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News Brief: Workers at Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City voted by a 97 percent margin to ratify a tentative agreement reached last week, averting a strike at the casino.

Rod Stewart, and funnyman Cedric the Entertainer, will kick off a weekend of festivities surrounding the grand opening of the new San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino.

News Brief: Seven former employees of Thunder Valley Casino have filed a civil suit alleging sexual harassment, age and sex discrimination and wrongful termination.

News Brief: Alton officials are feeling luckier after several months of improved business at the Argosy Casino.

Green Valley Ranch Station Casino hopes their new luxurious Penthouse Suite will lure in the high rollers.

Debbie Cameron won $187,255.00 Monday playing a progressive slot machine at Lucky Eagle Casino, the slot payout ever in the state of Washington.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $12 million.

Harrah's Operating Company, Inc. has named Patrick Dennehy Senior Vice President and General Manager of Horseshoe Bossier City Hotel & Casino and the nearby Harrah's Louisiana Downs thoroughbred racetrack and casino.

Herbst Gaming, Inc. has entered into an amendment to its purchase agreement with Southern Iowa Gaming Co. to change the purchase price for the Lakeside Casino.

News Brief: A Southern California man has sued MGM Mirage for preying on his gambling addiction and inducing him to borrow and lose millions of dollars at its Las Vegas casinos.

A second hotel tower is under construction at the Palms.

News Brief: The National Indian Gaming Commission has come under fire from two former members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee for allegedly hurting the Indian gaming industry by ‘expanding’ the type of contracts they examine.

Alabama Attorney General Troy King said all electronic gambling machines at the dog tracks in Macon and Greene counties are now in compliance with his view of what's allowed under state law.

A paperwork delay in Washington, D.C., is being blamed for a delay in the start of poker and blackjack card games at an Oklahoma Indian casino, but tribal officials say the games should begin in the next few days.

News Brief: Hollywood Casino lawyers on Monday said they will start trying to settle about 175 civil lawsuits for no more than $25,000 each, a plan which drew skepticism from one Shreveport lawyer.

Spectre Gaming, Inc.has signed contracts with Cache Creek Casino Resort and Konocti Vista Casino Resort and Marina to install its unique 9-reel, 8-line mechanical games.

News Brief: A representative for the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians told residents of a San Pablo senior center that the tribe has scaled down the size of its proposed casino and promised that the facility would look nothing like those in Las Vegas.

The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians and Black Oak Casino celebrate yet another milestone with the Family Entertainment Floor now open to the public.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. has completed the previously announced sale of The Downs Racing and its subsidiaries to the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority for approximately $280 million.

Beau Rivage plans to build a new 18-hole championship golf course on a 510-acre tract 20 minutes north of the resort.