Aquis’ Mantra: ‘Build It and They Will Come’

Tony Fung (l.) looks across Australia’s northern tropics and sees a resort mecca with the potential to rival Macau. Plans for his massive A$8 billion Aquis Resort complex near...

Published June 16, 2014

AGA Launches G2KG

The American Gaming Association last week launched its “Get to Know Gaming” campaign designed to proactively point out the benefits of casino gaming to communities, individuals and customers. The...

Published June 16, 2014

VIP Fears Weigh on Macau

Analysts see declines ahead in Macau’s VIP gaming revenue and are downgrading their forecasts for the market for the rest of the year. The effect has wrought havoc with...

Published June 16, 2014

Big Plans for Solaire, Says Bloomberry

Bloomberry Resorts boss Enrique Razon (l.) envisions a fourfold increase in the size of its Solaire Resort & Casino. November will see the addition of 300 hotel rooms, more...

Published June 16, 2014

Macau Launches World Cup Crackdown

Macau police are working with authorities in China and Hong Kong to battle an expected surge in illegal betting during the World Cup. It’s part of a broader operation...

Published June 16, 2014

Vietnam Golf Course Designed by Greg Norman Opens

The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip, a golf course designed by Australian golfer Greg Norman and located on Vietnam’s south-central coast has opened to positive reviews.

Published June 16, 2014

Details Emerge on Macau Smoking Ban

Macau’s Health Bureau says there will be no limitations on the size and number of the airport-style smoking rooms casinos are required to install come October, when a total...

Published June 16, 2014

Lumière Place Aims To Recapture Revenue

In St. Louis, Tropicana Entertainment's Lumière Place wants to take back the revenue it lost since River City casino opened in 2010. Lumière Place generated $17.5 million in April...

Published June 16, 2014

Atlantic City Free Concert Tickets Go Fast

Atlantic City gave out better than 60,000 tickets each for two free summer beach concerts in just two days. Blake Shelton plays the beach July 31 and Lady Antebellum...

Published June 16, 2014

Bilingual Bingo

The Lucky Club Casino in Las Vegas is billing itself as “Las Vegas’s first and only” casino to offer bingo games en Espanol. Bingo Loteria is up and running...

Published June 16, 2014

Video Gaming May Come to Las Vegas Casinos

A Reno lawyer and the Nevada Gaming Commission are backing a proposal that would incorporate video games into slot machines. By adding the skill-based games and changing the odds,...

Published June 16, 2014

Mississippi Falls From Third To Sixth

Once the third-ranked state for casinos, Mississippi has dropped to sixth, with a decrease in gross casino revenue of 5 percent, to $2.25 billion for 2013 compared to 2012....

Published June 16, 2014

Illinois Racetrack Pushing For Slots

Officials at Fairmount Park racetrack in Collinsville, Illinois said they plan to start lobbying lawmakers to pass legislation allowing slots at the state's five racetracks. However, officials in East...

Published June 16, 2014

SD Commission Approves Gaming Rules

The South Dakota Gaming Commission recently approved 12 rules changes to gambling measures that will take effect July 1. The rules make it a misdemeanor for banned players to...

Published June 16, 2014

Start-up Airline May Fly to Atlantic City

A low-cost start-up airline is considering flights to Atlantic City International Airport. The airline, which is reviving the PEOPLExpress name, could start flights in the fall.

Published June 16, 2014

Florida Scratch-off Scandal Growing

Some Florida convenience store owners and clerks are mysteriously winning an unusually high number of Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket games. One store owner in Winter Haven won four times...

Published June 16, 2014

North Carolina Republicans Acknowledge Individual Rights

Although the North Carolina Republican platform opposes gambling ("including the state lottery"), delegates to the recently ended convention softened that language to acknowledge an individual's right to gamble. Ironically,...

Published June 16, 2014

Adelson-backed Online Gambling Bill Sees Little Movement

A draft bill to ban online gambling in the U.S. has seen little movement in Congress. The bill is backed by Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Online Gambling, which...

Published June 16, 2014

NIGC Takes Hits

The National Indian Gaming Commission did not have a good week. The recently federally recognized Fort Sill Apache Tribe has sued the in federal court for its failure, after...

Published June 16, 2014

Ohio Raids Internet Cafes Again

A state police task force specifically assigned to stamp out illegal internet cafes in Ohio struck again last week, targeting three businesses in Austintown and a private home in...

Published June 16, 2014