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Two prominent New York State racing entities will be partnering in the launch of the new advance deposit internet wagering platform, Batavia Bets.

Resorts World Casino New York moved into first place in May as the nation's highest revenue generating casino.

21 workers who were suspended for protesting have strong backing from their union.

A lucky player was awarded a Gold Series top progressive prize of $1,045,270 while playing Rocket’s Gold Cup stepper game.

Now in its 15th year, the celebration runs from June 23rd through September 2nd and includes great entertainment, specially themed days featuring special promotions, discounts and offers.

Participants can play Operation: Safe Cracker kiosk machines free in the casino once every 24 hours from June 25 through July 22.

Carter Phillips won the most recent $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker early Tuesday morning, overcoming the third-largest field of the tournament series thus far (2,811 entrants) to win $664,130 in prize money and the WSOP gold bracelet.

Larry Wright won the $1,500 Deuce-to-Seven Lowball event at the World Series of Poker on Sunday, collecting his first career WSOP gold bracelet and $101,975.

The well-known Card Player magazine attorney and writer collected $603,713 in prize money.

Timothy Adams, a 26-year-old professional poker player from Burlington, Ont., won the first Four-Handed No-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker on Saturday, claiming his first WSOP bracelet at the $392,476 first-place prize.

Ylon Schwartz, a former chess master and professional poker player, won his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet early on Saturday morning after topping a field of nearly 900 players in the $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament to win $267,081.

Dance Parties will continue with The Superfreaks, Sandbox and Siren's Crush, and Tribute Concerts will continue on Saturday nights.

The U.S. Supreme Court in an 8-1 ruling on Monday upheld a lower court decision that would allow Gun Lake, Mich., casino opponent David Patchak to sue to close the $165 million casino.

Gabe Scott, a professional poker player from Norman, Okla., won the $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the World Series of Poker on Thursday, claiming his first gold bracelet and the $361,797 first-place prize at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Players can win big and "Bad" with Michael Jackson King of Pop Wide Area Progressive Slots exclusively at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood through June 28.

Brian Meinders won the $1,500 buy-in Limit Hold'em Shootout tournament at the World Series of Poker to claim his first WSOP bracelet and $116,118 on Thursday.

Joe Cassidy defeated Scotty Nguyen heads up to claim his first World Series of Poker bracelet and $294,777 on Thursday.

One year after finishing as the runner-up in a World Series of Poker bracelet event, Canadian Simon Charette won his first WSOP bracelet and $567,624 in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event.

Michael Gathy, a Belgian poker pro, won $440,829 and his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet on Wednesday morning.