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The legends of poker are back on GSN, the network for games, for a second season of High Stakes Poker.

News Brief: The Campo Indian band has decided to ask the California Supreme Court to overturn last month's appellate ruling in which the tribe was ordered to take an unresolved cas

News Brief: The Diamond Jo Casino opens this week in rural Worth County, trying to lure thousands of Minnesotans across the state border with farm-style meals and old-fashioned slot machines.

International News Brief: The United States has apparently ignored an April 3 deadline imposed by the World Trade Organization to stop discriminating against Internet casinos based in foreign countries.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the Mega Millions jackpot, the excitement continues to grow for the Friday, April 7, 2006 drawing, which will have an estimated jackp

News Brief: The Muckleshoot Tribe has two construction projects under way at its casino property near Auburn geared to expanding already large tribal gaming revenues.

News Brief: Gateway Casinos Income Fund has signed a deal to buy Cascades Langley Casino and Hotel for $106.3 million in cash and units.

Navy Chief Petty Officer Benjamin Jones will represent the Normandie Casino at the $5 Million World Poker Tournament at the Bellagio Resort Hotel in Las Vegas.

Revolutionary online poker room PKR.com, is gearing up to break into the North American market in spring 2006.

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

The Venetian's third attempt at operating a poker room might be the charm -- but also the most expensive.

The Gaming and Casino Fund, the new no-load mutual fund, was assigned NASDAQ ticker symbol GACFX and has begun operations.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $174 million.

No ticket matched all six numbers to win the $117 million jackpot. That means the jackpot for the Tuesday, April 4, 2006 will grow to an estimated $138 million..

Player City has entered the arena of online casino gaming with a fresh Web design provided by Kurt Clark Inc. a design firm of Indiana.

Bet4Aces.com will launch phase one of a four part aggressive marketing campaign targeting the international online gaming market now that the company has resovled all it's issues with the purchase of BetGateway.com.

Growing up during the Baywatch years made meeting Carmen Electra an obvious highlight in the life of this 24-year old poker reporter, but chatting with Mike Sexton at the opening of Foxwoods Resort Casino’s new World Poker Tour Poker Room was far and away the best part of my day.

Slot companies are developing downloadable gaming technology where slot supervisors would be able change the game content on a bank of machines with a few clicks of a computer mous

With upsets and Cinderella teams wreaking havoc throughout the tournament no clear favorite has emerged with bettors at Sportsbook.com.

Wells-Gardner LCDs have been approved for use in IGT machines by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the Division of Gaming Enforcement in New Jersey and Gaming Laboratories International.