Fri, Aug 27, 2010
The development company that has the right to build a casino in Cleveland has agreed to buy 16 acres near the city’s Tower City Center (l.) that would be used for the permanent casino. He has also purchased another building to serve as a temporary casino while the permanent one is built.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, the newest luxury casino resort set to open mid-December on the Strip, has partnered with Marriott’s Autograph Collection, solving one of its big problems: the lack of a hotel reservation service.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
State Lottery Division is currently testing electronic table games for racinos; the first will roll out at Saratoga next month. (Casino Technology’s multi-player roulette game at left.)
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Illinois racetracks are holding shorter and shorter seasons, a symptom of an underlying ailment caused by a declining ability to fund competitive sized purses. Fairmont Park (l. during its heyday), may have held its last meet ever.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
If the owner of New Mexico’s Ruidoso Downs Race Track doesn’t persuade Lincoln County voters to give him a tax rebate next month, he has no shortage of other towns wooing him to move his operation.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
With other casino proposals dropping out, an important approval from a St. Louis agency gives the nod to the only plan left, near the Chain of Rocks Bridge (l.)
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Davenport officials are talking to two gaming operators interested in purchasing Isle of Capri’s license, which could bring a much-needed boost in revenue. The Isle’s Rhythm City Casino (l.) would then close.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Once considered the premier greyhound racing park in the world, Wonderland Greyhound park closed last week, reopening the fresh wounds created by the gaming bill that the Massachusetts legislature passed last month but which Governor Deval Patrick refused to sign.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
The state Gaming Control Board has issued a complaint against Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace for the casino’s lack of action when a player climbed onto a baccarat table.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Mississippi casinos saw an increase in revenue from earlier months since the oil spill, but the spill and the recession have still aided in lower revenue than the area saw last summer.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Some Pennsylvania casinos report a shortage of qualified table game dealers. Others report many more applicants than available jobs.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
The Can Can casino project was approved for waterfront property at a public hearing this week in D’Iberville, Mississippi.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Station Casinos reached an agreement last week with unsecured creditors who originally opposed the reorganization of the bankrupt company.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Nevada’s June results for gaming revenue once again showed that Las Vegas and other state casinos have a long recovery ahead.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Wheeling Island in West Virginia will close its racetrack for the majority of September as the track undergoes a large renovation.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Many states have tried to change and expand their gaming laws in an attempt to raise more funds as tax revenue decreases—many have not been successful.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Owners of the Las Vegas Hilton reached an agreement with lenders to push back mortgage payment until 2012.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Results of the Hanson commission are being treated as suggestions only as lawmakers prepare for long battle on gaming, racing.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
New York State lawmakers, lottery differ on who knew what about alleged ties between Genting, the casino giant chosen to run Aqueduct, and Pansy Ho.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
But the arguments about electronic bingo may continue when Bob Riley is gone. The candidates for lieutenant governor are on opposite sides of the gambling issue.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
New Jersey Senator Jim Whelan scoffed at an assemblyman’s plan to bolster security in Atlantic City by making the casinos foot the bill.
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
SugarHouse in Philadelphia will be the state’s fourth stand-alone casino. There are also six racinos, with plans for more gaming halls.
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