The End is Near for Caesars

Junior creditors have signed on to a deal that would end the two-year Caesars bankruptcy. But will the senior creditors go along with the deal? And what will the...

Published September 26, 2016

Massachusetts ‘Sits Tight’ on Southeastern Casino

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is so far not answering calls that it reopen the licensing process for the southeastern gaming zone of the state now that First Light (l.)...

Published September 26, 2016

Suits and Countersuits Over Arkansas Casino Drive

An anti-casino group recently filed a lawsuit in the Arkansas Supreme Court to keep a constitutional amendment allowing casinos in Boone, Miller and Washington county off the November ballot....

Published September 26, 2016

R.I. to Vote on Tiverton Slots

An election in which Rhode Island voters and the town of Tiverton will decide whether to allow a rather innocuously designed slots casino to be located along the Massachusetts...

Published September 26, 2016

Missouri Town Promotes Casino

In 2004, Missouri voters rejected a constitutional amendment allowing a casino in Rockaway Beach, near Branson. Now Mayor Don Smith said he's rebooting an effort to bring a casino...

Published September 26, 2016

Delaware’s Casinos Petition for Tax Relief

For the third year in a row, the state’s struggling casinos are asking for tax relief to help them cope in a crowded Northeast gaming market. Their proposals include...

Published September 26, 2016

First Down for Sands on Stadium Plan

The panel appointed to vet major tourism projects for southern Nevada has given its OK to a plan backed by Las Vegas Sands to build a $1.9 billion stadium...

Published September 26, 2016

Cedar Rapids Boutique Casino Proposed in Iowa

A $40 million "boutique" casino has been proposed by Wild Rose Casinos & Resorts, which operates a casino in Jefferson (l.), for downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with a 25,000...

Published September 26, 2016

Gambling Growing In Rust Belt Cities

Following the industrial decline of the 1970s, many Rustbelt cities turned to casinos as a source of revenue. A prime example is the Sands Casino Bethlehem (l.) in Pennsylvania,...

Published September 26, 2016

Is U.S. Ready for Chinese Tourism?

A new study from Boyd Group International indicates the United States is unprepared to take advantage of an expected travel boom that could bring millions of free-spending Chinese tourists...

Published September 26, 2016

AGA: Betting Ban Costing NFL, TV Plenty

A Nielsen Sports survey of football bettors commissioned by the American Gaming Association concludes that the NFL and the TV networks showing its games and their advertisers are losing...

Published September 26, 2016

New Jersey Bill Would Prevent ‘Warehousing’ of Casino Licenses

In response to concerns that the closing Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City could ‘warehouse’ its license, and then re-open later with lower wages for workers, New Jersey’s...

Published September 26, 2016

Puerto Rico Plans Airport Slots

Puerto Rico’s ailing economy has the government of the U.S. commonwealth in dire need of tax revenue. Can 200 slot machines at the island’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport...

Published September 26, 2016

DOJ Calls for AML Vigilance

Federal financial officials focused on prevention of money laundering during a conference at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas covering the Bank Secrecy Act.

Published September 26, 2016

MGM Makes Millennials Play With Mobile Slots

Everybody knows that the millennial generation links to the world through mobile phones. Now they are able to link to slots play at MGM casinos through the same medium.

Published September 26, 2016

Casino Boat Becoming River Cruiser

The Isle of Capri's former riverboat casino (l.) in Bettendorf, Iowa will become a 166-passenger, all-suite boat offering Mississippi River cruises starting June 2017. American Queen Steamboat Company of...

Published September 26, 2016

Icahn Files to Shut Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal

Billionaire Carl Icahn’s management team has filed paperwork with New Jersey gaming regulators to close Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal casino (l.) in October. Icahn first announced the closing in...

Published September 19, 2016

Caesars Bankruptcy: Loveman Must Come Clean

Junior debtors in the ongoing bankruptcy struggle for Caesars Entertainment won a decision last week when the bankruptcy judge ordered Caesars executives, including Chairman Gary Loveman (l.), to reveal...

Published September 19, 2016

VictoryLand Reopens In Alabama

Although the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in March that electronic bingo machines are illegal, Milton McGregor reopened his VictoryLand casino in Shorter, featuring electronic bingo machines like those that...

Published September 19, 2016

Report: U.S. Sports Betting Could Generate $11.9 Billion

A report by GamblingCompliance Research Services estimates that expanding sports betting in the U.S. could generate $11.9 billion in revenue per year. Revenue in California could be $1.3 million...

Published September 19, 2016