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You can be sure the casino industry knows a good bet when it sees one. And perhaps the most valuable tool to help revive a sluggish gaming industry in Mississippi is marketing through social media.

A $10,000 Virginia Lottery ticket was purchased in Manassas this week at the height of the lottery craze as the big jackpot nears a half-billion dollars, the Washington Post reports.

In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream.

Surging ticket sales prompted the Multi-State Lottery Association to boost the Powerball jackpot Friday, hours ahead of tonight's drawing for rival Mega Millions lottery, which has a $190 million jackpot.

A move by Penn National Gaming Inc. could enable the company to win a license for a casino in Prince George's County without having to sell its Hollywood Perryville casino.

Pinnacle owns seven U.S. casinos and a racetrack, and has another casino under development.

Stores across western Pennsylvania were busy with people buying Powerball tickets for Wednesday night's jackpot of $360 million -- the third-largest of all time.

A gender-swapping tale from the gaming industry, with a happy ending yet, to show that speaking up can make a difference.

You only need one $2 ticket to play. With no Powerball ticket sold to match the Powerball jackpot numbers Saturday night, the multi-state mega-lottery has climbed to $350 million this week.

L'Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles, a Pinnacle Entertainment Property in Louisiana, Completes its More than $20 Million 754-room Renovation Project -- L'Auberge Casino Resort in Lake Charles, La., a Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

A message early Thursday on the multistate lottery's website said the jackpot has soared to $475 million after none of the ticket sold matched all the winning numbers in Wednesday night's drawing: 2, 11, 26, 34, 41 and a Powerball of 32.

Wynn Resorts is known for palatial entrances to its resort properties and warm welcomes for its guests, but it will get none of that red carpet treatment from Revere.

Melvyn Wilson might be running out of room for all the big Virginia Lottery ceremonial checks he's received.

Sacramento-area officials with the Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based professional services and design consultant company Stantec Inc.

Connecticut is at a dangerous crossroads. We can choose to do nothing and lose hundreds of millions of dollars in projected revenue for the state from our two casinos, or we can go on the offensive, diversify the industry and get back in the game.

Tonight's Powerball jackpot is at least $360 million, making it the third largest in Powerball history.

In just a few short weeks, the jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $360 million, making it the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot ever.

The 14th edition of the awards, which always take place outside India, will also celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema.

A Hong Kong businessman hit a $70 million court-awarded jackpot Tuesday when a jury agreed that he had helped the casino empire run by billionaire Sheldon Adelson get a gambling foothold in the People's Republic of China.

Eddie Routh, who is accused of shooting ex-Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and another man, has not been indicted more than three months after the killings.