Gaughan Buys Into Ely’s Hotel Nevada

The Las Vegas casino company Gaughan Gaming has acquired a 50 percent ownership stake in the Hotel Nevada and Gambling Hall in Ely. Financial terms of the deal were...

Published March 3, 2014

Atlantic City’s Claridge Hotel Looks for May Reopening

Atlantic City’s Claridge Hotel—once a casino property—is scheduled to reopen in May with new restaurants, a lobby bar and new entertainment. TJM Atlantic City purchased the 500-room hotel from...

Published March 3, 2014

New Vegas Hotel to Hire 900

The Cromwell, Caesars Entertainment’s new boutique hotel-casino, a mid-market property on the Las Vegas Strip, is gearing up for its grand opening in May. Its Drai’s nightclub operation (l.)...

Published March 3, 2014

Connecticut Legislature to Mull Keno Change

Lawmakers in Connecticut are mulling a bill that would repeal the recently adopted measure that would have allowed the state lottery to introduce keno to the state’s taverns and...

Published March 3, 2014

Valley Forge Upgrades Facilities

The Valley Forge Casino Resort has begun a $1 million renovation and technology upgrade for its 55,000 square feet of convention and meeting space.

Published March 3, 2014

Nevada High Court: Royalty Tax Unfair

The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, which said it should not be taxed on ticket royalties. A Clark County district court...

Published March 3, 2014

Lansing Casino On Hold Until Court Decision

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians cannot proceed with their proposed $245 million Kewadin Landing Casino, following Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's (l.) appeals court victory allowing...

Published March 3, 2014

Billionaire Goes Shopping in Oz

Tony Fung (l.), the billionaire Hong Kong investor proposing a megaresort on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, is buying up casinos in the country. Last year, he made a bid...

Published March 3, 2014

Atlantic City Casino Job Fair Attracts More than 1,300

The Golden Nugget Atlantic City held an “emergency” job fair to find 50 new employees. More than 1,300 applicants turned out.

Published March 3, 2014

New Mexico Rejection Stuns Navajo

When the New Mexico Senate rejected in one hour a compact with Navajo Nation that took two years to negotiate with Governor Susana Martinez' staff, the tribe was back...

Published March 3, 2014

Crown’s First Half a Mixed Bag

Good thing for James Packer (l.) that Macau exists because his home markets in Australia are struggling to overcome the effects of a down economy and intensifying competition for...

Published March 3, 2014

Nevadans Cannot Sue DEA Agent

A Nevada couple attempted to sue a Georgia DEA agent for seizing $97,000 in gambling winnings. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled they cannot file in Nevada, but must...

Published March 3, 2014

North Dakota City, Tribe Will Work Together

The Grand Forks, North Dakota city council will present to the state the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa's casino proposal. The tribe said the casino could generate $100 million...

Published March 3, 2014

Saipan Trying for Casino—Again

The Pacific island of Saipan needs revenue badly but has been unable in three tries in the last four years to get a casino bill through the legislature to...

Published March 3, 2014

Atlantic City Bass Pro Shops Looks for 2015 Opening

Bass Pro Shops, under construction in Atlantic City, had expected an opening in between fall 2014 and spring 2015. The company announced on its website the store will not...

Published March 3, 2014

Rhode Island Tribe Faces Probe

The Narragansett Indians of Rhode Island have been subpoenaed by a federal appeals court. No information has been revealed about the sealed case, but the tribe has a history...

Published March 3, 2014

Turning Stone Gets New Slots

The New York tribe Oneida Indian Nation is spending $15 million to install thousands of new slot machines. Some of the new machines will be linked to other casinos,...

Published March 3, 2014

Quapaw Arkansas Casino Possible

The Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma recently purchased 160 acres in Little Rock, Arkansas, where it owned land before being removed to Indian Territory in 1850. The tribe operates the...

Published March 3, 2014

Fire Temporarily Closes Coushatta

A small fire in an electrical box led to the evacuation and 12-hour closing of the Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, Louisiana on February 15. No patrons were injured...

Published March 3, 2014

Sheriff’s Office Will Support Navajo Police

Although Navajo Nation police will provide primary law enforcement when a crime is committed on the 405-acre Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort near Flagstaff, Arizona, Coconino County sheriff's deputies...

Published March 3, 2014