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News Brief: Jim Milne feels on top of the world every time he enters his new office at Jumer’s Casino Rock Island.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $32 million.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers in Friday's drawing, the jackpot grows to an estimated $40 million for the Tuesday, February 8, 2005 drawing.

The transaction gives Landry's its first gaming property and a brand name the company hopes to introduce into different casino jurisdictions.

Caesars Entertainment has it received a request for additional information from the Federal Trade Commission in connection with the planned sale of the Caesars Tahoe casino resort to an affiliate of Columbia Sussex Corporation.

News Brief: The closure of the sale of Fraser Downs and Sandown Park to Great Canadian Casino Corp. has been delayed.

On February 13, Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort will become the first gaming facility in Canada to open its own wedding chapel.

News Brief: The tribal owner of the Trump 29 Casino the new name for its gaming complex in Coachella, ending its three-year relationship with the Trump organization.

Attorneys for the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians filed notice today that it will seek to enjoin MGM Grand Detroit from selling its casino franchise.

Cirque du Soleil unveiled its latest creation, KA, to an enthusiastic audience at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Landry's Restaurants will purchase the landmark Golden Nugget Casino in downtown Las Vegas from Poster Financial Group, Inc. for $140 million in cash and the assumption of $155 million of Senior Secured Notes.

The Bicycle Casino is launching its new program, ‘Live at the Bike’, where a variety of games will be streamed from its casino floors onto its website.

The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians has successfully met goals set by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and has completed a planned buyout of Trump Casinos' management contract months ahead of schedule.

News Brief: The soon-to-be-merged gaming giants MGM Mirage and Mandalay Resort Group says it has received about a half dozen offers for one of its two area casinos and expects to sell one before the end of the first quarter.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $25 million.

Bally Gaming and Systems reports that Flamingo Las Vegas, a Caesars Entertainment, Inc. resort, has agreed to purchase the company's MindPlay MP21 table-game management technology and blackjack system.

Canada’s Lotto 6/49 continues to offer bigger jackpots more often, and tonight's draw is estimated at $24 million.

International News Brief: The bribery case against a director of Wembley could spell the end of the UK leisure group’s future in the US.

No ticket matched all six numbers to win the Mega Millions jackpot. That means the jackpot for the Friday, February 4, 2005 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $32 million.

Foxwoods Resort Casino, one of the world's largest casinos, will be getting bigger under a new plan approved by the Mashantucket Pequots' Tribal Council.