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The casino will add a massive LED video screen to the roof, which will host the words CASINO on it.

Healthy-sized crowds turn out to embrace the newly opened Oxford Casino during its first weekend.

Rock Ohio Caesars to add video lottery terminals (VLTs) to Thistledown racetrack.

Casino operators want Michigan expansion proposal rejected.

Vincent Van Der Fluit became the fourth Dutch-born World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner on Wednesday night, besting a field of 970 players in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament to claim first-place prize money of $265,221.

Ashkan Razavi, a 30-year-old professional poker player from Maple Ridge, B.C., won $781,398 and his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event on Wednesday at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Lambert will take the Fantasy Springs stage for the second time, having performed there to a sold-out crowd in February 2010 in his first solo concert after coming in second on American Idol.

The $500 million casino project opens to huge crowds, boosts local economy and introduces a new class of gaming and entertainment to the Mid-Atlantic gaming region.

The deal would see casino dollars invested to support horse racing at Canterbury Park.

Some impact being felt on slot revenue at Presque Isle Downs following the opening of the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland.

Suffolks Down reveal proposed casino-resort plans in their bid to acquire a license.

Sommore, D.L. Hughley, Eddie Griffin, Bruce Bruce and more will be part of the all-star line-up.

The Gold Rush Casino in Henderson closed Friday and will reopen in three to four months as Wildfire Sunset.

More than 100 contractors, many based in Las Vegas, have filed more than 325 claims in the Fontainebleau's bankruptcy case.

Joseph Magliarditi, president of the off-Strip resort, has overseen a number of changes to the casino and will now finish what will be a $50 million renovation and upgrade of the 11-year-old property.

Herbert Tapscott, a 71-year-old financier from Hartselle, Ala., collected $264,400 for his first career cash at the WSOP, proving once again that it's never too late to triumph on poker's grandest stage.

Andy Bloch finally won his first World Series of Gold bracelet on Saturday, claiming the title in the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event and $126,363.

Aubin Cazals, a 21-year-old online poker pro currently residing on the island-nation of Malta, collected $480,564 and his first WSOP gold bracelet, but the tournament is more likely to be remembered for its historic ramifications and even some controversy that impacted play on what was expected to be the final day.