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World Poker Tour prize of $2.4 million was won by Allan Goehring at the Commerce Casino.

News Brief: The Cherokees would like to expand the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino to having live games, a move that could bring in more tourists and provide more jobs in the Western North Carolina community.

News Brief: The leaders of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe are watching the U.S. Senate carefully, wondering if the federal law that governs Tribal gaming operations might be revised.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the Mega Millions jackpot, the jackpot for the Tuesday, February 28, 2006 drawing grows to an estimated $256 million.

News Brief: There’s a lot of slot talk at the new Diamond Jo Casino as hundreds of new slow machines start filling up the new casino.

Caesars Tahoe is just months away from officially becoming the MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa, and today the property unveiled the names and concepts for its four new restaurants.

Don Barden, founder of the privately held Barden Cos., announced the acquisition of downtown Las Vegas office space that will help the company expand Fitzgeralds.

So those officials have increased the estimated jackpot for the Friday, February 24, 2006 drawing from $203 million to $212 million.

News Brief: A plan for a multi-story hotel adjoining the Agua Caliente Casino hotel along Interstate 10 at Bob Hope Drive was approved for construction Tuesday.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $20 million.

ThwartPoker Inc. has released a PC downloadable trial version of the game, ThwartPoker’s All-Skill Poker Tour, featuring the award-winning no limit Hold’em Blitz and 6 Card Battle stud.

News Brief: The Casino Queen hired a contractor on Tuesday to build the state's first land-based gaming facility, a gamble the boat operators say is worth it to compete with the growing gaming business across the Mississippi River.

News Brief: A 24-year-old woman has been charged with neglect for leaving her 16-day-old infant in a car in the parking lot of Resorts Casino during the frigid weather last weekend.

Online gambling appears to be a thriving industry, but the percentage of online adults who admit to placing bets online is relatively small, according to a recent poll.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, the Mega Millions jackpot for the Friday, February 24, 2006 drawing will be an estimated $203 million.

MGM Grand announced that it is now accepting reservations as of February 6 for The Signature at MGM Grand, the luxurious suite hotel to debut in May 2006.

Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa reports details of the second phase of its two-part expansion project including the identity of a $325 million hotel tower to be named The Water Club at Borgata.

Cirque du Soleil, which produces four shows in Vegas, has six former Olympians in its productions.

Construction crews are converting the first two floors of Treasure Bay's hotel into a temporary casino and making plans to demolish the pirate ship within the next six weeks.The casino should reopen by July or August.

WPT Enterprises and Foxwoods Resort Casino report that Foxwoods' newly expanded poker room, set to open in late March, will bear the World Poker Tour name.