Question 1 Blankets R.I. TV Advertising

The main political subject for conversation on the TV airwaves in Rhode Island is Question 1. This initiative would allow Twin River Management Group to move its slots parlor...

Published October 24, 2016

Harrah’s Philadelphia to Debut ‘The Block’

Harrah’s Philadelphia will launch a new nightlife and entertainment space featuring live table games called The Block, as part of a number of property enhancements.

Published October 24, 2016

Atlantic City and New Jersey Fight Over City Budget

Atlantic City and New Jersey’s government continued their turbulent relationship as the city missed a state-imposed date to rework their municipal budget to include tax increases. The city maintains...

Published October 24, 2016

Hollywood Park Casino to Hold Grand Opening

Hollywood Park Casino, which opened next to a thriving racetrack in 1994, only to see it close a few years ago is moving. It will reopen on October 21...

Published October 24, 2016

Isle Sells Iowa Casino

Isle of Capri Casinos announced last week it was selling its Lady Luck Casino (l.) in Marquette, Iowa, to Casino Queen for $40 million. The sale comes just weeks...

Published October 17, 2016

New Jersey’s Horseracing Industry Appeals Sports Betting Ruling to Supreme Court

The New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association has filed an appeal asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the state’s moves to allow sports betting, claiming New Jersey racetracks, including...

Published October 17, 2016

Arkansas Court Strikes Casino Ballot Measure

The Arkansas Supreme Court has stricken a proposed constitutional amendment from the November 8 ballot to legalize casinos in three counties. The court said the ballot language did not...

Published October 17, 2016

Alabama AG Discusses Legalizing Gaming

Alabama’s attorney general, Luther Strange (l.), suggest that residents who want to gamble stop complaining about it. If they want to gamble, he says, they should change the law....

Published October 17, 2016

Rush Street Reassures Pennsylvania Host Communities on Revenue

Greg Carlin (l.), the head of Rush Street Gaming, has assured both Pennsylvania communities where the company operates casinos that the operator will voluntarily pay a host-community tax of...

Published October 17, 2016

Question 1 Would Allow Second Mass Slots Parlor

In 2011 Massachusetts legislators approved a framework that allowed for three resort casinos and one slots parlor (Plainridge Park, l.) in the Bay State. A casino developer wants to...

Published October 17, 2016

Key Questions Still Unanswered in New Jersey Casino Expansions Plan

With a referendum to allow the first expansion of casinos in New Jersey likely to fail in November, the state’s Assembly (l.) adopted a resolution outlining the plan’s “legislative...

Published October 17, 2016

Missouri Town Looks to Billionaire

A small former tourist attraction village in Missouri is perking up its ears at the blandishments of an anonymous billionaire. According to the town’s mayor, this billionaire wants to...

Published October 17, 2016

Minnesota Racino to Add Hotel

A Minnesota racino, Running Aces Casino and Racetrack (l.), plans to add a 74-story hotel next to its casino.

Published October 17, 2016

Louisiana Sees Threat to Gaming

Lawmakers in Louisiana see the state’s laws, which limit casinos to gambling riverboats, is making the state less competitive. The biggest threat to the state’s gaming industry is the...

Published October 17, 2016

Ohio Casino Revenues Stay Flat

Despite some big declines in revenue by the Hollywood Casino Toledo (l.), the state’s four casinos overall maintained roughly the same profits this year that they enjoyed last year...

Published October 17, 2016

MGM Resorts, Wynn Keeps Eye On Atlanta

MGM Resorts International Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James Murren (l.) recently revisited Atlanta to make a pitch for a $1 billion-plus downtown destination casino. The next day Wynn...

Published October 10, 2016

Nevada Legislature Weighs Las Vegas Football Stadium

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (l.) called lawmakers into a special session this week to obtain their approval to spend $750 million in public money to help fund a stadium...

Published October 10, 2016

PA High Court Strikes Host-Community Tax

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the state gaming law’s host-community provision is unconstitutional because it places an uneven burden on casinos. The suit was filed by the...

Published October 10, 2016

Report: New Jersey Will Take Sports Betting Case to U.S. Supreme Court

ESPN reports that New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak (l.) plans to appeal the ruling against the state’s sports betting law to the U.S. Supreme Court. The state’s current...

Published October 10, 2016

Florida Card Room Prepares For Possible Referendum

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments November 2 over whether county voters or legislators can decide if slots may be allowed. If the court rules in favor of...

Published October 10, 2016