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News Brief: Hooters has followed Hard Rock Cafe into the Las Vegas casino business, but is off to a mighty shaky start.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $103 million for Wednesday night's drawing.

No ticket matched all six numbers to win the $66 million jackpot, so the Mega Millions jackpot for the Tuesday, June 26 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $78 million.

Las Vegas Sands Corp.reports that The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino, a mega-resort currently being built adjacent to the company's famed Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, has begun accepting applications for the resort's 4,000 available jobs.

As part of our coverage of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series of Poker, we’re examining each game played in H.O.R.S.E. in detail. Today we talk Omaha Hi-Low with T.J. Cloutier.

Interesting news and notes from the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series of Poker.

The World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament got underway this afternoon, and 148 players entered with hopes to take down the most prestigious tournament in poker. Oh yeah, and then there’s the $2.3 million first place prize.

Walking into the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino yesterday, you would never have known that the fifth-largest poker tournament in history was underway.

T.J. Cloutier fell just shy of reclaiming sole possession of the World Series of Poker record for final table appearances on Saturday night, finishing 11th in the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event.

As part of our coverage of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series of Poker, we’re examining each game played in H.O.R.S.E. in detail. Today we examine Limit Hold'em with two-time WSOP bracelet winner Bill Chen.

Alan Smurfit, a 64-year old retiree from Miami, and Alexander Borteh, a 24-year old professional poker player who recently graduated from college with a degree in Philosophy, won bracelets last night at the World Series of Poker.

Harlow’s Casino Resort in Mississippi is slated to open in late October.

News Brief: The United Auburn Indian Community announced its planned expansion of Thunder Valley Casino near Lincoln, California, that is set to include a five-star, 23-level hotel, performing arts center and more gaming space.

Wyandotte Nation Casino progresses forward with construction of The 7th Street Casino in downtown Kansas City.

In today's installment, Jeffrey Lisandro wins his first bracelet, Chau Giang and Hilbert Shirley are battling for their fourth bracelets in the Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys final table, and David Pham is going for number three in the $3,000 Limit Hold'em final table.

CIM Group, the largest commercial landlord in a Hollywood shopping and entertainment district, is scouting the shuttered Lady Luck casino as a potential investment.

To celebrate its seven new routes to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, AirTran Airways will send one winner and seven of his or her friends to Las Vegas, where they will stay at The Palms Casino Resort.

The Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association won two victories today in its ongoing efforts to require Greenwood Gaming, the owner of Philadelphia Park, to fulfill its legal obligation to invest $300 million in a new facility and address poor conditions at the race track.

The Borgata Summer Poker Open competition remained fierce, but in the end it was Kalpeshkumar Patel from Elmhurst, NY, who outlasted the field to win the championship and $57,645 in first place prize money.

In this installment, Hoyt Corkins wins his second bracelet, the heads-up event is down to the final-eight, Negreanu makes another final table and the Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys tournament is a zoo.