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According to a WagerWeb.com writer, the team with the easiest road to the NCAA Tournament Final Four is in the Midwest Region, and that's defending champion and top-seeded Florida.

The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians will break ground for the Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella, California.

eMillions progressive slot jackpot has hit twice in less than two months at Silver Star Casino in Philadelphia, MS.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $183 million.

Two very lucky guests drove home in new vehicles within a week during an amazing winning streak at Lake of the Torches Resort Casino.

Fair Grounds Race Course today announced a purse increase of approximately 25 percent on overnight races for the final two weeks of its 135th racing season.

MGM Mirage and Perini Building Company have launched a nationwide campaign to identify qualified minority, women, and disadvantaged-owned business enterprises to participate in the construction of CityCenter.

A man from Yucca Valley is $91,122.51 richer tonight after hitting the Paradise Jackpot on a nickel slot machine at Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage.

When Sherie and James Johnson heard the Stardust was scheduled for demolition, the Salt Lake City couple knew they had be in Las Vegas to bid farewell to an old friend.

News Brief: The Gila River Indian Community is doubling the size of its smallest casino and moving it to just south of Chandler, Arizona.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to take home the Mega Millions jackpot, that jackpot grows to an estimated $28 million for the Friday, March 16, 2007 drawing.

Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa announced today Marguerit Pittman, a Browns Mills, NJ, resident and My Borgata Rewards cardholder, won $2.4 million on a nickel Wheel of Fortune machine early Saturday morning.

The new owners of the Hard Rock Hotel unveiled plans Monday for $750 million in renovations and expansions that will double the size of the property by adding new hotel rooms and convention space to the property as well as a new, larger concert venue.

Robert Boughner, president of Echolon, said renderings and designs for Echelon would be revealed at the formal ground breaking, but he cautioned against expecting Echelon to have a theme attached to its architecture.

News Brief: Gross gaming receipts rebounded at Council Bluffs casinos during February, topping January's market totals by $1.3 million, according to figures released by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission.

LVI Services Inc. announces the implosion of Las Vegas' famed Stardust Casino and Hotel Towers.

Since acquiring the Four Queens Hotel & Casino three years ago, local businessman, Terry Caudill, has invested over $20 million in the historic downtown property.

Beginning this month, Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs is offering free lessons on the hottest poker game around: Texas Hold ‘Em.

Almost two weeks after the Sahara was seemingly given a new lease on life, demolition crews are preparing to blast away the last remnant of the Stardust.

Fallsview Casino Resort releases the June 2007 concert line-up for the resort's Avalon Ballroom Theatre.