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News Brief: Mohegan tribal chief, Ralph Sturges, raised a margarita glass Thursday morning to toast the ground breaking of a $740 million addition to the Mohegan Sun Casino.

News Brief: Indian tribal officials voiced strong objections Thursday to giving the National Indian Gaming Commission the authority to set internal control standards at Indian casinos.

Saratoga Gaming and Raceway is preparing a line-up of concerts, fireworks and events to celebrate Independence Day and July 7,2007, the luckiest day of the year.

Lakes Entertainment, Inc. closed on a $450 million senior note financing to fund the Foothill Oaks Casino project in Shingle Springs, California.

Andrew Barta quickly moved past the competitors, to take the Borgata Poker Summer Open title, the beautiful Tag Heuer watch, and $513,925 in prize money.

After winning the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. tournament in the wee hours of Friday morning, Freddy Deeb didn’t hold anything back. "I played great and I got what I deserve," Deeb told the crowd of nearly 100 observers who watched the end of the tournament at 5 a.m. -- 14 and 1/2 hours after the final table began.

Organizing the World Series of Poker is a year round project, requiring hundreds of employees and more than a year of planning. The event's major leaders spend countless hours creating a game plan, only to find out that putting out fires is an inevitable part of the job. Still, the WSOP is the largest and most successful tournament series in the world.

A new regulation issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury exempts casinos from having to report currency transactions reports, required for transactions involving $10,000 or more, on jackpots from slot machines, video lottery terminals and other electronic gaming devices.

News Brief: A father and son team pleaded guilty to administering cobra snake venom to a horse they ran at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway in what prosecutors say is the first guilty plea for horse-doping in Saratoga County.

News Brief: The Fresno City Council voted to lift the limit on how much players can bet in the popular card game Texas Hold 'em but Mayor Autry is expected to veto the amendment.

News Brief: A Mexican man has sued the Isle of Capri Casino for wrongly accusing him of using a fake Mexican driver’s license.

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino reports that Mrs. Karen Braswell has been appointed as Treasurer of IMGRC, effective as of June 25, 2007.

The National League of Poker will make its national debut at the Gaming Life Expo at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, July 5th through 8th, during the World Series of Poker main event.

Compudigm International and Teradata reports that Spotlight 29 Casino will deploy Compudigm’s Gaming POWER Launch solution powered by a Teradata Data Warehouse.

The owner of the Four Queens is planning to buy Binion's for $32 million, stirring hopes that local control will revive the folksy charm and gambling allure Benny Binion used to make the property famous.

American Indian casinos generated a record $25.5 billion in gaming revenue during 2006, but the year-over-year percentage increase was the lowest in nearly two decades since Congress enacted the law that legalized gambling on tribal land.

Pechanga Resort & Casino today enhanced its reputation for elegant style, cultural diversity and fine art with the unveiling of six original oil-on-canvas paintings from the Pechanga Collection By Todd White, a noted expressionist.

After four days of play, Amnon Filippi and Freddy Deeb have impressive chip stacks heading into the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship, but there isn’t a slouch at the final table, and it will be a real grind to win the title and the $2.3 million first place

In the final part of our five-part series, World Series of Poker Seven Card Stud Eight or Better bracelet holder Cyndy Violette explains the key concepts in the "E" in H.O.R.S.E.

The leadership group of the World Series of Poker held an open town meeting for players and media on Wednesday morning, and about two dozen people were in attendance to air their concerns about different aspects of the WSOP.