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Things may have gone differently in Mark Newhouse's second run at the World Series of Poker's Main Event on Monday night, but a river jack presented him with an opportunity to bluff, and William Tonking sniffed it out.

Daniel Negreanu and Jack McClelland were inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Binion's Sunday night. Casino City's Aaron Todd recaps the top-10 moments from the event.

Unlike the Strip, the locals market has been slow to embrace the state’s economic recovery.

The Cosmopolitan, which opened in December 2010, has never reported an annual operating profit.

Full House Chairman and CEO Andre Hilliou asked stockholders to ignore overtures from a shareholder group headed by gaming executive Dan Lee that is seeking to remake the company’s board.

It always staggers the Reel Life when anyone pays anything over $10 for a bottle of wine. Really, anything over $5 is pricey. Two Buck Chuck, anyone?

The process was been put hold until a ballot question that sought to repeal the state’s casino law was decided. On Tuesday, Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly rejected the referendum.

“Poker Night in America,” a nationally televised cable and web series, returns to Rivers Casino for a high-stakes celebrity cash game on Nov. 13 and 14.

Massachusetts voters saved the state’s fledgling casino industry Tuesday by overwhelmingly rejecting a ballot referendum that would have tossed a three-year-old gaming law.

Rivers Casino has been named “Best Overall Casino” in Pennsylvania by readers of Strictly Slots magazine.

The award was part of the publication’s annual “Best of Slots” program, ranking 12 Pennsylvania casinos in 18 distinct categories.

Criss Angel to attempt the Houdini Death Escape at Foxwoods Resort Casino on November 11, 2014.

By all accounts, a referendum to undo Massachusetts’ casino law should get crushed in Tuesday’s election and lose by 15 to 20 percentage points.

Another casino will open 15 minutes South of the US border in Ciudad Juarez.

Boyd Gaming CEO Keith Smith said Thursday the company is working with advisors to understand the feasibility of the process.

Company CFO Dan D’Arrigo said preliminary discussions had taken place with a group interested in housing an NHL team at the MGM-AEG arena, which will have 20,000 seats, along with luxury boxes and other amenities.

One lucky Club Barona player will win $500 every 15 minutes on October 31 until the clock strikes midnight.

A discrimination lawsuit filed by cocktail servers against Resorts Casino Hotel has been settled.

A group of Full House investors, led by former Pinnacle Entertainment CEO Dan Lee, predicts better days for the casino operator if it can remake the board and map out a new direction.

Wynn said its net income for the quarter that ended Sept. 30 was $191.4 million, or $1.88 per share. A year ago, the company reported net income of $182 million, or $1.79 per share.