Gaming News

A NEW law says online gaming is an addiction like gambling, drugs and alcohol, and wants the gaming industry to help pay for treatment.

MTR Gaming Group , Inc. announced today that it is soliciting consents from the registered holders as of 5:00 p.m. , New York City time on December 5, 2013, of its 11.50% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2019 , of which $570,664,114 in aggregate principal amount is outstanding, to amend the Indenture governing the Notes to permit the ... (more)

Odd Duck opens Thursday at 5 p.m. at 1201 S. Lamar Blvd. The restaurant from farm-to-table advocate chef Bryce Gilmore is a brick-and-mortar interpretation of the trailer that brought acclaim to the Barley Swine chef several years ago.

The perky character who promotes the Pennsylvania Lottery is being phased out. That's according to PennLive.com .

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Tuesday night's drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Friday's drawing will grow to $400 million.

Congress got a taste of what Sheldon Adelson's new campaign against Internet gambling may look like Tuesday, when one of the Las Vegas Sands CEO's top deputies appeared before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to call for a clampdown on online betting.

C'mon Buzz Off and longshot The Onlyest One, not only won both ends of the twin $20,000 Claiming Allowance paces, but each registered the same winning time of 1:54.3 over a track rated as 'sloppy' at Dover Downs on Tuesday, Dec. 10. -C'mon Frankie four-year-old he trains and co-owns with his dad, Toby Lynch to victory in a $20,000 3&4-Year-old ... (more)

An artist's rendering of Parx Casino's planned $800 million gaming venue and spa in Fort Washington.

Exclusive Feature : Celebrities aren't strangers to hotels; many of them even have them own: Ralph Lauren, Bono, Clint Eastwood and Robert DeNiro, just to name a few; Now joining the celebrity hotel craze is England's own David Beckham, and he's coming to China.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa A judge has sided with Penn National Gaming, and it's request to stop construction on the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

After taking a year off, many of the casino companies have stormed back to life in 2013.

Last year, it was a deal with Anheuser-Busch allowing the University of Iowa football program's Tiger Hawk logo to appear on Anheuser-Busch promotional materials in bars, restaurants and grocery stores in return for $45,000 a year from the beer company.

The Mega Millions jackpot is an estimated $344 million for tonight, Dec. 10, 2013.

Faced with criticism over the lack of diversity on its board, Twitter announced the appointment of its first female board member, Marjorie Scardino, former CEO of media company Pearson.

The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 released in November have both been well received by the gaming market but overall, mobile devices are having a huge impact on the console industry and the future of gaming is changing fast.

Rome, December 9 - The recession has bitten into the Italian gaming industry which reported its first losses Monday since deregulation almost a decade earlier.

The Senate is considering a vote this week on a major proposal to authorize private management of the Pennsylvania Lottery, expand Lottery gambling and provide a school property tax freeze for senior citizens.

A Berks County-based real estate investment trust is buying the Casino Queen 's real-estate assets in East St. Louis, Ill, for $140 million.

Churchill Downs Inc. plans to raise funds through an offering of $250 million in senior notes due in 2021, the company disclosed Monday in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

If Tim Poster's suitability hearing in front of Nevada gaming regulators had been filmed for reality television, it might have saved that awful "The Casino" series he and business partner Tom Breitling had when they owned the Golden Nugget in 2004.