Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Las Vegas-based Station Casinos, a major player in the Las Vegas locals casino business (the company’s original casino, Palace Station, at left), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after negotiations with lenders to finalize a prepackaged bankruptcy fizzled out.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Fernando Chui becomes Macau’s new chief executive in the first handover of power in the SAR since China took it over in 1999. Chui’s support of the gaming industry in initial statements is encouraging to operators.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Australian casino operator Crown Limited is about to increase the number of table games at its Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia by over 40 percent. The compromise with state government will see the casino pay a higher tax on money it makes from slot machines.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The organization of the six casino operators in Macau promises to bring cooperation on important issues and reduce the cutthroat competition currently experienced in the SAR. Stanley Ho (l.) is elected the group’s first president.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The panel charged with formulating regulations for the addition of table games to Delaware’s three racinos have reached agreement on a tax structure for the games.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
It’s become a staring contest between the influential tribe and Florida legislators, who don’t want to make any concessions in the pending gaming compact. Who will blink first? Not Governor Charlie Crist (l.), who sides with the tribe.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (l.) looks at online off-track betting and a possible online lottery as additions to video poker as gambling options to address a huge budget deficit.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The former British colony on the northeastern coast of South America is getting its first real casino and five-star hotel, operated by a Turkish gaming company. The government is hoping the project will help kick-start the underdeveloped tourism sector.
Sat, Aug 01, 2009
This week, the GGB Podcast features an interview with Mac Seelig, the president of AC Coin & Slot, on his many years in the gaming industry, his perception about integrity in gaming and his views on the manufacturing sector of the business.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Referendum will give Taiwan’s offshore islands a voice on approving casino gaming to revive the economy and extend the resort area’s season.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Many positions still open at Marina Bay Sands as Singaporeans don’t warm up to idea of working in a casino.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
It seems every week the opponents of Goa’s offshore casinos find another angle from which to approach their goal of shutting down the games. Still, the latest threat would seem to carry weight more weight than usual—if it weren’t for the courts.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Airport reports downturn in visitors, cargo due to financial crisis, but efforts to bring more carriers and routes to Macau seem to be bearing fruit.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Is the day of reckoning for Las Vegas mega-resorts just around the corner or years away? When operations becomes the prime revenue driver, the shake out should begin.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Russia has slightly relaxed its tough anti-gambling laws to allow private bookmakers to operate onsite at racetracks. It is the first carrot since the government brought out the big stick in July.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Australia has had a long love affair with the “pokies,” as slot machines are known locally. Recession or not, revenues from the non-casino slot market rose slightly in 2008/09.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Argentina’s professional soccer industry is experiencing problems due to lack of revenues. The sport’s national association believes that the best way to alleviate the pressure is to legalize individual-match sports betting.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
When Chile decided to issue 18 casino licenses a few years ago, the primary goal was to create investment in tourism and job opportunities. Now that all casinos are either open or nearing completion, lawmakers are revisiting the legislation to add a social-conscience component.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The town of Rocky Mountain House in Alberta has voted to maintain a 12-year-old ban on video lottery terminals, despite protests from bar owners.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Regulators in Spain are trying to open up the country’s online casino market. Unfortunately, there is a lack of progress at the national level, leading to speculation that business models set at the provincial level may be the only way to bring online gaming to the country.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The Poker Players Alliance is saying that its lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C., part of an effort to regulate and legalize online poker in the U.S., was an amazing success.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Country plans to do everything possible to limit profitability of foreign online operators.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Gtech G2 announced a deal with PayPal to handle its money transfers, giving British bingo partners the ability to use the leading online payment facilitator.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
As part of the fallout from the fiasco involving Prive at Planet Hollywood, regulators in Nevada are trying to open a dialogue with operators to explain the regulatory issues that, if ignored, could result in disciplinary action against casinos.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Now that it seems likely that Ohio voters will get a chance to vote on four regional casinos in November, residents in the four cities that would be affected, and the surrounding areas, are considering whether they will benefit. But Governor Ted Strickland’s (l.) new racino order is also a factor.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The Nevada Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit against a proposed casino in Sparks, leaving the door open for construction to begin soon. John Ascuaga’s Nugget (l.) sued to stop the casino, but has apparently failed.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The off-Strip hotel showed off its expansion with a new hotel tower, the rooms in which sold out the first weekend the tower was open.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
After asserting that it is no longer associated with deposed CEO, the reorganized company applies for license reinstatement under his name. CEO Scott Butera (l.) admits the mistake.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
New York State’s beleaguered horse industry begs state to choose a VLT operator for Aqueduct Raceway; long-awaited operations could bring in $1 million daily for state, and fatter purses to keep races going.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Pro leagues, NCAA join forces to stop sports betting before it starts at Delaware’s racinos and slot parlors, saying it leads to point-shaving and game-throwing, and invites criminal enterprise. Lawmakers call the opposition “hypocrisy.”
