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ews Brief: Coquitlam, British Columbia, scored a $2-million windfall from the Boulevard Casino this week.

For 25 years, the Eldorado has brought the sights, sounds and tastes of Italy to Reno during the Eldorado Great Italian Festival.

Magna Entertainment Corp. reports and Chief Operating Officer of Magna Entertainment Corp. is pleased to announce that Bill Murphy has been appointed Vice President and General Manager of Racing Operations at Gulfstream Park.

Casino City reporters Aaron Todd and Ryan McLane hand out their "Keys to the City" mid-Series Awards to the best of the best from the 2006 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Casino City is providing daily updates from the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Coverage includes bracelet winners, chip counts, features, and live coverage when possible. Check in daily for all your WSOP news.

Harrah's Entertainment isn't saying much about its plans to redevelop its center Strip properties. Details are expected this fall.

Churchill Downs Incorporated has reached a definitive agreement to sell Ellis Park, its racetrack in Henderson, Kentucky, to a company owned by Kentucky businessman and racehorse owner Ron Geary.

News Brief: Operators of The Meadows race track, expecting to be awarded a casino license in the fall, have hired LPCiminelli as construction manager for the planned $450 million Meadows Racetrack & Casino project.

International News Brief: The UK internet gaming company BetonSports today suspended trading in its shares, after the arrest of its chief executive in the US.

One could scour the earth and never find someone who is better suited to her work than Sarah Harding Traverso.

ews Brief: The structure that will become the permanent home of the Seneca Allegany Casino won't be completed until the end of the year, but casino gambling already has helped pull this Salamanca, New York, out of a decades-long decline.

Casino City is providing daily updates from the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Coverage includes bracelet winners, chip counts, features, and live coverage when possible. Check in daily for all your WSOP news.

News Brief: The company that built two Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino complexes filed a blistering motion, accusing the tribe of extraordinary greed and saying it resorted to lying to avoid paying more than $2 billion it owes the developer.

Construction and restoration work at the French Lick Resort Casino is still on path for a November opening.

The public persona of George Maloof has been good for the Palms.

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.