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Katt Williams is bringing his unique personality, pimp-esque charisma and endless supply of original jokes to Spotlight 29 Casino on January 26.

Schiffer chooses to ignore the events of 2007 while making some observations for the gaming world in 2008.

News Brief: People who suffer a life-threatening alteration in heart rhythms are more likely to survive if they are in a casino or airport than if they are in a hospital, researchers reported today.

News Brief: With lifelong friend and confidant the Rev. Joseph F. Sica facing a felony charge of perjury, the stakes have never been higher for junk man turned casino businessman, Louis DeNaples.

News Brief: The million dollars on display has tantalized Silver Slipper Casino visitors for long enough and this weekend the casino is ready to give it away.

News Brief: Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino opened its racing season Thursday with a big increase in betting on its races televised at other tracks, including Calder Race Course and Pompano Park, which did not televise Gulfstream last year.

News Brief: Smoking is still being allowed in at least one of Colorado's mountain casinos because it claims to be a cigar bar exempt from the state's smoking ban.

News Brief: A Catholic priest and longtime confidant of casino owner Louis A. DeNaples was charged yesterday with perjury, accused of lying to a grand jury about his relationship with a mob boss.

News Brief: Ellis Park owner Ron Geary said he would put a casino in Owensboro, Kentucky, to move it away from competition in Indiana.

The $750 million expansion and renovation project that will double the Hard Rock Hotel's size and add 950 hotel rooms by mid-2009 is under way on the northwest corner of Harmon Avenue and Paradise Road.

The investment group working to buy Hooters Hotel made a $500,000 nonrefundable, nonapplicable fee payment Monday to retain exclusive purchase rights for the property.

News Brief: While a new First Nations casino on the city's west edge broke ranks yesterday on a province-wide smoking ban, some other Calgary gambling haunts said they hadn't seen business drop.

Century Casinos, Inc. has acquired the remaining 35% of all issued and outstanding partnership units of CC Tollgate LLC that were owned by Central City Venture LLC.

Between the WSOP and the famous cash games at the Bellagio, Las Vegas is the center of the poker world for glitz and glamour. But when the poker world is measured by how many tables are in a casino, California is king.

News brief: In a bid to lure new customers, Caesars introduced dramatic increases this week to betting ceilings for blackjack, roulette, craps and various Asian games.

News brief: The newest megaresort on the Las Vegas Strip may not open before New Year's Eve and is focusing instead on a grand opening Jan. 17.

News brief: Mount Airy Casino Resort has almost doubled the non-smoking space on its massive casino floor.

News brief: The Riverside Casino & Golf Resort was one of the few places open Christmas Day, and its hotel, buffet, musical entertainment and games attracted people from all over.

If slots are your game, this is the list for you as we rank the Top-10 casinos by the number of slot machines they feature.

Long-time Massachusetts resident Gary Loveman officially becomes part owner of the NBA team he has rooted for since the 1980s.