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Gaming opponents and supporters greeted New Hampshire Governor John Lynch’s appointment of a 15-person panel to investigate possible tax benefits of expanded gaming and the social downsides of the activity with cheers.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The Boot Hill Casino and Resort in Dodge City, Kansas, will be the first of the four state-owned casino resorts envisioned by the legislature to open. It will open by the end of the year.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Citizens for Individual Freedom, a group challenging South Dakota’s ban on smoking in public places, including casinos, has failed to qualify a ballot initiative for a November vote. They fell short by 221 signatures.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Indiana’s Grand Victoria casino is doing everything it can to battle a sour economy and competition from the newly opened Argosy casino. It has started an aggressive ad campaign and opened a new attraction, the “Tiki Deck.”
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Some Bluegrass state horse industry leaders are forming a political action committee to try to influence a special election in Kentucky.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Clark County officials came down hard on Converse Consultants last week, saying that there is no way that the company actually performed the inspections it claimed to on the Harmon Hotel at CityCenter. Officials say there is no way the oversights from the company would have happened if it performed the inspections, and that it must have falsified reports submitted to the county.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The Nevada Gaming Control Board was able to successfully petition the state government to avoid the full budget cut the organization was facing under a proposed 15 percent, across-the-board cut for all state agencies.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
In honor of Responsible Gaming Education Week, casinos everywhere from Las Vegas to the Gulf Coast are educating their team members on the warning signs of problem gambling.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The new casino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which honors the Western Pennsylvania city with its design and offerings, conducted a media tour in anticipation of an August 9 opening.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Terry Watanabe is being prosecuted for more than $14 million in unpaid markers from Harrah’s Entertainment properties in Las Vegas. Watanabe is fighting back, saying the markers were “loans” and that Harrah’s workers plied him with booze and painkillers while he was gambling.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
A combination of cost-cutting measures and posting better numbers, Las Vegas-based gaming giant Harrah's Entertainment has been able to beat analysts expectations for the compan
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Richard Fields hoped to buy Trump Marina and rebrand it as a “Margaritaville” resort. Now he claims Trump’s company was out to cheat him by sabotaging its own property
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace has closed its doors, effectively closing upstairs tenant Poetry nightclub.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Culinary Union signs new contract with Grand Sierra, which it hopes will spur an agreement to sell the property to a new owner.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
As lawmakers prepare to start hearings on gaming expansion in September, the fate of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s proposed casino resort in Middleboro is looking more and more like a long shot.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
A partnership between two California Indian tribes and the City of Richmond in the Bay Area is being called an example of “reservation shopping” by a gaming watchdog group.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Minnesota’s Mystic Lake Casino is in the midst of a multi-year renovation that includes the transformation of its showroom into an intimate, ultra-luxurious venue.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
One of Las Vegas’ buzz-worthy (and under construction) new resorts has picked a CEO from a nearby property, Caesars Palace
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Larry Henshaw, a 15-year veteran of AC Coin’s game development team, will assume the role of vice president of product development and operations.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The company has promoted one of its own to the position of managing director of operations, the base of which is in Singapore.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Jeff Favre has been selected as Harlow’s Casino and Resorts’ new general manager, after years spent with Isle of Capri.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Ameristar’s department of governmental affairs is promoting one of its own to the position of vice president.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Christopher Strano, formerly vice president of marketing for New Jersey-based AC Coin & Slot, will join gaming software firm Lightning Gaming as chief marketing officer.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
NCRG webinar series to tackle current issues in treatment, research and prevention of gambling disorders.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The gaming equipment manufacturers’ association will contribute $50,000 each to the National Council on Problem Gambling in Washington, D.C., and the International Problem Gambling Center in Las Vegas.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Analysts say slot manufacturer International Game Technology’s third-quarter earnings, though down 39 percent year-on-year, actually are good news for investors because the drop was much smaller than feared.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Konami Gaming has placed its first community-style, multi-progressive slot game, the racing-themed “Beat the Field,” at the Red Hawk Casino in California.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Octavian Global Technologies announced that it will shut down its equipment supply businesses in response to the effective shutdown of the Russian gaming industry and uncertainty in the Ukraine market.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Elixir Gaming Technologies will place 200 electronic gaming machines on a participation basis at NagaWorld’s casino resort in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, adding to 237 machines already placed at the resort.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Slot manufacturer Multimedia Games has amended its credit agreement to add flexibility for the pursuit of growth initiatives as it moves into Class III gaming markets.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Slot manufacturer Multimedia Games has amended its credit agreement to add flexibility for the pursuit of growth initiatives as it moves into Class III gaming markets.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Device powers down machines during closing hours and saves on energy costs. It will be installed in all 14 company casinos.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The new Pittsburgh casino, slated to open August 9, has chosen FutureLogic’s GEN2 printer as the equipment of choice for ticket-in/ticket-out operation of all 3,000 of its slot machines
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
The power struggle over a small but extremely profitable card room in the middle of California’s Mojave Desert reads like a drama that the Coen Brothers might have filmed.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
A program that allows problem gamblers to voluntarily ban themselves from casinos in Missouri no longer works after changes in state gaming laws got rid of ID checks for patrons wishing to enter a casino.
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