killed Thursday at a Strip construction site when he was cut in half by a counter-weight system used to operate an elevator, authorities said.

Tamares Las Vegas Properties filed a complaint Thursday in Clark County District Court to block Elad Group of New York from using the Plaza name in Las Vegas.

Binion's gave back its winnings and then some to the state of Nevada to correct an unemployment tax discrepancy that occurred from March 2005 to December 2006.

News Brief: With the pounding of a drum, the singing of the Lightning Spirit musicians and the swish of grass dancers' elaborate costumes, staff dropped the curtain, and spectators milled in to catch their first glance of the Saskatchewan's newest and largest casino.