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News Brief: Tampa Bay Downs concludes meeting with gains in handle, attendance Tampa Bay Downs registered gains in total live all-source handle, establishing a record, and attendance for its 2003-’04 meeting that ended on May 2.

News Brief: Punters that want to bet on the Preakness will need to open an account with XpressBet, the wagering platform of Pimlico Race Course owner Magna Entertainment Corp.

Damon Wayans will host Pepsi's ‘Play for a Billion,’ Sweepstakes event which is currently scheduled to air on ABC on Sunday, September 12.

The jackpot for the Friday, May 7, 2004 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $66 million.

ews Brief: Nova Scotia's finance minister admits allowing aboriginal bands to set up more video lottery terminals defeats the purpose of a moratorium on the gambling devices.

News Brief: Final payments were mailed last week to subcontractors who built the Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino near Coarsegold, casino officials said Tuesday.

News Brief: Despite Google's ban on accepting online gambling ads, Web wagering outfits are evading the search king's sentries.

News Brief: With its workers on strike and its doors closed, Casino Windsor is losing about $1.6 million in revenues a day and that's affecting the Ontario government's coffers, Ontario Labour Minister Chris Bentley said today.

News Brief: A 49-year-old Clifton woman survived an encounter at knifepoint Friday with a suspect police believe stalks gamblers on casino floors before following them to their hotel rooms and robbing them.

Wynn Resorts, Limited unveiled the first steps of its plan for the expansion of its Wynn Las Vegas resort.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing, the jackpot has been pushed to an estimated $170 million.

News Brief: Readers of Midwest Gaming and Travel magazine have chosen three Illinois casinos among their favorites in five Midwestern states.

News Brief: Caesars Indiana will pay a fine of more than $14,800 for allowing customers under 21 to board the Harrison County gambling boat on nine occasions from March 2002 to January 2004.

Total wagering on the 130th Kentucky Derby and the Derby Day racing card at Churchill Downs smashed a North American record for total betting on an individual event and a single day of races that had been established in the 2003 renewal of the famed ’Run for the Roses.’

Voyager Entertainment International Inc. today said it and The Rio hotel-casino discontinued talks for development of a large ferris wheel-like tourist attraction at The Rio in Las Vegas.

The leader of the acquisition company that plans to take possession of the Aladdin hotel-casino later this year says he's confident the deal will close as planned.

News Brief: Tropicana's concrete subcontractor knew there was a problem that could cause the structure to fail but ignored it, federal investigators charged in a report released Thursday on the fatal garage collapse.

News Brief: Phil Heard has resigned as chief executive officer of Hastings Entertainment Inc., recently purchased by Great Canadian Gaming Corp.

News Brief: Louisiana Downs is scheduled to open its new casino facility on Friday, with live racing set to begin on May 14.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $145 million.