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News Brief: A legal high roller from Madison County with a yen to win the Kentucky Derby is staking $100,000 that one big night of horse racing in August will rejuvenate fading Fairmount Park.

Live at the Bike poker games will be filmed live and streamed online every Wednesday thru Saturday.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $155 million.

Steve Wynn said Tuesday that the public's reaction to his $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas has been better than at any property he's opened before.

The first resort to open on the 'South Strip,' now more than half built, could eventually have up to 2,000 rooms after a third hotel tower is built to meet future demand, Boyd Gaming Corp. executives said.

News Brief: The St. Croix Casino is 13 years old this year, and the Wisconsin casino is celebrating by going ‘Hog Wild.’

News Brief: Time is running out to get approval for the Jumer's Casino Rock Island's expansion plans.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $50 million jackpot, the jackpot for the Friday, May 20, 2005 drawing grows to an estimated $60 million.

Another local gaming executive has climbed to the top -- the top of his own casino, that is.

News Brief: Governor George Pataki said the Oneida Indian Nation's Turning Stone Casino is operating illegally but he didn't say what he will do about it.

News Brief: Poker players from throughout the country are expected to arrive in New Orleans this week to play their hand in the first World Series of Poker Circuit tournament at Harrah's New Orleans Casino.

News Brief: The Hollywood Casino, confined by bankruptcy rules for months, is finally allowed to surge forward and make a large capital investment. The first move: Buy about 250 new video poker and slot machines, worth $3 million.

News Brief: Poker winner, Kevin Cantwell, has paid $54,000 in child support repayments after his ex-wife heard about his $640,000 poker jackpot windfall.

The management company running the Lady Luck casino has purchased the downtown property from its landlord and plans to remodel it in addition to expanding the casino and hotel.

Goldline International, Inc. has secured the largest known quantity of the $10,000 notes formerly owned by and displayed at Binion's Horseshoe Casino.

News Brief: Hundreds of guests gave Batavia Downs Gaming's 586 new video gambling machines a test run Friday night.

News Brief: L'Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino in Lake Charles, one of the nation's newest casino resorts, is hoping Houston has what it takes to help make it royally flush.

Post Oak Productions Inc. reports the launch of Camp Hellmuth, Phil Hellmuth's poker fantasy camp weekend.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $129 million.

GSN is airing Poker Royale: Young Bloods, a showcase for six of the poker's top young players all under the age of 30, vying for a total cash prize pool of $50,000.