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

Sportsbook.com is now offering customers the chance to wager on the President's job approval rating on May 1, 2006.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the jackpot for the Friday, March 10 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $31 million.

The operators of the Suncoast and Rampart casinos say they aren"t worried about the $925 million Red Rock Resort opening next month.

The Fertitta brothers hope Red Rock Resort has captured the class of the long-past casinos and added a dash of the future for the 21st century crowd.

Andy Beal matched $20 million against a rotating cast made up of the best high-stakes poker players in the world in the largest head-to-head poker game of all time.

The Illinois Gaming Board has agreed to allow Penn National to retain the Argosy Casino-Alton in Alton, Illinois.

News Brief: Station Casinos, which paid a record $100 million for land to develop a tribal casino next to Rohnert Park, wants to build an adjacent upscale shopping center that would mirror one of its newest casino properties in the Las Vegas area.

News Brief: Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun have activities for children and teens as part of their efforts to be resort destinations but don’t target them for their gambling venues.

With an estimated $65 billion in annual expenditures, American homosexuals are one of the world's most sought-after leisure travel submarkets. And Las Vegas, like other cities, aims to snag a larger slice of that pie.

Peter Morton, owner of the Hard Rock Hotel, surely is getting just what he wanted -- a bevy of would-be buyers barking at his heels.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $50 million.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the jackpot for the Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $18 million.

Toby Keith, will be adding his star to the prestigious ‘Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame.’

News Brief: Bernie Burkholder and Treasure Bay Gaming & Resorts announced jointly this morning that Burkholder has stepped down as chief executive officer of the privately held gambling company.

After years of heady campaigns to spread legal, commercial gambling to new jurisdictions in the United States, proliferation has ground to a halt in 2006.

American Wagering has completed the acquisition of, and commenced operations at, Sturgeon's Inn & Casino in Lovelock, Nevada on March 1, 2006.

The transformation of the Aladdin into Planet Hollywood is a step closer with work completed on the rotunda in the hotel-casino's center.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $38 million.

Waiting for the day the President would release my Iraq-bound military unit from the boring fiefdom that is Hattiesburg Mississippi, it was only natural that I would visit New Orleans and try to squeeze in one last crazy game of poker before I left for war.