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Fontainebleau Resorts LLC, has entered into a definitive agreement with Publishing & Broadcasting Limited.

News Brief: Calder Race Course said it will open its season April 25, and hold live thoroughbred racing on 182 days through Jan. 2.

For Wynn Las Vegas dealers interested in joining a union as a way to reverse the property's tip-sharing policy, there was good news and bad news last week.

The Transport Workers Union has petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for a secret-ballot election to represent Wynn Las Vegas dealers.

Imperial Palace, once the most virulently anti-union property on the Strip, will almost certainly become unionized if it is not imploded by its new owners.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

News Brief: A major renovation and expansion of the existing MotorCity Casino in Detroit is under way.

The Lake of the Torches Resort Casino in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, celebrates its 11th birthday with comedian Bill Engvall.

Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Delaware, has selected TravelCLICK to provide a suite of distribution and marketing solutions.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $36 million.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the jackpot grows to an estimated $27 million for the Tuesday, April 17 Mega Millions drawing.

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. has revealed its newest brand, the isle, coupling a tropical paradise with hot Las Vegas casino action to create an exhilarating, stimulating and vibrant atmosphere.

ews Brief: According to figures released this week by the Missouri Gaming Commission, the Terrible's Mark Twain Casino registered $3,032,037 in total revenue last month.

With the roadwork outside its door completed, the Silverton is scheduled to begin a $500 million expansion this June that will include doubling its hotel occupancy.

As a part of the Week Vegas Goes Country, the Academy of Country Music announced their plans for the 1st Annual Charity Poker Tournament today.

Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis table games employee Cindy Christopherson is featured in PARADE Magazine’s 24th annual What People Earn, salary report, published in this Sunday’s issue.

The jackpot for the Saturday Powerball drawing will be $27 million with the cash option at $12.8 million.

A settlement package of $101 million has been awarded to the families of the four construction workers killed and more than 30 others injured in the October 30, 2003, catastrophic collapse of the Tropicana Casino parking garage.

The National Poker League and FundRaisers.com are joining forces to launch a unique effort appropriately coined the NPL Charity Group.

Independent casino operators are a dying breed on the Strip, a playing field controlled by growing chains with billions of dollars at their disposal.