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Congressman Jim McDermott introduced yesterday the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2008 that would ensure that taxes are collected on regulated Internet gambling activities.

Mountaineer Casino has raised its advertising stakes by adding Scala InfoChannel Digital Signage software to the game.

Due to extraordinary demand Billy Joel has added a 7th date to his Mohegan Sun performances.

Perfect Escapes report that Ms. Melissa Dickinson of San Clemente, California, is the grand prize winner of the Perfect Escapes "Weekend at the Wynn Las Vegas" Sweepstakes

Mount Airy Casino Resort has the most diverse workforce of any casino in Pennsylvania according to a study on diversity released by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

The National Council on Problem Gambling and the Council on Compulsive Gambling of Pennsylvania to proclaim March 9-15, 2008, National Problem Gambling Awareness Week.

News Brief: A share of slot machine revenue from the Hogansburg casino has been a boon for St. Lawrence County, New York, but legislators don't agree on how to spend it.

State Labor Commissioner Michael Tanchek's second look at the controversial Wynn Las Vegas tip-pooling policy has been postponed.

Hooters Hotel will be rebranded into a yet-to-be named boutique hotel following a $130 million redevelopment of the property that could begin later this year, the investment group purchasing the hotel said Monday.

America's airports shouldn't look to Congress for help solving air travel problems that could cost billions of dollars to fix, at least not this year.

Jeff Simpson on the folks who are suing MGM Mirage because they believe they were misled about their purchase of condo-hotel units at the Signature towers at MGM Grand.

Ben Mezrich's best-selling book about an MIT blackjack team has been adapted to the big screen as "21" premieres this week. Watch the movie's trailer and find out how the relationship between Mezrich and the book's main character - Jeff Ma - led to the creation of this motion picture and changed their lives forever.

Carlotta Arnsdorff, risk manager of Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis, has been elected president of the Gulf Coast Risk Managers’ Association.

Due to overwhelming demand Billy Joel has added an additional date to his Mohegan Sun performances.

Phil Ivey scored a resounding victory at Commerce Casino's L.A. Poker Classic and walked away with $1,596,100 -- and a pretty big grin.

In testimony before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday, February 27, Assistant Secretary of the Interior Carl Artman clarified the role that distance from a Tribe's reservation would play in the approval process for a new casino.

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. reports that it and TLC Casino Enterprises have agreed to close the sale of Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel on or before March 7, 2008.

Schiffer explains how to win $100,000 playing blackjack, an LCD TV and $10,000 playing slots; all just by doing a little gambling on the river.

News Brief: An initial draft of the Environmental Assessment report on a proposed casino and RV park development should be released to the public soon, according to a spokesman for the Twentynine Palms Band of Mission Indians.

News Brief: The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians celebrated a milestone as the final steel beam was placed for the Foothill Oaks Casino earlier this week, a tribal spokesman said Wednesday.