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Dubai World, which owns 50 percent of CityCenter, may be looking to sell its stake in the casino operator to pay down more than $14.4 billion of bank debt.

The Poker Players Alliance's open letter to Commerce Casino on its online poker stance has yielded signatures from over 120 high-level poker advocates.

Atlantic City's first-ever pooled bad beat jackpit hit at Caesars for over $535,000 only two days after it debuted at three Harrah's resorts.

This week, two countries have announced that are taking vastly different approaches to online gambling. While the Netherlands has decided to license and regulate online poker — and online poker only — South Africa's courts have banned online gambling completely.

A lucky player at Fantasy Sports Casino won over $219,000 on the Wheel of Fourtune slot machine.

The Trump Marina in Atlantic City will host its "Second Annual Craft Beer Fest" on September 19.

Harrah's Entertainment has linked the bad beat jackpots at Harrah’s Resort, Caesars, Bally’s and Showboat into one "pooled" jackpot.

Longtime gaming figure Dennis Gomes has agreed to acquire the financially troubled Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City.

The Agua Caliente Casino have introduced specially designed table felts and $5 gaming chips featuring Billy Idol, Huey Lewis and Sheryl Crow.

The Skokomish Tribe is holding a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the Grand Opening of the reinvented Lucky Dog Casino.

Jay Leno benefit at Beau Rivage raises $100,000 for oil spill recovery.

Dennis Gomes to bring Resorts Atlantic City "back to life".

Happy days as tribe pays off slot machine loan four years early.

The Shawn Marion Celebrity Poker Tournament raised almost $70,000 for Marion's foundation at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Oklahoma.

New York's governor and legislative leaders approved Malaysian-based Genting to run and operate New York City's famous but aging Aqueduct Race Track.

Eric Saikin won first place at the Pala Poker Open's sixth annual No Limit Hold'em tournament, winning $1,805 from a $7,125 prize pool.

UAW making progress in drive to unionize in Atlantic City casinos.

Viejas Casino has appointed a new General Manager, Vice President of Marketing and Vice President of Human Resources.

Former Miami Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas will be among the first to receive the first blackjack hand dealt at Seminole Casino Hollywood.

Destinations like the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort in Idaho and the Little Creek Casino Resort in Washington have bucked economic trends with the help of golf.