Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Five years after its conception, CityCenter’s lone casino is finally open for the public to enjoy. Las Vegas hopes that Aria, along with the rest of the CityCenter complex, can bring the city into the future. Thousands enjoy grand opening ceremonies as the full breadth of CityCenter becomes apparent.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Both chambers of the state legislature have passed table-game legislation, but changes added to the measure by the Senate could again bog the bill down. A new license that may be slated for the Eisenhower Inn & Conference Center (l.) in Gettysburg could also be a sticking point.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Boyd Gaming has long been interested in snapping up some of Station Casinos’ locals’ properties, including Red Rock Resort (l.), and the company recently made a second offer.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Preliminary approval is just a formality; it is now all but certain that official recognition from the Interior is forthcoming, paving the way for a tribal casino in New York.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Mimosa casino (l.) at the former Clark Air Force Base consists of a resort with a golf course. One of the weakest performing of the PAGCOR casinos, it would have to compete with the Fontana, a casino resort operated by the Jimei Corp. of Hong Kong.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Maryland’s lottery facilities agency rejected a bid for a casino near Baltimore’s football stadium (l.) because of delays by the applicant in submitting a plan.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
In a recent election, the California Nations Indian Gaming Association’s voters elected former Chairman Daniel J. Tucker (l.) and Steve Stallings to be the organization’s chairman and treasurer, respectively.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features a conversation with David Patent, the chief operating officer for Rush Street Gaming, the casino operations arm of the company owned by Chicago billionaire Neil Bluhm, with operations in Pennsylvania, Mississippi and soon to be Illinois.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
The U.K. arm of major multinational Genting Berhad has obtained a foothold in Egypt’s tourist-only casino industry. Returns are expected to be modest unless the operator can duplicate its U.K. expansion policy in Egypt.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
While some online operators on both sides of the border rail against the unfairness of the coming French liberalization, others are taking steps to ensure they at least have a shot at the eventual prize.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Basketball Commissioner David Stern says league is looking into legalized wagering on its games to raise revenues and visibility.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
The smoking ban being considered by the Macau government would prohibit smoking in public places, but exempt areas frequented by tourists— casinos, sauna and massage lounges, and dance halls.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Casinos will face hefty fines if they permit banned persons to enter casino floor, while the government notifies citizens in bankruptcy and receiving public assistance that they will be barred from entering either casino.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Marina Bay Sands could see action as early as April 2010, but that represents a delay of almost six months from the expected opening at the end of this year.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Licensing changeovers and the potential for regulatory reform are spurring activity among Australia’s gaming operators. The next few years could produce a very different landscape than exists now.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
The relative health of Panama’s gaming industry is spurring government to encourage expansion in gaming at the same time that taxes on revenue are going up.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
The developers of one of Chile’s busiest casinos are progressing towards completion of all non-gaming amenities promised in their proposal. Most recently the five-star hotel was approved by the casino commission.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
The government of Canada’s province Ontario is studying whether to privatize some of its more lucrative state-run enterprises, such as its gaming industry (including Caesars Windsor (l.), in order to try to close a huge budget deficit.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Bad supervision is at the root of a more than $1 million loss suffered by the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority last year—according to an auditor’s report.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
With just days to go before important interest payments were due from Dubai World, half owner of CityCenter, the government of Abu Dhabi tossed in $10 billion to keep the wolves at bay.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
PartyGaming and Bwin refused to confirm that they have been discussing a merger, which would create the largest online gaming site in the world.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
A consortium of an Indian casino and some card clubs is pushing the idea of legalizing online poker in California.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Sikkim, a state in the Himalayas, will issue one online gaming license after receiving bids from some of the world’s major online companies.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Lower-than-expected sports betting revenues and a table game delay have Delaware’s racinos struggling under their agreed-upon higher tax. Governor Jack Markell (l.) says he's not going to change the deal.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Joseph De Francis (l.), former owner of the two tracks of the Maryland Jockey Club, wants to buy the facilities back from Magna Entertainment, and add slots to Laurel Park. Cordish Company confirmed its own plan to bid for Laurel Park.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Gaming analyst: Initial excitement at new racinos is quickly supplanted by ‘the reality of the marketplace.’ Hialeah Park (l.) is latest to plan a slot casino.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Andy Beal (l.) and Beal Bank, which loaned almost $500 million to keep Donald Trump’s casinos afloat, will not step aside in favor of bondholders, who sought to acquire properties for $225 million. Instead, he's selling his interest to Carl Icahn.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
One of Harrah’s Entertainment’s Northern Nevada properties, Bill’s Lake Tahoe Casino, is closing January 4 due to financial troubles.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
City will not float a 100 percent ban again until 2011; decision was handed down in closed-door session that excluded the city’s leading anti-smoking lawmaker.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
In Alabama, all sides are calling for 2010 vote to put the issue to rest. Some want a total ban; others call for regulation and taxation.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Franklin Toti, current South Point executive and a former VP at Coast Casinos, is reportedly in talks to take over Black Gaming’s properties in Mesquite, Nevada.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
One down and three to go. The first of the four Kansas casinos authorized in 2007 by the Legislature opened last week in Dodge City, where gambling has been illegal for over 130 years, since the heyday of “The Wickedest Little City in America.”
