Pennsylvania Casinos Swallow Tax Hike, Wait for Online Gaming

The state’s 12 casinos began turning over an additional 2 percent of their table games take under legislation designed to fund the state budget for the next year. Operators...

Published August 1, 2016

Nevada Sports Books Taking Olympics Action

For the first time since 2001, Nevada sport books will take action on a limited number of Summer Olympics events. Those events included boxing and sports that are timed...

Published August 1, 2016

Atlantic City Flirts With Bankruptcy Again

Atlantic City has still not received an about $74 million loan from New Jersey that was part of rescue legislation for the financially strapped resort, leading to predictions that...

Published August 1, 2016

Gulfport Casino Developers Request Delay

An attorney for casino developers Gulfport Gaming Development told the Mississippi Gaming Commission site approval for its proposed $140 million casino still exists under the name of former developers,...

Published August 1, 2016

Las Vegas Council: Build Stadium Downtown

The Las Vegas City Council on July 20 passed a motion to keep Cashman Field among final candidates for a potential NFL stadium site. Cashman Field is located near...

Published August 1, 2016

Chinese Bidder in Pole Position for Caesars Interactive

Caesars is hoping for $4 billion or more from the sale of its online gaming subsidiary, which is also its most profitable, and thinks it may have found a...

Published August 1, 2016

Maryland Live! Sues MGM over VIP Lists

The state’s leading operator is suing the competitor that will be looking to de-throne it when it opens in August. Maryland Live! claims that when three of its VIP...

Published August 1, 2016

GOP Convention Hurt Jack Casino

The Jack Cleveland Casino was not the life of the party last week when the Republican National Convention was in town. The casino lost money during the convention due...

Published August 1, 2016

Rivers Might Open First New York Casino

Work on the Rivers Casino & Resort at Mohawk Harbor in Schenectady is ahead of schedule, and the casino might open in February. The $330 million casino development anchors...

Published August 1, 2016

Flynt Stares Down Gardena Council

Porn and casino king Larry Flynt won a game of chicken with the Gardena, California city council over the city’s demands that he pay a guaranteed tax every month,...

Published August 1, 2016

Nevada Casinos Lead Sustainability Efforts

A multitude of casinos in Las Vegas and Reno are looking to lower their costs by embracing cost-effective sustainability measures that reduce waste and help the environment. The Aria...

Published August 1, 2016

Railroad Pass Travel Center OK’d

The Railroad Pass Casino near Las Vegas already welcomes many truckers staying overnight in their rigs, and it plans to add a travel center to service them. The Henderson...

Published August 1, 2016

Shipwrecked Casino Expected To Boost Tourism

The Lady Luck Casino boat recently was shipwrecked off the coast of Pompano Beach, Florida. featuring interactive artwork including poker-playing octopuses, the wreck is expected to attract more than...

Published August 1, 2016

Las Vegas Courts eSports, Millennials

The rise of eSports and its popularity among millennials has Nevada gaming regulators and casino operators looking to enact regulations enabling eSports wagering and poker-style contests in Las Vegas....

Published August 1, 2016

Adelson Campaign Funds Not a Problem

Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson (l.) did not funnel illegal foreign contributions in the U.S. election campaign funds, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) announced. The FEC on July...

Published August 1, 2016

Embezzler Seeks Release Via Gambling Addiction

Jerry Nann Meador, 53, embezzled more than $500,000 from a Las Vegas plumbing business, for whom she was the bookkeeper for many years. She says her gambling addiction caused...

Published August 1, 2016

Palms Workers Can Stay, Says Station

With Station Casinos poised to take over ownership of the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, hundreds of workers on June 21 submitted a petition saying they want to keep...

Published August 1, 2016

Biloxi Seeks Casino Rent—Plus Interest

The Golden Nugget Casino's rent to Biloxi inadvertently was swept into Mississippi's general fund. The city has since received $1.13 million but now wants the balance, $1.18 million, plus...

Published August 1, 2016

Alabama Players Want Bingo Money Returned

Players who put down as much as $250 at Big Hit Bingo in Calhoun County, Alabama wonder how they can retreive their money, following a recent raid by Sheriff...

Published August 1, 2016

Handicapped Woman Sues Hard Rock Biloxi

A handicapped woman, Hope Elly, is suing Hard Rock Casino Biloxi in federal court because she claims the venue violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and denied her the...

Published August 1, 2016