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The food and beverage director at Texas Station claims Station Casinos has a practice or policy “of intentionally refusing to compensate women equal pay for similar work done by male co-employees.”

Stammen bested a field of 328 players in the $15,400 buy-in, six-day event to take home the title and the $1.35 million first-place prize.

Lucky Rivers Casino guest hit it jackpot, while playing one of the casino’s 2,900 slot machines, taking home nearly $183,000 in cash.

Through the company’s Americas division, Genting said it paid the $1 million application fee to the New York State Gaming Commission as part of an application for one of four casino licenses for the Hudson Valley and Catskill regions.

Penn National Gaming, which owns M Resort, is again looking at the Strip for possible expansion opportunities.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan, Aaron Todd and Dan Podheiser discuss the state of casino gaming in Massachusetts where MGM wants more certainty and Suffolk Downs says it will close if it doesn't receive a casino license, the new World Series of Poker poker room opening in Atlantic City and the state of online gaming in New Jersey and the hard work that goes into hosting a home poker game. And as always, they make their best bets for the week.

Lights out for Earth Day at Horseshoe Casino.

The mixed-use property, which is owned by Chief Executive Officer of SBE Entertainment Sam Nazarian and has more than 1,600 guest rooms and suites, is expected to be completed by fall 2014.

Germany’s largest bank, which opened the 3,000-room Cosmopolitan in December 2010 after it foreclosed on the project’s original developer, is reportedly seeking a buyer for the resort.

James Kennedy of Birmingham, England, was greeted by Stratosphere General Manager Paul Hobson at the entrance to the 1,149-foot-tall tower with balloons, an entourage of Stratosphere employees and cameras.

The MSPT at Potawatomi Casino will take place August 30 – September 7, 2014 and boast a $200,000 Guaranteed Main Event prize pool.

Casino City's Aaron Todd was followed on Twitter by famed poker pro Phil Ivey. But he quickly realized this was no special accomplishment after seeing some of the other 50,000 accounts Ivey's social media staff has followed in recent weeks.

MGM Resorts International and the Hakkasan Group have announced the formation of a joint venture hotel management company called MGM Hakkasan Hospitality.

Golden Gaming, which operates PT's and Sierra Gold taverns, has struck a marketing agreement with the Hard Rock hotel-casino in which Hard Rock players can use loyalty points at Golden Gaming properties.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan, Aaron Todd and Dan Podheiser discuss the Borgata suing poker pro Phil Ivey for $9.6 million for allegedly cheating at mini-baccarat, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement's final decision on the Borgata Winter Open tournament payouts and a new multistate slot jackpot agreement. And as always, they make their best bets of the week from the world of sports.

Weather issues kept casino patrons at home in several states where companies such as Penn National Gaming, Isle of Capri Casinos, Pinnacle Entertainment and Boyd Gaming Corp. derive the bulk of their quarterly revenue.

Casino City's Aaron Todd does not believe poker pro Phil Ivey owes the Borgata once cent of the $9.6 million he is being sued for allegedly cheating at baccarat.

Ivey has been sued in federal court by the Borgata in Atlantic City, which claimed the $9.6 million he won at the casino in 2012 was earned through cheating at high-stakes mini-baccarat.

Harrah's Philadelphia announced today that the World Series of Poker Circuit tournament series will take place from Wednesday April 16 through Monday, April 28.

A Las Vegas jury awarded $1.3 million Tuesday to comedian George Wallace, who claimed the Bellagio’s negligence caused his on-stage injury in 2007.