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WEEKLY FEATURE: Poles Apart
Fri, Mar 27, 2009
Florida's House and Senate have rolled out dramatically different plans for the state's evolving gaming industry. House committee leader Rep. Bill Galvano (l.) says the Senate goes too far.
Vol. 10 • No. 19 • May 14, 2012 - Print This Issue
Marjorie Preston
Marjorie Preston is a contributing editor of Global Gaming Business magazine and managing editor of Casino Connection Atlantic City.
Seneca Solution
The ghose of Secretariat, who last won in 1973 at Belmon Park, is being conjured to help the track gain VLTs under a plan by some New York officials, while the Seneca Nation wants to bring a massive casino to Sullivan County in the Catskills.
Deal or No Deal in Florida?
Fri, Feb 06, 2009
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is promising tens of thousands of new jobs plus billions in added revenue to the state if its compact with Governor Charlie Crist is ratified in the legislature.
WEEKLY FEATURE: All Aboard For Atlantic City
Fri, Feb 13, 2009
When it comes to hope for a battered casino industry, the new ACES train could be right on time. The Atlantic City Express Service, the first direct line between Manhattan’s Penn Station and New Jersey's gambling resort, made its inaugural run on February 6.
WEEKLY FEATURE: Seminole Game Plan
Sat, Apr 25, 2009
Two completely different plans emerge from the Florida legislature while Governor Charlie Crist pushes for the compact that he negotiated with the Seminoles in 2007.
WEEKLY FEATURE: Genting Gets Aqueduct
Fri, Aug 06, 2010
Genting, the Malaysian company that operates Genting Highlands (l.) near Kuala Lumpur, which stood alone in the last round of bidding for the Aqueduct racetrack casino, gets the thumbs-up from the New York Lottery Division.