Arizona News - Page 15

News Brief: Russell Green is one of the many casino workers that found work in Arizona after being displaced after Hurricane Kartrina.

News Brief: Thanks for $19 million from casino profits five new recreation centers are opening in Arizona.

News Brief: The Navajo Nation could soon have its first casino up and running in Arizona if, as expected, a contract is signed by next Friday with a still-unnamed developer.

News Brief: One of two suspects in an armored car robbery at a Salt River Indian casino is still at-large, contrary to earlier reports, officials said.

News Brief: The Tohono O'odham Nation has a new casino boss to oversee construction of the new Desert Diamond Casino on Nogales Highway as well as the tribe's entire gaming operation, the tribe announced this morning.

News Brief: A union-led group is picketing for higher wages and benefits for construction workers at a casino-hotel project on the Tohono O'odham Reservation.

News Brief: Scottsdale police are investigating a purse-snatching incident reported by a woman who said she had just won $40,000 from Casino Arizona.

Dylan Mattina, an avid True Poker player, has won the Yuma, Arizona City Wide Tournament.

News Brief: The independent investigator hired by the National Hockey League to probe an alleged gambling ring has found no evidence that the game's integrity has been compromised.

Casino Arizona has signed five-year agreements to use the products and services of Global Cash Access.

News Brief: Given what we know at this point, the Tocchet situation is more of an organized crime story than it is an actual gambling scandal.

News Brief: Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. ‘should be making a selection in the very near future’ on a developer for the tribe's casino, according to legislative counselor Michelle Dotson.

Burns Studio Publishing is pleased to announce the release of limited editions of “Kong Juice and Cards,” Burns’ riff on the classic C.M. Coolidge image of dogs gathered around a card table for a night of poker.

News Brief: Expect a Miracle Inc. is proposing a $7 million casino for the Roth Hill riverfront site, not counting millions more in land-based development.

News Brief: Gila River Casinos has broken ground on an $8 million expansion of its Vee Quiva Casino. The expansion will add up to 11,000 square feet and about 300 new parking spaces.

News Brief: Fresh out of college and armed with a history degree, Scottsdale resident, Greg Powers, makes his living playing online poker. He’s joined the surge in players that are joining the poker bandwagon.

A newlywed was Atronic’s latest Penny Parade Progressive Jackpot winner of $145,531.04 at the Desert Diamond Casino.

Atronic celebrates the latest Arizona Magic winner on December 11th at Casino Arizona McKellips with a "Jackpot" win of $63,124.91.

News Brief: Voters in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community will decide today whether to allow a 15-story hotel casino just east of its border with Scottsdale, Arizona.

News Brief: A 15-story hotel casino could rise just east of Scottsdale’s border if voters in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community approve a change to building height restr