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News Brief: With revenues plunging and losses mounting, Empire Resorts now wants a bigger slice of the video gaming pie.

News Brief: Fairmount Park leaders touted a plan Monday to create up to 300 new jobs, put roughly $20 million into state and local coffers, bring back the region's marquee horse race and save the struggling track.

News Brief: A legislative push to increase the state’s share of revenues from Hollywood Slots at Bangor could scuttle the Penn National Gaming’s $131 million project in the city.

News Brief: Senator John McCain, who led the Senate Indian Affairs Committee investigation into the Jack Abramoff scandal, has sworn off taking tribal money but continues to accept donations from lobbyists whose firms represent tribal clients.

Although quarterly earnings for Wynn Resorts Ltd. reversed a year-earlier loss, company Chairman Steve Wynn lectured investors Monday on how Las Vegas history might be used to carefully judge the growth of gambling in Macau.

Magna Entertainment Corp. reports that the Florida Legislature has passed two pieces of legislation that MEC anticipates would have a significant positive impact on the slot and pari-mutuel operations at Gulfstream Park.

Pechanga Resort & Casino have announced a name change for the Jade Salon to better reflect the type of games that are being offered.

There was concern, including among Las Vegas police officials, that Saturday's fight would attract a tough crowd, much like the one that traveled to Las Vegas for NBA All-Star Weekend in February.

Standing in line to watch people take their clothes off is commonplace in Sin City.

News Brief: Holly Schaver always wanted to see her name in lights. This June, when she and her husband, Wayne, hold their Hollywoods Casino grand opening, she'll get her wish.

News Brief: Plans are moving forward for a $1 billion mixed-use project at Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino.

News Brief: Justin Pantohan from Hawaii hit a Wheel of Fortune $1,049,419 MegaJackpot early Saturday morning at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

New Brief: Silverton casino has announced a big $500 million expansion, the focal point of which will be a 25-story 360-room hotel tower.

The Powerball jackpot for the Wednesday, May 9th drawing will be $25 million with the cash option at $11.7 million.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to take home the jackpot, that jackpot grows to an estimated $96 million for the Tuesday, May 8, 2007 drawing.

Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs held a ground breaking ceremony today for its new $180 million casino and entertainment complex.

The Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa 11th Annual Golf Tournament will be the largest in its decade-long history and organizers are expanding the event to support four regional charitable organizations.

Rudi Schiffer gives an update on the news in Tunica in the latest edition of "Heard it on the River."

After years of actively opposing smoking bans, the casino industry's primary lobbying organization is backing off as a wave of states pass indoor smoking prohibitions that include casinos.

News Brief: Calvin Borel rode Street Sense slowly back to the winner’s circle with the same patience he demonstrated while taking the dark bay colt to first place during the Kentucky Derby.