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Since no one correctly matched all six Powerball numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $100 million.

No ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $40 million jackpot. That means the jackpot for the Tuesday, July 18, 2006 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $49 million.

Chip Reese survived four all-in bets in heads up play vs. Andy Bloch, including one in which he was dominated and two others in which it was a virtual toss-up, to come from behind claim the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E.championship at the 2006 World Series of Poker on Saturday morning.

Casino City reporter Aaron Todd provides notes and tidbits from action on Friday and Saturday at the World Series of Poker.

The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament may turn out to be the toughest test of poker skill and endurance in the history of the game after Day Two lasted 17 hours and resulted in a star-studded final table.

The adjective amazing comes to mind. Exciting, intriguing, riveting, all those descriptors work. Hell, I’ll just say it, the 2006 World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E tournament will the most exciting final table ever played.

News Brief: The Riverside Casino and Golf Resort will open ahead of schedule and just in time for the Labor Day holiday.

News Brief: The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority is likely to decide in the next several weeks whether to proceed with its Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs slot machine casino project.

News Brief: Betting by Minnesota gamblers has been so brisk at the Diamond Jo Worth Casino in north-central Iowa that state gambling regulators approved plans today for a major expansion project costing more than $20 million.

News Brief: A union-led group is picketing for higher wages and benefits for construction workers at a casino-hotel project on the Tohono O'odham Reservation.

News Brief: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Alan Schlesinger said he was simply trying to be left alone while gambling at Foxwoods Resort Casino when he got a Wampum Rewards card with a fake name.

Two players at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resorts took home nearly a combined $2.3 million after winning jackpots on Wheel of Fortune slot machines in the month of June.

The 86th Northern California Open, brought to you by Black Oak Casino, will be held September 25 - 27 at Saddle Creek Resort, Copperopolis, California.

Later this week, nine outstanding poker players will face off in arguably the most prestigious final table in poker history, but Casino City reporter Aaron Todd thinks the final table format is a disgrace.

News Brief: Operators of a second Atlantic City casino have sued Powerball winner Jack Whittaker for allegedly writing checks from a closed bank account in West Virginia.

News Brief: A former Pechanga casino executive who embezzled about $500,000 from his employer was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday, the maximum allowed in his agreement with a judge.

Hard Rock Hotel purchaser Morgans Hotel Group announced Wednesday it will contract with Golden Gaming, a small Las Vegas-based gaming company, to manage the iconic casino.

Two relatively unknown players claimed their first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet on Wednesday while the world's top players were slugging it out in the first day of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament.

The Powerball jackpot for the Saturday, July 15th drawing will be $86 million with the cash option at $38.8 million.

Bally Technologies, Inc. has signed a contract with Blue Sky Casino to provide a complete systems solution and more than 300 slot machines for the new French Lick Resort & Casino.