Kansans in Sedgwick County may not get to vote on a casino or slots at Wichita Greyhound Park until 2032, if a Senate-passed measure passes the House. County voters...
With South Korea’s first foreign-owned casino looking like a go, analysts like the country’s potential as a destination. They don’t like the government’s continued ban on domestic play.
Philadelphia City Council could ask Pennsylvania lawmakers to approve slot machines at Philadelphia International Airport, with profits going to city schools.
A major expansion under way at Vietnam’s Lao Cai hotel casino is one of several big-ticket foreign investments in the country’s nascent resort industry. The government may even rescind...
The president of Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel says potential buyers for the casino have all showed interest in continuing to run the property as a casino. Casino workers...
A trade group representing Nepal’s casinos has petitioned the government to reconsider a slew of fee increases the industry must pay to stay in business. The alternative, the group...
Nebraska legislators defeated a filibuster to kill a measure allowing voters to decide if they want historic horseracing at the state's racetracks. The constitutional amendment would not require the...
Pennsylvania regulators have denied a request by Mount Airy Casino Resort (l.) founder Louis DeNaples to lift a ban on him doing business with the property.
Gaming regulators in the Silver State have approved Caesars Entertainment’s plan to sell off four of its casino properties—including Bally’s Las Vegas (l.)—to a company-owned subsidiary. The deal frees...
South Dakota voters will decide in November if craps, roulette and keno should be allowed in Deadwood casinos. The state Senate killed a bill allowing 24-hour alcohol sales in...
Many states are looking at banning or severely curtailing internet or sweepstakes cafes. Among the states taking the most extreme action are California and Ohio, which have both recently...
In the past few years, Nevada gaming regulators have levied three separate seven-figure fines against casino companies. Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett says it’s “sending a message to...
The judge-executive of Kenton County, Kentucky, Steve Arlinghaus, urges voters to contact legislators and ask them to support casino gaming in the state. He said, "500 feet is all...
Downtown Las Vegas entrepreneur Tony Hsieh has acquired the old Western hotel-casino for $14 million. It’s the latest Fremont Street acquisition by the Zappos CEO, who has been gobbling...
New Jersey’s tourism revenue climbed to $40 billion in 2013, setting a new record for the state. The 1.3 percent increase came despite the damage Hurricane Sandy had on...
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas reported a net loss in excess of $25 million for the final quarter of 2013. But its net revenues were up more than $10...
MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren says the gaming company with 56,000 employees in Nevada will work to defeat a 2 percent margins tax that would fund education in...
Atlantic City Alliance, the nonprofit group led by Liza Cartmell (l.) and formed to market Atlantic City to tourists plans to augment communications efforts by focusing on specific events...
A "significant" renovation will start in 2015 at Dakota Magic Casino in Hankinson, North Dakota. Without naming a dollar amount, Chief Financial Officer Weston Quinn said the project will...