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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.

Wynn's companies have long enjoyed a positive relationship with the Culinary Union, and the developer said he expects that to continue when the megaresort opens.

News Brief: When Duke player, Chris Duhon, nailed a 38-foot three-point shot as time ran out in the NCAA semi-finals, sports bettors lost millions.

News Brief: With angry Casino Windsor workers bracing themselves for a long strike and no new talks scheduled, some downtown merchants are worried U.S. customers who stay away will be hard to lure back.

Arizona’s Senator Jon Kyl says that a recent ruling by the World Trade Organization may spur Congress to finally approve legislation to prevent Americans from wagering at offshore Web sites.

When it opened a quarter of a century ago, Sam's Town was a pioneer out on what was then the dusty edge of Las Vegas but on the cutting edge of the gaming industry.

One of the world's most popular and enduring tourist attraction centres is about to experience a major revival, with the opening on June 8th of the new Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort.

New carpet is laid and the brass is polished for today's reopening of Binion's Horseshoe, but hundreds of former and returning workers remain stuck with unpaid medical claims and damaged credit ratings.

A Connecticut congresswoman is calling for tribes and the Interior Department to declare a moratorium on the recognition process.

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

News Brief: A cocaine trafficker attempted to launder his drug money through a casino ended up losing most it thanks to a partners with a gambling problem.

News Brief: Resorts Atlantic City won preliminary approval Wednesday to open its casino hotel expansion, which it plans to do with a bang July 4.

News Brief: The operators of the new Morongo Resort Casino in Cabazon, California, are expecting 10,000 visitor a day once it opens in November.

Penn National Gaming reports that the West Virginia Lottery Commission has approved its request to increase the number of slot machines authorized for placement at the company's Charles Town Races by 1,000 to 4,500.

The World Poker Challenge hosted by the Reno Hilton is the latest event on the WORLD POKER TOUR to demonstrate the effects of the television show's popularity.

News Brief: Wall Street bankers are placing bets on the fast-growing tribal casino industry through the bond markets that are funding the boom.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the Mega Million jackpot grows to an estimated $75 million for the Friday, April 2, 2004 drawing.

The mystery winners of a $239 million Mega Million jackpot are about to step forward.