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News Brief: The Connecticut House of Representatives will not take up a proposal that could have extended the state smoking ban to the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos, the chamber's leader said Tuesday.

Longtime Las Vegas casino owner Jackie Gaughan is finally walking away from the tables and selling his stake in the El Cortez, Gaughan's signature property since 1963.

Fitzgeralds owner Don Barden is pledging his downtown Las Vegas property to generate a $35 million equity stake in a slots-only casino in Pittsburgh, making a sale likely for the Fremont Street hotel.

News Brief: Don Barden plans to sell his Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel in downtown Las Vegas and put $35 million of the proceeds toward opening the Majestic Star Casino in Pittsburgh.

News Brief: A racetrack owner and bank founder and four local real estate investors have teamed up to buy a 40% stake in the cash-strapped Greektown Casino.

News Brief: Pennsylvania gaming regulators didn't know about Wilkes-Barre slots operator Mohegan Sun's relationship with a corrupt developer in Wisconsin.

The Summer of Fun is blazing at Spotlight 29 Casino with the hottest headline acts in the Spotlight Showroom, and the coolest promotions on the casino floor.

Showcasing her flamboyant spirit, legendary talent and ingenious creativity, Cher launched the first of her nearly 200 shows tonight at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace

Full House Resorts reports that the FireKeepers Development Authority closed on a $340 million Senior Secured Note due 2015 financing and a $35 million F&E facility to fund the FireKeepers Casino project in Battle Creek, Michigan.

News Brief: El Dorado County is to receive $500,000 annually for 20 years for law enforcement under a casino pact with the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians but the sheriff says that isn't enough.

The Hollywood Casino RV Park has been recognized as one of the Top Rated Parks by Trailer Life Directory’s Good Sam Park network and Top 100 in membership sales for 2007.

While Saturday’s running of the Kentucky Derby was a day of great joy and celebration for the racing team of Big Brown, it was also a day of extreme sorrow and sadness for the racing team of the beautiful filly, Eight Belles, who lost her life as she spectacularly pursued her place in racing history.

Journey band member Jonathan Cain will play Journey favorites with the Agua Caliente Casino’s popular house band, Mischief, which is led by Cain’s brother Tommy “Mugs” Cain.

Fallsview Casino Resort announced today the World Rock Symphony Orchestra will join the list of big names appearing in the resort's Avalon Theatre this summer.

Illusions and wonder await you when Kalin & Jinger's Real Magic Show appears in The Shell at Trump Marina beginning Wednesday, June 25 through Sunday, August 17.

News Brief: Negotiations to try and prevent a labour dispute at Lake City Casino begin Tuesday.

News Brief: Hurricane Katrina gave the Beau Rivage and some other Coast casinos the opportunity to go digital and become more advanced than casino surveillance in Las Vegas and Atlantic City.

News Brief: Lawsuits, zoning fights, angry residents and battling politicians have kept any work from beginning on the $986 million Foxwoods casino and the $550 million SugarHouse casino.

News Brief: A proposed hotel development near Turning Stone Resort and Casino might be dead because the state won't let developers tap into a waterline across the road.

News Brief: Desperate for revenue, New York state has put plans to develop a racino at Aqueduct on the fast track.