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New Yorker, Ravi "Saint Soldier" Anand, has won the first event of the inaugural 2006 Borgata Winter Poker Open.

Over 1,300 players are feeling the heat at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa for the first event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open.

Here's your shot to show you have the right stuff.at the World Poker Tour/Commerce Casino Media Tournament that kicks off 10 days of poker action in Southern California.

News Brief: HKS Design Group has been selected for the next phase of design work on the $700 million expansion of Foxwoods Resort Casino.

E-Learning solutions company NexLearn, LLC, has developed the ‘Palms Home Poker Host,’ a computer software program designed to train users to host professional poker tournaments.

News Brief: Burlington's Randy Winegard will ask the state of Iowa for permission to move Catfish Bend Casino to Roosevelt Avenue.

Harrah's License Company reports new dates and an expanded schedule for its World Series of Poker Circuit stop at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas next spring.

News Brief: The opening of the $170 million Blue Chip Casino boat is scheduled for Jan. 31, casino officials announced.

Attorney Mayer Morganroth has filed a $69 million lawsuit in Detroit demanding a trial by jury against MGM Grand Detroit, LLC, MGM Grand Resorts, LLC and MGM Mirage, Inc.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $101 million.

Westgate Resorts and Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino execs will break ground on a 50-story luxury condominium tower directly connected to the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino complex in Las Vegas.

Deanna Goodson, editor of Chicksnchips and online poker player, is challenging anyone to play her in low-stakes tables or buy-in tournaments at a venue of her choosing.

The Lottery Corporation has released the newest version of its Customer Relationship Marketing product ‘IDEAL.’

News Brief: A federal judge has agreed to let the Orleans Levee Board seize the storm-damaged Belle of Orleans gambling boat.

News Brief: Coquitlam, British Columbia, hit the jackpot this week with a $1.7-million pay-out courtesy of Great Canadian Casino.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the jackpot for the Friday, January 20 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $31 million.

Boyd Gaming Corporation reports two key executive appointments for its Echelon Place development.

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. reports plans for an $85 million expansion project at the company's Kansas City, Missouri property.

Kelley Technologies has acquired the worldwide distribution rights within the hotel and casino market, to techcierge smart software from Simplikate Systems.

When Boyd Gaming executive Bob Boughner is asked to describe his company's planned $4 billion Echelon Place, he uses words like "energetic, sensual and international."