Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Several major Las Vegas gaming companies were facing imminent bankruptcy last week as money tightened and results faded. Harrah’s Entertainment, MGM Mirage and Station Casinos were all dealing with the probability they would not be able to meet their debt payments within the next month, with bankruptcy looming for each.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
M Resort opened in Las Vegas, and has already signed up 20,000 club members and had to hire an additional 250 workers.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Even though it’s just a ferry ride from a potential Taiwanese casino, residents of the Mainland Chinese city of Xiamen (l.) will not be permitted to gamble there.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Bad Times for New Jersey and the casino industry? Why not reconsider intrastate internet gaming, asks Frank Catania (l.).
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Various tribes are looking to see how the recent landmark Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar might affect their fortunes. In an opinion authored by Justice Clarence Thomas (L.), the high court ruled that tribes recognized after Congress adopted the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act may not put land into federal trust
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
How much is the U.S. losing by banning online poker? According to one study, it is about $52 billion over the next 10 years.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Revenues up; local jurisdictions moving; stock prices increasing…. Could it be a sign that the bottom has been hit?
Sun, Mar 08, 2009
The World Gaming Protection Conference, held last week at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, is one of the most unique small conferences in the gaming industry, focusing on the security and surveillance discipline in casinos.
Sun, Mar 08, 2009
This week the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Steve Szapor, the president of the Innovation Group, on the formation of a new division of the company, Innovation Management.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Las Vegas Sands confirms that its Sands Marina Bay will open by the end of the year.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
The Cambodian government closed down slots and betting shops catering to nationals while leaving untouched large border casinos catering to foreigners.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Las Vegas Sands last week announced that it would challenge a court decision halting its ferries.
Sat, Mar 07, 2009
Rival political parties in Goa are going at each other over the licensing of the gaming ship Casino Royale.
Sat, Mar 07, 2009
The de facto casino clubs of Ireland are soon to become licensed and regulated if the government follows through on its new plan.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Lawmakers on the Turkish side of Cyprus have passed a new law designed to curb money-laundering activities alleged to be occurring at local casinos.
Sat, Mar 07, 2009
Moscow Deputy Mayor Sergei Baidakov said that gambling businesses around the city will begin to receive closure notices this week, according to a report from RIA Novosti. Russian cities are to be gambling-free by July.
Sat, Mar 07, 2009
The gargantuan Gran Scala project is aiming for an opening sometime in 2012.
Sat, Mar 07, 2009
William Hill has announced it will relocate 90 positions at its online sports betting division from the U.K. to primarily Gibraltar. The move is being seen as a message to the U.K. government to lower the taxes charged online operators.
Sat, Mar 07, 2009
Budget Minister Eric Woerth has presented a plan that would see the opening of the French market to online gaming operators on January 1, 2010.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Final Four wagering is out at Caesars Windsor after an appeal from the NCAA since the penultimate basketball tournament is being held across the river in Detroit.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Russian casino operator Storm International last week debuted its first Mexican casino, Hollywood Entertainment in Monterey.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Hilton Hotels Corporation recently announced the addition of three Puerto Rican luxury properties, all with casinos, to its fold.
Sat, Mar 07, 2009
Ekuphumleni Resorts has dropped its complaint over the license awarded Lukhanji Leisure to operate a casino at Queenstown.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
The organization suing to have the UIGEA declared overly broad is trying to introduce material to the lawsuit showing that Visa and MasterCard won't process legal online lottery purchases because the companies have defined them as gambling activities.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Facing a gigantic budget crisis, the state of California is looking to online poker as a way to generate additional revenue.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
French casino operator Lucien Barrière Group will be making its online gaming debut this month when its new LeCroupier.com website opens for business to players from the U.K.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Online gambling advocate grows reputation
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
The question of whether poker is a game of skill or chance is making its way into courtrooms throughout the United States.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
State lawmakers introduce several bills that would permit tribal casinos, racinos and commercial casinos in various regions across the Lone Star State.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Regulators give unanimous approval to the return of Phil Ruffin, the former owner of the New Frontier, to the Nevada gaming industry with the purchase of Treasure Island from MGM Mirage.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Several Ohio business interests, including the owner of the Cavaliers basketball team, and two gaming interests who were bitter rivals last year are working on a plan that would build four destination casino resorts in metropolitan areas.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
New Jersey's Casino Control Commission last week granted a request by Column Financial, a commercial mortgage subsidiary of Credit Suisse, to begin foreclosure proceedings against Resorts Atlantic City.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, who has been a casino booster from the get-go, thinks that the Bay State should limit itself to three casinos and that they should only have slot machines.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Dealers at a distressed Atlantic City casino are poised to go on strike, but if negotiations are successful, a walkout may yet be averted.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Executives of Australia’s Crown Ltd. say they are working with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to resolve all issues standing in the way of the operator’s purchase of Cannery Casino Resorts.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Despite opposition from casino operators and an established link between smoking and revenue loss, some lawmakers are still trying to enact full smoking bans at casinos in New Jersey and Connecticut.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
New York Governor David Paterson may reduce half the state aid to 17 communities that host racinos. The sole exception is Yonkers, which contributes all its aid money to education.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Magna Entertainment went to court last week seeking a reversal of the decision of Maryland regulators to reject its bid to add slot machines to its Laurel Park racetrack in Anne Arundel County.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Casino operator Ed Ringle plans to build a Latino-themed property outside the small desert town.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
A resolution that would have put an amendment on the ballot that would alter the South Dakota constitution to allow unlimited gambling died last week in a House subcommittee.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Atlanta's City Council has voted unanimously to support a planned $500 million casino and hotel complex at Underground Atlanta.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Competition from Massachusetts could be the catalyst for state to break long-standing ban on casinos.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
The owners of a golf club in New Hampshire are proposing a $300 million destination resort and casino.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Las Vegas Sands Corporation last week confirmed that the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in Pennsylvania will open on time for Memorial Day weekend.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Foxwoods Philadelphia faces changes in a retail mall in the city’s downtown district.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Moody’s Investors Service has reduced its outlook for Seneca Gaming Corporation’s debt rating from neutral to negative, indicating a dismal future for tribal gaming concerns, at least in the short term.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun in Connecticut have begun all-new new marketing campaigns and discount deals to keep gamblers coming.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Ever since the Tohono O’Odham Nation announced last month that they planned to build a resort near downtown Glendale, Arizona, the responses have been decidedly mixed.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community recently announced the offering of a $500,000 challenge grant to the National Indian Gaming Association,
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Treasure Island Resort & Casino, located on the Mississippi River in southern Minnesota, has promoted former advertising manager Marcene Hardy to director of marketing for the resort.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
JCM Global, an automatic currency transaction company, recently hired transactions expert Vanessa Marks to lead the company’s sales team in Germany.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Slot manufacturer Konami Gaming has formally designated Techno Gaming International S.A. as its exclusive authorized distributor for Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Florida-based ID Interactive has installed 30 of its Class II video bingo terminals at the Agua Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
U.K gaming operator William Hill has selected EyeView to provide a “video conversion solution” for its Eurogrand.com casino site.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Gaming Laboratories International joined last week with the Instituto de Ayuda Financiera a la Acción Social to perform the first-ever field inspection of electronic gaming devices in South America.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
MGM Grand Casino in Detroit, Michigan has elicited strong responses from a billboard on Lodge Freeway. The ad, which is comprised of a large pair of eyes on a black background, is shocking and disturbing local Christians.
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Microsoft Surface is a part of the latest wave of interactive technology. Acting as a computer that can be used by touching its screen, Surface is in the process of being implemented at many high-end Las Vegas resorts.
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