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News Brief: Unwilling to leave Atlantic City without a fight, the former owners of the Tropicana Casino and Resort urged an appeals court Tuesday to give them back their license and stop the casino's sale.

News Brief: Progress on Red Hawk Casino includes a pretty porte-cochere, a pandemonium of hammered steel and aluminum and plans for the stretch drive.

News Brief: The Navajo Gaming Enterprise has less than six months to construct the Nation’s first casino in Churchrock and may not meet its Oct. 15 target opening date, according to NGE General Counsel Ray Etcitty.

News Brief: Greektown Casino was told it has until June 10 to come up with a convincing argument why the Michigan Gaming Control Board should not force casino owners to sell the gaming hall.

Donny and Marie Osmond will host an open casting call, which kicks off today, in search of talented dancers to be part of their all-new production at Flamingo Las Vegas, opening Sept. 9.

News Brief: Construction at Hoosier Park continues to be on time and on budget, Rick Moore, general manager of racing at Hoosier Park, reported to the Indiana Horse Racing Commission on Monday.

Starting Thursday, May 15, Cherokee Casino Resort kicks off its first Mid-South Poker Classic, the second of three major tournaments this year

Bauman Rare Books, a familiar landmark on Madison Avenue in New York for lovers of antiquarian books and autographs, announces its opening at The Shoppes at The Palazzo in Las Vegas.

Guggenheim's closure makes some wonder whether high culture has a future on the Strip.

Profits for Landry's Restaurants, parent company of the Golden Nugget casinos in Las Vegas and Laughlin, fell 93 percent in the first quarter .

News Brief: Hundreds showed up Saturday for Downstream Casino Resort’s job fair at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin.

Atlantic City announced that Boogie Nights, one of the hottest dance clubs in Atlantic City, will be open every Friday and Saturday night starting May 9, 2008.

Bubbapalooza, the live comedy event presented by top-rated national satellite and terrestrial radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge, will be in the Mark G. Etess Arena at Trump Taj Mahal on Saturday, July 12, 2008.

The World Poker Association reports the launch of its first educational event for members at the WPA Inaugural Conference, which will take place at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino May 28-May 29, 2008.

The Ante Up for Africa celebrity Poker tournament, together with San Manuel's $500,000 donation and the proceeds from the silent auction, were able to raise a significant financial contribution for the Not On Our Watch project.

Tonight the California Lottery is offering up a $145 million Mega Millions jackpot, which is currently the largest lottery jackpot in the country.

News Brief: In all, 25 of the area students were honored on Tuesday with an awards ceremony and luncheon in the Poolside Terrace at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino.

News Brief: Pinnacle Entertainment's Lumière Place casino and luxury hotel complex in downtown St. Louis lost $760,000 during the company's first quarter primarily due to significant initial marketing and overstaffing.

News Brief: The Meadows Racetrack & Casino, once projected to fall far short of its own revenue estimates, is paying out hundreds of millions of dollars more than competing casinos in West Virginia.

One lucky Slingo winner from New Jersey broke the Slingo bonus reel slot machine progressive bank and walked away with the winning jackpot of over $697,000 at Harrah's Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, recently.