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News Brief: The Tohono O'odham Nation has a new casino boss to oversee construction of the new Desert Diamond Casino on Nogales Highway as well as the tribe's entire gaming operation, the tribe announced this morning.

The Powerball jackpot for the Saturday, July 22nd drawing will be $116 million with the cash option at $52.9 million.

Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. reports four new amenities at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort have or are scheduled to open during the month of July, 2006.

International News Brief: A new panel is to investigate whether US restrictions on internet gambling breach world trade rules.

International News Brief: One of the key persons indicted was Gary Kaplan, founder of the site. A US resident who had been arrested in 1992 for illegal sports betting, he later moved his operations to Aruba and then Antigua.

News Brief: Ontario's Casino Windsor says it is laying off 297 unionized and 32 non-union staff due to a slowdown.

With half of the 2006 WSOP already in the books, Casino City reporters Aaron Todd and Ryan McLane are ready to hand out their inaugural “Keys to the City” Awards, this round for the best of the best in first-half WSOP performances.

News Brief: Robert Brooks, chairman of Hooters, was found dead at his home Sunday at 69.

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.