AC’s Borgata Launches Another Renovation

The Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa (l.) in Atlantic City will spend $14 million to renovate its lobby and hotel suites. The expenditures come on the heels of a...

Published September 16, 2019

Georgia Committees Study Expanded Gambling

Georgia state Senator Brandon Beach (l.) has sponsored legislation allowing two casinos and three racetracks. He's currently chairing a study committee on gaming, following Governor Brian Kemp's directive to...

Published September 16, 2019

Eldorado, Cordish Propose New Live! Resort in Florida

Within a decade, Isle Casino Racing Pompano (l.) in Florida could become an urban village called Live! Resorts Pompano, including a casino, residences, office space, retailers and perhaps a...

Published September 16, 2019

Kentucky Track ‘Shocked’ By Churchill Downs’ ‘Attack’

Officials at Turfway Park racetrack (l.) in Florence, Kentucky allege that Churchill Downs' recently announced $200 million New Latonia Racing & Gaming venue will "restrict competition" by applying for...

Published September 16, 2019

Indiana Commission Approves Land-Based Gary Casino

Spectacle Entertainment has been approved by the Indiana Gaming Commission to move its Majestic Star riverboat casino (l.) off Lake Michigan and onto land in downtown Gary. The $300...

Published September 16, 2019

Maryland Casino Revenues Up, But Horseshoe On the Ropes

Just five years after its grand opening, the Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore (l.) has hit a new low in monthly revenue. The Caesars Entertainment property has unsuccessfully tried to...

Published September 16, 2019

Waukegan, Illinois Considers Five Casino Proposals

Waukegan, Illinois is one of five suburban Chicago locations authorized to host a casino under the state's expanded gaming bill. Six developers (two working together) have presented five plans:...

Published September 16, 2019

NCAA Balks at Bill That Would Let Student Athletes Cash In

A law proposed in the California legislature that would give college athletes the same rights to profit from their names, likenesses and images that professional athletes enjoy has sent...

Published September 16, 2019

Two Iowa Casinos Fined For Violations

Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino was fined $20,000 by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission for allowing a 19-year old to gamble and drink alcohol. It was the casino's...

Published September 1, 2019

Western PA Truck Stop Opens VGTs

The Emlenton Truck Plaza has become the first truck stop in Western Pennsylvania to go live with five video gaming terminals under the state’s gaming expansion law.

Published September 1, 2019

Penn Mini-Casino Gets Local Nod; Another Town Opts In

Officials of Pennsylvania’s Springettsbury Township have given approval to Penn National Gaming’s planned mini-casino (l.) at the York Galleria mall. Sandy Township, meanwhile, reversed its decision to ban mini-casinos...

Published September 1, 2019

Colorado Casino Town Pins Hopes on Sports Betting, Hotels

Owners of casinos and hotels in Cripple Creek, Colorado (l.), hope the infusion of 400 new hotel rooms combined with the hoped-for passage of a referendum to legalize sports...

Published September 1, 2019

Atlantic City YTD Profits Tumble

Second-quarter profits for Atlantic City’s casinos painted a less than rosy picture for six of the seven properties in operation prior to Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City...

Published September 1, 2019

Missouri House Committee Discusses Adding VLTs

The Missouri House Special Interim Committee on Gaming held the first of several planned meetings to review gaming in the state. The topic was illegal slot machines, which Missouri...

Published September 1, 2019

Cordish Grows Pennsylvania Footprint

Cordish Companies’ Stadium Casino subsidiary is targeting both sides of the state of Pennsylvania with new Live! casino and hotel projects in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The Philadelphia project (l.)...

Published September 1, 2019

Georgia Again Considers Expanded Gambling

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (l.) has asked state agencies to cut their budgets. In response, House and Senate committees will consider casino gambling, horseracing and sports betting as new...

Published September 1, 2019

PA Casinos Ask to Reduce Slots

Regulators in Pennsylvania have received requests from three casinos to reduce their inventories of slot machines as part of projects to enhance their properties. Presque Isle Downs Casino, the...

Published August 26, 2019

Wind Creek Bethlehem Transition Begins

Wind Creek Bethlehem has announced there will be disruptions in table-game and slot operations as the casino transitions from its former branding as Sands Bethlehem.

Published August 26, 2019

For Vegas-Based Red Rock, a $51 Million Vote of Confidence

Majority shareholders Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta (l.) saw an opportunity in a tough second quarter for Red Rock Resorts to snap up 2.25 million shares. Analysts hailed the purchase,...

Published August 26, 2019

Hard Rock Vegas Will Close for Virgin Makeover

The owners of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas have decided against keeping the off-Strip resort partially open when work commences in February 2020 to create...

Published August 26, 2019