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
After meeting with foes of expanded gaming Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (l.) has sided with them on the need for an updated cost benefit study before voting on a bill next year.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Some lawmakers in central Ohio want to give the voters of that area a chance for a do over vote as to whether Columbus should have a casino. The residents of that city by a large margin voted against Issue 3, which passed narrowly in the state in November.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (l.) reiterated his opposition to expanding gaming in his state, in spite of a contradictory statement attributed to him by a retiring state senator.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
The Sheraton Casino is now the Roadhouse in recognition of its proximity to the seminal American road, Highway 61. Harrah's officials, employees and local celebrities cut the ribbon on the new joint (l.).
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Las Vegas is at the top of the list of cities that have been devastated by the recession, according to a recent report from Brookings Mountain West.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Slow business has lead to the closure of two hotel towers at the Sahara hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The property said it would reopen rooms as needed.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
A report requested by the head of Louisiana’s state police has offered some constructive criticism of the state’s Gaming Enforcement Division.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
In two weeks California will be able to start enforcing a ban against electronic bingo that was challenged by some charities that claimed that it violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. The courts disagreed.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
The Board of Supervisors of Kenosha County, Wisconsin may approve extending a city-county-tribal pact it has with the Menominee Nation for the Dairyland Greyhound Park, which the nation would like to develop into a racino.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
The 205-member Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake seems to have done everything right to ensure that its tribal gaming compact with California encounters no rough seas on its passage through the legislature.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
California’s San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians has been able to take advantage of the Obama administration’s Build America Bond economic stimulus money to issue $35 million in bonds to fund a hotel it is building.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
TCS John Huxley has promoted its former head of communications to lead the marketing effort.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
The tribal gaming property in Wisconsin continues to add experienced leaders to its management team with the selection of financial industry veteran Kurt Schmidt as the property’s new chief financial officer.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Nevada’s five-member Economic Forum has a new voice now that Governor Jim Gibbons has appointed Wynn Resorts CFO Matt Maddox to the panel.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Former Planet Hollywood Vice President of Property Operations and Food and Beverage Thomas Recine is joining former Planet Hollywood President Thomas McCartney at the Tropicana Las Vegas.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Firm hopes for reconfigured U.S. law to permit online simultaneous gambling.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Taiwan-based slot company installs new slots at MGM Grand Macau with ceremonies and hope for the future
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
The operator’s new resort in Singapore will use TransAct’s Epic 950 printer exclusively.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
The Alfastreet R-8 automated roulette table, an eight-player automated roulette game, has been approved as the first certified gaming device in Mexico.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Casino supplier TCS John Huxley and operator Kerzner International have a long history of working together that goes back to earlier incarnations of these two legendary companies.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Ireland’s CryptoLogic continues to land new deals for its branded online games. French operator BetClic has joined the list of licensees.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Former Pinnacle Entertainment Chairman Dan Lee dodges sanctions over his confrontation with a St. Louis County council member over his vote on casino zoning.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Fontainebleau Las Vegas chief restructuring officer has asked Bankruptcy Judge A. Jay Cristol to grant the property’s key employees $1 million in bonuses. Fontainebleau’s creditors are less than pleased with the request.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Some were unsure if the country superstar still had the chops to succeed in Las Vegas, but all doubts were silenced after Brooks wowed audiences during his first set of shows at Wynn Las Vegas.
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