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MTR Gaming Group, Inc. will open 37 poker tables at Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort on October 19.

A Palm Desert man has become the second person to take home a jackpot worth more than $85,000 in the past week at Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs.

A man a jackpot worth $144,000.00 at Agua Caliente Casino, two years after winning a $72,000 jackpot at the same casino.

There will be One Million Dollars in cash on the table in the poker room of the Trump Taj Mahal.

Annette Bennitz has been appointed director of sales for Foxwoods Resort Casino and the soon-to-open MGM Grand at Foxwoods.

News Brief: The West Virginia Lottery Commission gave final approval Wednesday for both Northern Panhandle casinos to begin offering table games to gamblers.

News Brief: Now that a three-member oversight panel has been approved, the Pennsylvania's first non-racetrack casino, with 2,500 slot machines, could be open in the Poconos as soon as Monday.

News Brief: Construction of the Middletown Rancheria Pomo Indian tribe's Twin Pine Casino has began.

Turnberry residents say they were deceived by the developer of the Fontainebleau resort.

Management at the largest and fanciest hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas struck a tentative labor agreement with about 1,500 unionized workers late Wednesday.

Las Vegas Sands staffed its first positions Wednesday at the $1.6 billion Palazzo, bringing 64 front desk personnel into the company's fold.

The Charlie Daniels Band will be performing live in concert at 9 P.M., Friday and Saturday, November 16 & 17 at Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. has completed its purchase of the Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club in Longwood, Florida from Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club, Inc. and Collins & Collins.

News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequot tribe is so sure the National Labor Relations Board has no jurisdiction over its employees at Foxwoods Resort Casino that it refused to hold an union vote.

News Brief: In September, slot machine revenue dropped at both Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun.

News Brief: Visitors to Turning Stone Resort and Casino can again bring their own alcohol to the facility.

News Brief: Valley View Casino near Escondido has entered into an exclusive deal with AEG Live San Diego to book and produce pop concerts at a new 2,000-seat outdoor concert venue that is being built adjacent to the casino.

Visitors to the Meadows Racetrack & Casino can now book overnight stays directly on the casino's website.

The world's top professional poker players, poker enthusiasts and industry leaders will converge on Capitol Hill next week for two days of meetings on Oct. 23 and 24 to discuss the future of Internet gaming.

Las Vegas casino and hotel workers struck a tentative labor deal Monday with two downtown properties, setting the stage for more pacts between casino owners and unionized employees elsewhere on Fremont Street.