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Bally Gaming and Systems reports that the new Cherokee Casino in Catoosa, Oklahoma has selected an advanced Bally Systems solution that combines the backend Bally One System with the marketing and player-tracking benefits of Bally Casino MarketPlace.

Everyone who walks onstage to present an award at the 2005 Academy Award ceremony in Los Angeles this year will be a winner, once they open their gift bags, that is.

Despite a previously contentious relationship with the current and previous owners of the Aladdin, Culinary Union and company leaders have expressed optimism about their ability to hammer out a deal.

Lotto 6/49 continues to offer bigger jackpots more often, and tonight's draw is estimated at $16 million.

ews Brief: A high-stakes public relations battle is underway over the expansion of Casino San Pablo, and at the center of it is a tiny city known more for being an exit off busy Interstate 80 than for its media savvy.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, the excitement continues to grow for the Friday, February 25, 2005 drawing, which will have an estimated jackpot of $96 million.

News Brief: A woman who suffers from multiple sclerosis says she was asked to leave the Halifax casino Friday night because an employee believed she was drunk.

News Brief: Cocktail waitresses working at Atlantic City hotels and gaming halls fear their bosses will follow the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa's lead and boot them if they become over-weight.

New UK casinos might be restricted to remote or downtrodden areas where U.S. casino operators wouldn't want to develop.

News Brief: Southwest Indiana's three riverboat casinos got off to flat start in 2005, as January revenue edged up only one percent overall.

News Brief: Pompano Park and the Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. will host a two-day job fair at the racetrack on Thursday, February 24 and Friday, February. 25.

Read all about it. Steve Wynn is about to open a beautiful resort. Forget the aesthetics, however. What he's really doing is opening a magic money machine.

The Nevada Gaming Commission will consider a proposed settlement of a complaint with the owners of downtown Las Vegas' Golden Nugget resort and a $30,000 fine Thursday.

News Brief: The delays around Trump’s French Lick casino plans are leading many residents to wonder whether the project will ever get off the ground.

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

No ticket managed to match all six numbers, so the jackpot for the Tuesday, February 22 Mega Million drawing grows to an estimated $82 million.

Tribal casino gambling helped boost income among American Indians faster than the general population in the 1990s, a Harvard University researcher told a conference of tribal leaders in Las Vegas last week.

News Brief: A Mohegan Sun employee who was cooperating with the FBI attended a party at the Uncasville home of co-worker LeLe Lam last November and secretly recorded a game of Pai Gow, according to a court document.

News Brief: The feud between officials from Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Wynn Resorts Ltd. over the number of available parking spaces at The Venetian and the developing $1.6 billion Palazzo cooled a bit Wednesday.

Black Oak Casino and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians have partnered with the California Highway Patrol to launch a designated driver program.