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News Brief: Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa was hit with a $70 million lawsuit Monday that claims the gaming hall discriminated against female employees in its zeal to keep its skimpily attired cocktail servers slim and sexy.

Hollywood’s elite and top poker pros will compete at The World Poker Tour Invitational at Commerce Casino this February.

Canadians top the world ranks for 2005 on the World Amateur Poker Tour.

Blue Chip Casino Hotel today announced the grand opening of Blue Chip casino boat, the central part of the $170 million expansion of the property.

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

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $156 million.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $50 million jackpot, the Mega Million jackpot for the Tuesday, January 31, 2006 drawing grows to an estimated $61 million.

Saratoga Gaming and Raceway will celebrate its Second Anniversary of operation and to commemorate the occasion has hosted a full month of special promotions giving away over $200,000 in cash and prizes.

Race Track Casino is getting ready for Superbowl Sunday with a week-long party created especially for people who are looking for a fun alternative to Superbowl mania.

Some of the bigger names in Borgata poker history came out for the Borgata Winter Poker Open.

Harrah's Entertainment reports that Darold Londo will be named senior vice president and general manager of Harrah's Cherokee Casino & Hotel.

A nationwide labor dispute involving 60,000 hotel workers in major North American cities could be averted if the hotel industry were to adopt some of the policies major casino companies use, the national union chief for lodging and food service workers said.

The convention center at the Ute Mountain Casino, Hotel and Resort was filled with the nervous murmur of gamblers, stacks of red, green and blue chips, professional blackjack players and TV cameras Saturday for the last of the casino’s three World Series of Blackjack 2006 satellite tournaments.

As in previous tournaments of the Borgata Winter Poker Open, the turnout for Event Five, the $1,000 buy-in, was better than expected, 362 players graced the felt and raised a prize pool of $362,000.

News Brief: A judge offered to sentence a Murrieta man to no more than four years in prison Wednesday if he pleaded guilty in connection with charges that he embezzled almost $500,000 from Pechanga Casino, where he worked as the financial controller.

MGM Grand Hotel & Casino has received IMAP’s 3D Interactive Hotel and Conference Facility Floor Plan & Mapping solution.

The grand opening for Blue Chip Casino Hotel's new casino vessel, Blue Chip, will be held on Tuesday with ABC's Desperate Housewives' actor Jesse Metcalfe getting the first roll of

Many of Borgata's limit cash game players and several more well known pros took to the felt for two days, Monday and Tuesday, in the only non-No Limit Hold'em event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open.

News Brief: Another three months, another big payday for the host municipalities of the Thousand Islands Charity Casino.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the Mega Millions jackpot grows to an estimated $50 million for the Friday, January 27, 2006 drawing.