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USWeb/CKS has launched, NBX Inc., an online sports entertainment company offering a head-to-head fantasy sportsbook integrated with a sports-based social network.

Just in time for the madness of March, Caesars Tahoe unveils "The Zone," which includes a newly remodeled sports book and a brand new poker room.

Aristocrat Technologies was awarded a contract to provide its OASIS Casino Management System for the April 2006 opening of Peninsula Gaming's new Diamond Jo Casino in Worth County, Iowa.

Just when you think that the game of golf has turned into a bodybuilding competition with sticks and a white ball along comes Luke Donald and reminds you that elegance in the game has not vanished entirely.

A woman won a new 2006 Dodge Charger at the "Go Man Go, Car-A-Week" Give- Away Promotion at Pechanga Resort & Casino.

A woman hit the $100,000 slot jackpot at Pechanga Resort & Casino"s new High Limit Gaming Area.

MGM Mirage is plowing ahead with its $7 billion Project CityCenter at the center of the Las Vegas Strip.

Venetian executive, Tonie Roberts, uses her different language skills to entertain clients and supervise her staff.

Millions of Americans who will succumb to March Madness, a nearly three-week frenzy of college basketball games designed to anoint the champion of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

A woman from Roseville, Michigan went home $2,423,487 richer yesterday after hitting the jackpot on Casino Windsor's MegaBucks $1 progressive slot machine.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $75 million.

The next generation of college basketball tournament bracket contests arrives today with the launch of PicksPal.com Hoops 1001.

News Brief: Dismissing complaints from Indian gaming advocates, Senator John McCain says the Senate Indian Affairs Committee will vote March 29 on his bill to broaden federal authority over tribal casinos.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board unanimously recommended that Station Casino be granted approval to operate the planned 850-room Red Rock hotel-casino in Summerlin.

A 45-year-old woman visiting the Delta Downs Casino Sunday has won the $5,395,039 statewide progressive jackpot while playing a popular Wheel Of Fortune $5 slot machine.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $62 million.

NAPPTour, Inc. has engaged B|W|R Public Relations to provide publicity support for the forthcoming North American Poker Tour.

Poker Academy will host a customer appreciation reception on Monday, March 13, 2006, in a private dining room at Sazio's located in the Orleans Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.

News Brief: Plans were submitted Tues-day for a 45-story addition to the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort that will serve as the centerpiece of the company's post-bankruptcy turnaroun

Supporters of an Internet gambling ban may try this week to add the prohibition to lobbying reform legislation on the Senate floor.