Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Harrah’s Entertainment, just months ago teetering on the edge of insolvency manages to right the ship and now has made some aggressive moves. In Las Vegas, the company may be seeking to expand its monopoly on the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard after a purchase of Planet Hollywood’s (l.) debt, and in Ohio, the company buys one of the racetracks slated to host slots in the near future.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The marriage of Penn National Gaming and the Kansas Speedway Development Corp. means that there is only one game in town for a proposed state-owned casino resort in Kansas’s Wyandotte County (Speedway at left). However the Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board says that approval is no slam-dunk.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
A law moved forward in the Brazil legislature that would approve up to 1,000 bingo parlors across the country. Casinos are out, but this is the farthest along any gaming bill has gotten in the country’s history.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Galaxy Entertainment took another stop toward the opening of its Galaxy World mega-resort (l.) last week when it purchased a piece of land from the Macau government to complete its real estate needs at the site.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Two months before the election the issues and the dramatis personae (including former Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken (l.), that will decide Ohio’s Issue 3 constitutional amendment are being drawn up. Polls look favorable to the issue, but voters have turned down four previous attempts to expand gaming in the Buckeye State, so look for election night to be a nail biter.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater (l.) puts the brakes on race to approve Seminole gaming deal, citing ‘responsibility to due diligence’.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The implementation of the tenets of the UIGEA legislation of 2006 begins to be considered, several lobbying groups are trying to tempt U.S. legislators with the hope of billions of dollars in taxes.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The provincial government of Premier Dalton McGuinty is being sued over wrongful dismissal by Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. CEO Kelly McDougald (l.).
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
AFL-CIO head says card check not necessary to pass bill that would be favorable to organized labor, while the main casino union, UNITE HERE, rejoins the national labor organization.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
With the new amendment to the state tribal gaming between Michigan and the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, led by Chairwoman Laura Spurr (l.), the tribe’s FireKeepers Casino is free to start making money for the 1,100 members. How soon before they see the benefits remains to be seen.
Sat, Sep 19, 2009
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features and interview with Ellen Whittemore, a gaming attorney with Lionel Sawyer & Collins in Las Vegas. Whittemore is a former official with the state regulatory agencies who understands the inner workings of the procedures in Nevada and she discusses some of her experiences with companies and regulators in Nevada and around the world.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The Singapore division of Malaysia-based Genting Berhad, last week announced it would issue $1.4 billion in stock to help fund expansion projects.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
In what is almost a formality, the citizens of Penghu County in Taiwan will decide whether they want to introduce casino gaming to their sleepy offshore islands.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The Ukrainian and Russian governments’ actions against all slot halls and casinos in their respective nations have left one huge void to be filled. Russian operator and supplier Alsart has decided that a chain of poker clubs in Ukraine is a good place to start.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
A citizens’ group that forced a redo of a planned casino, hotel and retail project was disappointed when the city council of Milton Keynes voted to accept the reworked proposal.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Bolivia has wrestled for months with an uncontrolled increase in the number of gaming venues. At the start of 2009, authorities were already concerned about the situation. Now, a sweeping new bill that would eliminate all casinos, bingo halls and other gaming operations has passed the House of Representatives and is heading to the Senate.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The heated contest between two bidders for a single casino license has been all but decided, now that the local gaming board has announced its preference. The decision still needs final approval, but the partnership that includes Sun International is expected to triumph in the license for the Boardwalk Casino in Port Elizabeth (l.)
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Surprisingly, some gaming operations in certain regions of the world were relatively untouched by the recent economic crisis. At least one casino and one racino, Hipica Rioplatense (l.), in Uruguay seem to have been among the lucky ones.
