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Monticello Raceway’s live racing schedule will change in September.

News Brief: Mississippi-based Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. is adding a 120-room hotel to its Boonville, Mo., casino property.

A selection of news and views this week from inside the industry.

Las Vegas Sands Inc. said it's opening a $1.01 billion credit line for the Venetian.

News Brief: Following the success of televised poker in cable, ‘The Ultimate Poker Challenge’ is ready to place its bets in syndication.

News Brief: Poker rookie, Wilma Glorioso, competed against nine other players at Harrah's North Kansas City Casino & Hotel, including the 2003 world champion of poker and walked away the winner.

News Brief: The Seneca Allegany Casino will bring in between $133 million to $178 million in slot machine revenue in its first full year of operation, according to a casino impact study funded by the city of Salamanca.

News Brief: Track officials at Vernon Downs and Raceway Ventures are still focused on one man to financially revive the track: Eric Spector.

Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news from the Tunica, Mississippi casinos.

Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news from the Tunica, Mississippi casinos.

The Chehalis Tribe broke ground this week on an impressive 70 room and suite hotel on the grounds of the Lucky Eagle Casino.

News Brief: The Casino Queen, like most of its competitors in Illinois and Missouri, is following an industry trend and phasing out tokens in favor of tickets.

News Brief: A few years ago, casinos across the United States were closing their poker rooms. Now the nation is swept up into a poker frenzy and casinos have been quick on the draw.

News Brief: The California Gambling Control Commission voted 3-1 to give the Hawaiian Gardens Casino a one-year conditional operating license.

Last month's Clark County Commission decision apparently did not settle a longstanding dispute over parking between Strip casino titans Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson.

News Brief: Leaders of an Oklahoma tribe are exploring becoming partners in a stalled project to create a casino at Monticello Raceway, potentially cutting their New York brethren out of the project.

Foxwoods Resort Casino, the largest casino in the world, is raising the stakes by celebrating its $300 million expansion today with the opening of the newly expanded Rainmaker Casino and Hard Rock Café.

Since no ticket matched the winning numbers, the estimated Mega Millions jackpot grows to $52 million for the Friday, August 20, 2004 drawing.

News Brief: In 1935, one of Mexico's national heroes, President Lazaro Cardenas, banned casinos across the country.

Just when it seemed as if every brand imaginable had made it to the Strip, along comes Hooters -- billing itself as delightfully tacky, yet unrefined -- with plans to plant its high-profile brand on one of the quietest little hotels in town.