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News Brief: Pac Ten presidents have accepted the recommended penalties against the University of Washington for gambling.

News Brief: Under a court-approved settlement, MotorCity Casino and Greektown Casino will pay $79 million to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

News Brief: The opening of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, set for June 10, is expected to have long-ranging impact on the tourism and hospitality trades in both Southern Ontario and the Buffalo Niagara region.

A power outage paralyzed gambling operations at Bellagio on Easter Sunday, sending workers at the five-star hotel scrambling to accommodate more than 1,500 inconvenienced guests.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $57 million.

While visiting the Trump 29 Casino in California, Donald Trump beat one of the Apprentice Chickens who are trained to play tic-tac-toe as a promotional gimmick.

News Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court has refused without comment to consider a Placer County citizens group's challenge of Thunder Valley Casino.

News Brief: Great Canadian Gaming Corp. said Thursday its purchase of Hastings Entertainment Inc. was worth CAD$20.1 million.

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

No ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $90 million jackpot, so the jackpot for the Friday, April 9, 2004 drawing grows to an estimated $105 million.

News Brief: The strike at Casino Windsor went through a third day with no sign that negotiations might resume any time soon.

News Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court has refused without comment to consider a Placer County citizens group's challenge of Thunder Valley Casino.

Thursdays have been designated “Jack’d Up Jackpots” promotional days at Horseshoe Casino Hammond during the month of April.

The World Poker Tour will draw many of the game's leading players to its championship from April 19-23, where it will conclude its second season by crowning this season's champion.

Blackjack rules and regulations in Chicago-area casinos including Trump Casino & Hotel, Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Indiana, and the Blue Chip Casino & Hotel in Michigan City, Indiana.

News Brief: Remington Park will undergo a transformation come autumn.

News Brief: Rhode Island’s Lincoln Park could morph into a Las Vegas-style casino under plans laid out by a pair of high-powered gambling empires competing to buy the racing venue.

News Brief: Guadalupe Lopez, mother of actress and pop diva Jennifer Lopez, hit a $2.4 million slot machine jackpot at the Borgata.

Startled Wall Street analysts, seeing estimated first-quarter earnings at Mandalay Resort Group revised upward 30 percent Monday, described Las Vegas as a boom town with bright prospects for the months ahead.

ews Brief: There's more than meets the eye as the pari-mutuel industry examines the relationship between handle and purses, and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association is working behind the scenes to investigate the legal ramifications.