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Depending upon your source, the Ferrari-Maserati dealership at Wynn Las Vegas is either the busiest in the United States or an average contributor to United Auto Group's annual sales figures.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $18 million.

News Brief: Stacked with Daniel Negreanu is a Texas Hold 'Em poker game scheduled for release in this fall for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and PSP systems.

Mandarin Oriental will be one of the hotel operators participating in MGM Mirage's Project CityCenter, an MGM Mirage executive told a group of contractors at a meeting in Las Vegas last week.

News Brief: James Allen, CEO of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood, said construction of the multilevel, 2,200-space garage will start in late August with an anticipated completion date sometime in March 2006.

News Brief: Lobbyists for the owners of Mystic Lake Casino have disclosed spending $284,000 on an advertising campaign to thwart plans for a state-sponsored casino, correcting an earlier report that listed no advertising spending.

International News Brief: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will meet Las Vegas casino operators as well as Washington leaders in a 10-day visit to the US that kicked off on Wednesday.

Agilysys reports that Palace Indian Gaming Center & Hotel has selected the Lodging Management System and modules LMS ResNet and LMS ShowGate.

The jackpot for the Friday, July 8, 2005 Mega Millions drawing is growing to an estimated $88 million.

Casino Marketing: The 2005 Conference has grown into a global affair, with attendees coming from the United States, Canada, Austria, South Africa, Russia, Ukraine, Australia and Costa Rica.

As a record number of poker enthusiasts from around the globe gears up for the main event of the 36th annual World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, some of the game's brightest minds are putting together lesson plans designed to raise the level of play at this year's tournament.

A new television show about poker is set to hit the air soon. The Small Town Poker Tour is as simple as the title states, blending everyday people with the exciting game of Texas Hold'em.

A controversial casino proposed for the city of Rohnert Park can proceed to the next step in state and federal negotiations without further input from local voters, a state appeals court has ruled.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $63 million jackpot, the jackpot for the Tuesday, July 5, 2005 drawing grows to an estimated $73 million.

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

Construction continues on the newest Boyd Gaming Corp. project, the South Coast casino.

News Brief: Plans for new laws to regulate American Indian gambling got a hostile response from casino-operating tribes who told a Senate committee they're already amply regulated.

News Brief: Eleven years after Harrah’s North Kansas City Casino opened, casino shareholders added another $130 million investment to the casino, Vice President Tom Cook said to the participants of the Information Exchange, sponsored by the Clay County Economic Development Council.

News Brief: The shadow of the stalled West Warwick casino proposal cast a pall of uncertainty yesterday over eleventh-hour efforts to salvage a proposed Lincoln Park purchase-and-expansion deal before state lawmakers close up shop this week.

Powerball paid off big for one lucky ticket Wednesday night. The winning ticket worth $10 million was purchased in West Virginia.