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News Brief: The Fort Erie Race Track owner has unveiled plans for a $282 million hotel, entertainment and housing complex on land next to the thoroughbred track and slot casino.

News Brief: The $20-million Camrose Resort Casino opened Tuesday and already has spawned three competitors for an attached hotel still being built.

News Brief: The expanded MotorCity Casino opens today with 100,000 square feet of colorful fun and a distinct Detroit flavor.

News Brief: A month after a financial impasse triggered a week long work stoppage at the site of a $131 million Hollywood Slots at Bangor, Maine, state and corporate stakeholders have their eyes on the finish line.

Fontainebleau Resorts has closed on more than $4 billion of financing that will fully fund its development of Fontainebleau Las Vegas, expansive renovation of Fontainebleau Miami Beach and repayment of existing debt.

The Powerball jackpot for the Saturday, June 9th drawing will be $43 million with the cash option at $20.1 million.

Swing dance, rhythm and blues, 70's disco royalty and more, it's all coming to Saratoga Gaming and Raceway's night club, Vapor.

News Brief: Casino workers who put up with meagre wages in Alberta are 'probably' gambling addicts who do the job as much for enjoyment as for financial support, says the head of one of Alberta's largest unions.

News Brief: Rumored for months, Colonial Downs has an agreement in place with CBS to nationally televise the 10th running of the $1-million Virginia Derby.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to take home the Mega Millions jackpot, that jackpot grows to an estimated $25 million for the Friday, June 8, 2007 drawing.

News Brief: A large crowd of Cascades Casino patrons found themselves down on their luck Tuesday afternoon when a bomb threat forced a mandatory evacuation of the building.

News Brief: Boomtown Casino management has to wait at least two weeks longer to learn if the Biloxi City Council will rezone neighboring property from residential to waterfront.

News Brief: After a flurry of activity during the past several months, the $15 million expansion of Saratoga Gaming and Raceway is complete, adding entertainment and food venues, as well as more gaming machines.

News Brief: Early designs for a 400-room, 10-story hotel to replace the Spa Resort Casino Hotel in Palm Springs were displayed Tuesday morning for downtown merchants.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association's petition to intervene in a proceeding to consider a proposal to have the Philadelphia Park Casino and Racetrack temporary facility deemed permanent.

Luck struck twice for a woman playing Aristocrat's Loco Loot Hyperlink progressive slots at Mohegan Sun Hotel Casino in Connecticut.

News Brief: Operators of the Meadows Racetrack & Casino in Washington County said Wednesday they will open a temporary casino at the standardbred race track on June 11.

Harrah's Operating Company is moving forward with Kinseth Hospitality Group to develop a nationally branded, upscale, select service hotel at Horseshoe Council Bluffs Casino.

Two bracelets were won, two tournaments played down to a final table, and two tournaments began on one of the busiest days in World Series of Poker history at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas yesterday.

News Brief: A major upgrade is in the cards for Ameristar Council Bluffs, a hotel and casino property in Council Bluffs, Iowa