Sat, Sep 19, 2009
Tabcorp had a difficult year news-wise, with one state government deciding not to renew a lucrative slot license expiring in 2012 and another state raising taxes on slot revenue. However, the casino division made a strong showing, while future investment in the company’s flagship property is moving forward as planned.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The battle over online gambling may never end, it seems, after federal seizures of three bank accounts that allegedly contained funds related to internet gaming.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
One of the largest of California’s gaming tribes, the Morongo Band, has dropped, for now, its efforts to lobby the legislature to change the law so that it, and its card club partners, can offer Internet poker.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Recently, a court ruled that E.U. member states have the right to maintain their own online gaming monopolies under certain conditions. Now, courts in two Scandinavian countries have demonstrated that just having the right is no guarantee a monopoly will always get its way.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The first big move into online gaming by an American casino operator has come from Harrah’s Entertainment. Likewise, 888 has been the first big online company to land a serious American player as partner. The arrangement is potentially one of the greatest examples of win-win since the coining of the phrase.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
New Jersey’s first casino awaits decision about lender takeover; if deal is approved, the struggling property will get a quick cash infusion.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
CEO of Majestic Star riverboats (l.) on Lake Michigan says moving one of the operations into downtown Gary will bring in extra millions for Indiana
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The state has appealed the ruling of a three-judge federal appeals court restricting sports betting to parlay wagers to the full 12-member Court of Appeals, saying the panel made errors in its decision.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The Illinois legislature recently authorized a law that will allow taverns and restaurants and other locations that serve liquor to also offer slot machines. Thousands of the machines could be deployed in small towns across the state. Now the towns are holding meetings to decide if they want the machines or not.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Thirty percent of dealers at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City petition to oust Detroit-based union; another election may follow
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
State lawmakers are preparing to vote on a budget that includes $200 million in revenue next year to come from licensing for table games.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
CityCenter officials have made the project’s green building standards clear, and the results have earned two of the resort’s buildings LEED gold certifications, while new details of the project are revealed. CityCenter will open in December.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The struggling, bankrupt resort has no financing left, and officials are hoping an interested buyer will commit to finishing the project.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The Louisiana Gaming Control Board has given Pinnacle Entertainment more time to secure a construction contract for a proposed Baton Rouge casino—though the extension was not quite what Pinnacle had hoped for.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Isle of Capri currently holds the city of Davenport’s gaming license, but Davenport officials think the gaming company is not investing enough in its casino. It is searching for a new owner for the license.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
If you build it, they may no longer come—convention and conference planners at major Strip hotels are devising strategies to fill rooms and meeting halls.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
After Lake Las Vegas filed for bankruptcy, several contractors claimed that liens were not paid. The resort’s insurance company claims that the project’s creditor is responsible for the liens due to selling a fraudulent loan product.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun can be sued in event of injury in DUI cases.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Last week the Cherokee Nation marked the beginning of construction of a seven-story hotel tower for its Cherokee Casino West Siloam Springs in Oklahoma. Construction is expected to take about a year.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The company promoted table games director Patrick Hughes (l.) to the general manager position at Rampart Casino, and chose experienced gaming veteran Marty Gross to head operations as general manager of Eastside Cannery.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Former U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Diane Humetewa is joining Squires, Sanders & Dempsey as one of the preeminent experts in tribal law.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The company that owns the Las Vegas Hilton has hired a new CEO and general manager to oversee operations.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Slot-maker Atronic International has introduced its eMillions wide-area progressive games in the 12 casinos of Casinos Austria Group, led by Dr. Karl Stoss (l.).
Sat, Sep 19, 2009
Gaming cabinet suppliers Cole Industries, Inc. and Kepro International Company, Ltd. have teamed up to form Cole Kepro International LLC, effectively increasing the size and scope of both companies’ operations.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
The Tropicana Las Vegas will install a state-of-the-art player tracking, marketing and casino management system from Bally Technologies, along with Bally’s Business Intelligence Solutions.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Gaming Laboratories International will host regulators from across Latin America to discuss compliance and technology issues in lottery, casino and bingo operations.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Bally Technologies is expanding its system partnership with Southern California’s Morongo casino as the resort plans a fully networked, Ethernet-based slot floor.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Slovenian producer Interblock has teamed with Spanish arcade operator and distributor Dosniha to create a new, upscale experience—and a showcase for its Organic line of gaming devices.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Online gaming will see a broader audience with the teaming of Chartwell Technology with Novomatic subsidiary Astra Games Limited. Chartwell will offer AGL’s slot game catalogue to European players online.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Gaming company Innocore said it plans to move into a larger facility in order to keep up with the growth of its business.
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