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Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino reported today that net revenue for its fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2005 was $21.7 million, an increase of $1.3 million, or 6.3%, from $20.4 million for the prior year third fiscal quarter.

News Brief: Blame casinos' weak February in part on the leap year calendar.

Station Casinos announces that it will accelerate its expansion plans for the second phase of Red Rock Station, increasing the overall cost of the Summerlin project to $800 million.

The Mega Millions jackpot for the Friday, March 18, 2005 drawing is growing to an estimated $36 million.

Pinnacle Entertainment has received approvals from the Louisiana Gaming Control Board in accord with its previously announced plans to open L'Auberge du Lac to the general public on the evening of May 26, 2005.

First, he created a 27-foot tall chocolate fountain and now award-winning pastry chef Jean-Philippe Maury wows guests again, with a 6-foot tall chocolate Easter bunny.

The Board of the Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission has advised Gamehost Income Fund that it's application to expand the Boomtown Casino located in Fort McMurray, Alberta has been approved to proceed.

Two of the city's three casinos saw revenue fall last month, but the local industry still brought in slightly more cash than last year, thanks to a good month at MGM Grand Detroit.

News Brief: An accident involving a casino bus heading to Fantasy Springs Casino and a fire truck has left one person dead.

News Brief: Placing 2,000 video lottery terminals at the Meadowlands Racetrack would have only a minimal effect on Atlantic City casino revenues, according to a study commissioned by the Codey administration.

News Brief: The Silver Slipper needs approval from the Mississippi Gaming Commission before it can take over gambling operations at the President Casino.

In the past nine months, eleven Jackpots, with an average annuity jackpot value of $63 million, have been awarded to lucky winners across the country.

News Brief: They’re still dotting the I’s and crossing the T’s on Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts’ bankruptcy reorganization plan, but the company has already launched a renovation program for two of its casino/hotel properties here.

News Brief: Belmont greyhound park officials are looking for an edge in an industry that has been losing money for more than 15 years.

The installation of slot machines in Florida's Broward County could adversely affect Calder Race Course in Miami, as well as racing and breeding interests throughout Kentucky.

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

Bay Area Congressman George Miller has pulled an about-face, joining overwhelming community opposition to a plan to convert Casino San Pablo into a huge Indian casino.

No ticket matched all six numbers in Friday's Mega Millions drawing, so the estimated jackpot for the Tuesday, March 15, 2005 drawing climbs to $27 million.

The Culinary Local 226 is currently in subcommittee negotiations with the Aladdin, working to hammer out the union's first deal with one of the three remaining large nonunion hotels on the Strip.

The $1.5 billion Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino will bring two new equity investors to town -- New York developer Ian Bruce Eichner and SFM Capital Management, an affiliate of New York City-based Soros Fund Management LLC.