Fri, Feb 06, 2009
In a sign of the economic times and poor operating conditions, when the deadline passed last week for bids to be submitted for licenses to operate slots at five locations across Maryland, only six proposals had been submitted, including one at Arundel Mills Mall (l.), proposed by Baltimore's Cordish Company.
Fri, Feb 06, 2009
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is promising tens of thousands of new jobs plus billions in added revenue to the state if its compact with Governor Charlie Crist is ratified in the legislature.
Fri, Feb 06, 2009
Station Casinos (and its first casino, Palace Station, l.) is asking bondholders to approve a prepackaged bankruptcy proposal that would allow the company to emerge from bankruptcy quickly.
Fri, Feb 06, 2009
A group known as Embo has decided to compete with Sun International for the sole casino license of Nelson Mandela Bay. The license is currently held by Sun, which operates the Boardwalk Casino & Entertainment World (l.), situated on the waterfront at Port Elizabeth. The casino has 800 slots and 21 tables. The license comes up for renewal next year.
Fri, Feb 06, 2009
The Tohono O’odham Nation plans to build a casino, hotel and convention center near the University of Phoenix Stadium (l.) and Jobing.com Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Table game supplier Shuffle Master, Inc. announced that Tim Parrott, former president and CEO of slot-maker Aristocrat Technologies, will succeed Mark Yoseloff as the company’s CEO.
Fri, Feb 06, 2009
The joining of UNITE, a union of textile and apparel workers, and HERE, the hospitality industry’s dominant union, including powerful locals in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, in 2004 seemed to be a match made in heaven, blending together two disparate groups and building a huge influence pool in Washington. The leaders of the two unions, Bruce Raynor (UNITE) and John Wilhelm (HERE), shown at left, are highly respected in the halls of Congress and give the combined organization quite a clout.
Fri, Feb 06, 2009
Traditional measures no longer apply. Here's how to evaluate a company in the new economy.
Sun, Feb 08, 2009
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Heikki Rinta-Panttila, the general manager of Finland’s Grand Casino Helsinki, on the gaming industry in the far north.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
The first month of 2009 is very disappointing as revenue slumps badly during Chinese New Year.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
The director of the Holland Casino group wants to create a product that is more entertaining than the existing casinos.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
At the end of January, Antonio Alfaro, president of Panama’s Association of Games of Chance Administrators, appealed to the country’s Gambling Control Committee for more transparency in approving casino licenses.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Robert DeLeo takes over as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House, giving gaming proponents hope that legislation could be successful in this session.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
The trustee of the Atlantic City Tropicana has asked that its deadline to sell the property be extended, possibly to sell the casino at auction.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell last week proposed legalizing video poker in bars and taverns across the state as a way to earn additional revenue.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Kansas has begun a second round of requesting proposals to build state-owned regional casinos in the south central and northeast zones. Deadlines to submit bids are due April 1.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
After clearing a number of regulatory hurdles—licensing and approval to hold outdoor entertainment and concert performances—developers of M Resort are moving forward in anticipation of a March 1 opening date. It might not be the best time to be opening a property, especially a $1 billion casino located several miles away from the Strip, but Anthony Marnell III is not concerned.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
The second-largest Hard Rock Café in the world will open July 9 on Las Vegas Boulevard, a fact that will both delight and confuse Hard Rock connoisseurs.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Greektown Casino needs additional financing to remain open.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Tropicana Las Vegas needs a boost, and parent company Tropicana Entertainment has hired Seattle-based branding company Hornall Anderson Design Works to help with the effort.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Bad weather and a worse economy led to revenue declines in December at Saratoga Gaming & Raceway’s video lottery terminals, but figures are up 2 percent for the current fiscal year.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Delaware's Dover Downs Entertainment is interested in helping approve and operate a casino in Atlanta.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Residents of Slidell, Louisiana will give their views on a possible casino on Lake Pontchartrain.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
A casino industry observer says Atlantic City’s casino job market could bottom out this month, followed by an upturn as spring approaches.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Tribes force the state Gambling Control Commission to back down in a dispute over jurisdiction.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, who ruled last summer that gambling is illegal at the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino, says he now recognizes a January 20 decision by the National Indian Gaming Commission that operations there are valid.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
With 147 acres of land now in trust courtesy of the federal government, the Gun Lake tribe of Michigan can move forward with plans for a $200 million casino.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Slot manufacturer International Game Technology announced that its board of directors has elected former Harrah’s Entertainment Chairman and CEO Phil Satre to serve as a director for the company.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Las Vegas Sands Corp. has added several new senior executives to its Asia force, including Len DeAngelo, who will serve as executive vice president of operations overseeing the Asian region.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
Slot manufacturer International Game Technology announced that it will reduce its workforce by approximately 200 manufacturing-related positions as part of its ongoing cost-cutting efforts.
Sat, Feb 07, 2009
More than 55 regulators and other dignitaries joined officials of Gaming Laboratories International in Macau for the grand opening of the GLI Asia Interoperability and Testing Center, the first gaming test lab in the region.
Sun, Feb 08, 2009
It’s no secret that the marriage of Steve and Elaine Wynn has been essentially a business arrangement more than anything else.
Fri, Feb 13, 2009
Provisions include debt reduction plans that favor many gaming companies laboring under huge debt loads
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