Detroit Casinos Lose Employees, Revenue

Last year Detroit's three casinos reported a combined 7,633 workers, a drop of 4.4 percent or 350 employees compared to 2012. Total revenues at the three properties declined from...

Published July 28, 2014

Nepal Casinos Back in Business

Nepal will allow the casino industry it shut down in April to reopen in order. The move signals the government is retreating from a new, tougher stance on licensing...

Published July 28, 2014

Movie Studio Plans Casino in Korea

South Korea’s gaming expansion push has a new player—20th Century Fox, which is looking to develop a movie-themed leisure park with a casino near the southern city of Busan....

Published July 28, 2014

Layoffs Coming to River Palms

Several hundred employees of the River Palms Resort Casino in Laughlin, Nevada will be permanently laid off starting in the first week of September. Some of them may be...

Published July 28, 2014

$2 Million Awarded to Atlantic City Projects

The New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has awarded $2 million in grants and loans for Atlantic City projects. The grants will help maintain tourist attractions such as the...

Published July 28, 2014

Coloradans Question Twin River’s Motives

Rhode Island-based Twin River Worldwide Holdings has spent millions to support Initiative 135, which would raise more than $100 million for Colorado schools by allowing casino gambling at its...

Published July 28, 2014

Will Vegas Ban Smoking?

Sin City without smokers? Deutsche Bank gaming analyst Andrew Zarnett says it could happen if a smoking ban planned for Macau doesn’t cause substantial declines in revenue. In that...

Published July 28, 2014

Two Plans to Bring MLS to Sin City

Two groups have announced plans to bring Major League Soccer to Las Vegas. Justin Findlay and the Cordish Companies want to build in the Symphony Park area of Downtown...

Published July 28, 2014

Greyhound Racing on the Ropes in Florida

The handle from dog racing in Florida has dropped from almost $1 billion in 1990 to $258 million in 2013. That decline, along with efforts by animal rights lobbyists...

Published July 28, 2014

Upstate New York Casinos Seek Tax Breaks

Three New York casino developers say hefty property tax breaks will help them compete with casinos developed in Orange County. Orange County is closer to the New York City...

Published July 28, 2014

Vegas Goes Country

MGM Resorts International and Live Nation have partnered on a kickass country music festival. The three-day Route 91 Harvest will feature superstars Dwight Yoakam (l.), Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton,...

Published July 28, 2014

Atlantic City to Get Seaplane Service with Manhattan

A company is planning to offer limited seaplane service between Manhattan and Atlantic City. Rides would costs $4,000 each way.

Published July 28, 2014

Prison Time for Palms Race Book Super

A former race and sports book supervisor at the Palms in Las Vegas has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for participating in a...

Published July 28, 2014

Mohegan Sun Leads Yahoo Casino Search List

Yahoo has released its top 10 searches for non-Las Vegas Casinos. The Mohegan Sun in Connecticut led the pack.

Published July 28, 2014

Mountaineer Smoking Ban Draws Comments

The Hancock County Board of Health in West Virginia recently opened the floor for public comments about its proposed smoking ban in casinos, bars, clubs, outdoor festivals and other...

Published July 28, 2014

Catawbas Re-Open Bingo Hall

For the first time since 2006, when the Catawba Indian Nation closed its bingo operation in Rock Hill, South Carolina, bingo is back in a former grocery store. Meanwhile,...

Published July 28, 2014

Horseshoe Bomb Threat Not A Hoax

A bomb threat phoned in to Horseshoe Southern Indiana turned out not to be a hoax, but a training exercise by the casino's Philippines-based security vendor. Caught in the...

Published July 28, 2014

August 1 Deadline for Comments on Federal Recognition Rules

The deadline is near for commenting on the federal government’s proposed new regulations governing how tribes are recognized. Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn (l.) says reform is long overdue.

Published July 28, 2014

Borgata Answers Phil Ivey

The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has filed a brief answering Phil Ivey’s motion to dismiss the casino’s lawsuit against him which seeks to recoup $9.8 million the professional...

Published July 28, 2014

Cherokee Nation Announces 8th Casino

The Cherokee Nation will start construction next month on its eighth casino, located on a restricted Indian allotment one mile south of the Kansas border in South Coffeyville. The...

Published July 28, 2014