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News Brief: A notorious casino cheat has suggested many of the technologies being touted as anti-cheating measures are doomed to expensive failure – criticising the effectiveness of controversial solutions such as RFID and facial recognition.

Saratoga Gaming and Raceway will present $60,000 in charitable donations to six local organizations at a press conference and check presentation on Friday, November 4.

George Maloof has a few surprises planned for his new Fantasy Tower, which will open next spring with about 360 rooms and the kind of bells and whistles designed to one-up the competition and cement his reputation as a premier purveyor of hip entertainment.

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino reported today net revenue for Q1 2005 was $30.6 million, an increase of $8.5 million, or 38%, from $22.1 million for Q1 2004.

The Derby Lane Million will pay the richest winning purse of $500,000 at historic Derby Lane in St. Petersburg, Florida on March 4, 2006.

One winning jackpot ticket worth $36 million was sold in Missouri. Also, there were two tickets that won $1,000,000 with Power Play in Kentucky, and South Carolina.

News Brief: The former slot machine technician at Blue Chip Casino was sentenced Monday to 18 months in the LaPorte County Jail for embezzling nearly $70,000 from the gambling boat.

News Brief: Ralph Reed helped orchestrate an effort to conceal payments he received from the gambling revenues of a Louisiana Indian tribe, according to a U.S. Senator speaking at a hearing in Washington.

News Brief: A Pinnacle Entertainment official has proposed a pedestrian tunnel connecting it’s Laclede’s Landing casino to downtown.

Now 81 years old, poker pro Tony Grand has been playing the game at a high level of competition for three decades.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the Mega Million jackpot, the Friday drawing will have an estimated jackpot of $192 million.

Atlantic Pier Associates, the developer of The Pier at Caesars in Atlantic City, is planning a build a high-tech outdoor signage onto the luxury retail, dining and entertainment complex.

Boomtown Casino and Hotel Reno will toast 2006 with a New Year’s Eve celebration of free champagne, party favors and free live entertainment.

News Brief: Despite a power outage, the slots kept spinning at the Eldorado Casino in Shreveport yesterday.

Many of the biggest names in poker will descend on Caesars Palace next week to compete for $2 million in total prize money at the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, Harrah's Entertainment.

The battle intensified Monday as the two sides failed to agree on the details of a dispute over a former Wynn casino boss who quit his post to take a job running the Golden Nugget Laughlin.

News Brief: Although the operating agent agreement between the Indiana Gaming Commission and the partnership building a casino in Orange County has never been signed, construction on the casino continues and is running ahead of schedule.

L’Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino in Lake Charles, La. is giving L’Club Members a new way to win big in November with $75,000 worth of “Rapid Fire” cash giveaways.

Tropicana Casino and Resort will light a 25 foot Holiday Tree in Fiesta Plaza at The Quarter.

Restaurant king Tilman Fertitta must be feeling some indigestion about one of his first moves in charge of the Golden Nuggets in Las Vegas and Laughlin.