Sun, Dec 28, 2008
The Illinois Gaming Board December 22 chose Des Plaines and Midwest Gaming, led by developer Neil Bluhm (l.), for the state’s 10th and last casino license, picking it over Rosemont and Waukegan. The vote was 3-1, ending four years of agonizing by the state board on what to do with the license. And the decision apparently came down to the only bid that was not tainted.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
The African subsidiary of Century Casinos, Inc. is being acquired by Tsogo Sun Gaming (Pty) Limited of South Africa. The deal involves the Caledon Hotel, Spa & Casino, near Cape Town (l.), and Century Casino Newcastle, in Newcastle, South Africa. Century Casinos Africa (Pty) Limited owns and operates the Caledon and owns 60 percent of the Newcastle property, for which it also provides technical casino services.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
Encore opens in Las Vegas during what most regard its most difficult economic times in history.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Kevin Gover, the director of the Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Gover has a long history with Indian gaming and tribal-federal issues.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
Bobby Flay, a celebrity chef whose restaurants in Las Vegas and Atlantic City have been huge hits, is ready to expand into Connecticut.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
For months, casino operators in the U.K. have been signaling reluctance to bid on the 16 new licenses authorized by Parliament earlier this year. Now, according to the Times Online, the economy is proving to be yet another, formidable obstacle to taking the plunge.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
The European Casino Association and Clarion Gaming, which organizes the International Gaming Expo, have joined forces to create the International Casino Conference. The one-day educational event will be held at the Earls Court exhibition center (l.) on Monday, January 26, prior to the start of IGE, which runs at the same location from Tuesday though Thursday.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
The two big private equity buyouts of 2007 are in trouble. Two of the most important gaming companies are facing huge debt payments in the new year.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
A just completed study shows that New Hampshire could make as much as $200 million a year in taxes if Rockingham Park racetrack becomes a racino with 3,000 slot machines.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
The only one of four Kansas casino proposals still intact will break ground this week in Dodge City. Governor Kathleen Sebelius and various other legislative dignitaries are expected to attend the event.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
Nevada’s unemployment rate jumped to 8 percent in November, the highest rate in more than 20 years, according to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. With so many Nevadans out of work, the 12,000 available positions at MGM Mirage’s CityCenter are desperately needed. As of January 5, the resort will begin taking applications, and long lines of out-of-work residents are expected.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
Thanks largely to football, Nevada’s sports books posted a 25 percent increase over October numbers of 2007. The total take for the month was $18.3 million, compared to $14.4 million in the previous year.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
Because its former chairman has pled guilty in a federal corruption case the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe may find itself the object of buyer’s remorse from the Massachusetts town of Middleboro with whom it negotiated a contract last year to put a $1 billion casino on about 500 acres.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is again blasting the Seminole tribe for what he calls “the calculated illegal expansion” of Las Vegas-style card games at its South Florida casinos.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
Opponents of the Seneca's Buffalo Creek Casino project have gone to academia for support to get the temporary casino shut down, and make sure a permanent casino never opens. But the academics they chose have long ago been discredited by objective observers.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
It could take about 18 months for the Shinnecock tribe of Long Island to achieve the federal recognition it needs to proceed with plans for a tribal casino. The tribe's petition has “been bumped up in the queue,” says Interior Department spokesman Tim Bishop. “The Shinnecock gaming issue is anything but hypothetical.”
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
A decision by a federal judge that killed, for the moment, an Indian casino in Iowa, may have more wide-ranging effects since it appears to erode the authority of the National Indian Gaming Commission, to the advantage of the Department of the Interior.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
Slot manufacturer WMS Industries Inc announced that the Nevada Gaming Commission has given final approval to “WAGE-NET,” the company’s networked, downloadable gaming system.
Sun, Dec 28, 2008
The Rat Pack and Las Vegas are like peas in a pod, so it’s fitting that Steve Wynn is bringing Frank’s charm and style to his new signature resort, Encore.
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