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After much anticipation and delay, virtual blackjack has been introduced at Gulfstream Park in South Florida.

Seven employees at the Mississippi casino were recognized for their outstanding service on Monday.

Dennis Perkins was dealt a seven-card straight flush and won $97,204 at the Las Vegas casino.

Trump Entertainment Resorts is supporting a buyout plan backed by Donald Trump and bondholders.

The new CityCenter hotel is billing itself as a true boutique nongaming hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

MGM Mirage wants Crystals, the 500,000-square-foot luxury retail and entertainment district at CityCenter, to be the retail "epicenter" of the West.

The California casino will hold its regular schedule of daily No Limit Hold’em poker tournaments every day in December, except Christmas Day.

The Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton will feature Carrie Cunningham and the Six Shooters on New Year’s Eve.

Three barns are under quarantine at Calder Race Course, due to single case of EVH-1 equine herpesvirus.

Nevada gaming regulators are closing watching the financial maneuvers of Dubai World, who received a license to share in revenue from CityCenter's Aria casino.

The nearly 1,500-room nongaming Vdara hotel will welcome its first paying customers on Tuesday night.

The gaming giant has filed applications with Nevada gaming regulators seeking approval to acquire the Las Vegas property.

Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel in Las Vegas will close its 365-room hotel tower beginning Dec. 14 and lay off about 100 workers.

Casino City provides video evidence as to why these 10 poker professionals would not be good replacements for Jeffrey Pollack as WSOP commissioner.

MGM Mirage officials are hoping that President Barack Obama will drop by Las Vegas to acknowledge the opening of CityCenter.

8 years later Hialeah Park reopens to big crowd.

The $8.5 billion CityCenter development will open its first hotel, Vdara, on Tuesday. The MGM Mirage project has made a number of headlines in the last 61 months, including coming within hours of filing for bankruptcy in March.

Harrah's Entertainment Chairman and CEO Gary Loveman told employees that the company is trying to buy the Planet Hollywood Resort.

NYRA soliciting bids for eventual work on Saratoga Race Course grandstand improvements.

The Michigan casino has announced that over one million dollars in cash and prizes will be given away during the month.