Maryland on a Roll

Gaming revenue in Maryland was up for a seventh straight month in June, totaling $93.3 million for the state’s five casinos. Slots led the way, accounting for $59.4 million....

Published July 18, 2016

Mayors Join Fight Against PASPA

The American Gaming Association has won an important ally in its fight to overturn a federal ban on sports betting. The AGA is orchestrated a concerted lobbying push for...

Published July 18, 2016

Improved Saratoga Casino Hotel Debuts

The Saratoga Casino Hotel has opened after undergoing a $40 million construction endeavor over the past year. The new hotel has 117 rooms and 13 premium suites, and gives...

Published July 18, 2016

Revised California Card Room Rules Controversial

California’s gaming tribes remain unimpressed by recently released guidelines from the Bureau of Gaming Control, which were supposed to prevent card rooms from conducting games in a way that...

Published July 18, 2016

Icahn Issues Ultimatum to Striking Atlantic City Workers

Carl Icahn (l.) and Tropicana Entertainment have told striking workers at their Atlantic City casino the Trump Taj Mahal to accept a proposed health benefits plan offered by the...

Published July 18, 2016

Cal-Neva Reopening Delayed

California-based Criswell-Radovan bought the Cal-Neva in 2013 with the intention of renovating and reopening the resort. But after several missed target dates, Criswell-Radovan has filed for bankruptcy protection in...

Published July 18, 2016

Poll Suggest Support Waning for North Jersey Casinos

The latest poll on a referendum going before New Jersey voters in November shows support for building two new casinos in the northern part of the state—which would be...

Published July 18, 2016

Hollywood Park Casino to Open This Fall

The expanded and renovated Hollywood Park Casino is scheduled to open this fall in downtown Las Angeles. It is part of the Inglewood Community’s redevelopment of its retail district.

Published July 18, 2016

Atlantic City Revel Opening Still Stalled

Developer Glen Straub’s plans to re-open part of the former Revel Atlantic City this summer seem more and more like a long shot as the property is no closer...

Published July 18, 2016

$50 Million Tropicana Evansville Breaks Ground

A groundbreaking ceremony will take place Tuesday, July 19 for the new $50 million, 75,000 square foot Tropicana Evansville in Indiana--the first of the state's 10 riverboats to move...

Published July 18, 2016

Slot Tax Unfair, Says Rivers Casino

The ownership group behind Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino is suing in Pennsylvania Supreme Court for a refund of the slot tax it pays to local municipalities under state law. Holding...

Published July 18, 2016

Illinois Casinos Combat Video Gambling

Illinois casino revenue was $112 million June, down 9 percent from May and 5 percent compared to June 2015. Part of the blame is the spread of video gambling...

Published July 18, 2016

Borgata Seeks Tax Lien on AC Development Project

The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has filed a tax lien on two small pieces of Atlantic City property needed for the Atlantic City Gateway Project (l.), a redevelopment...

Published July 18, 2016

Lucky Dragon Readying for Fall Opening

Work on the Lucky Dragon casino and hotel in Las Vegas is winding down in time for a late-year opening of the Chinese-themed hotel located on the north side...

Published July 18, 2016

Atlantic City Casino Revenue Stays Flat for June

Atlantic City’s eight casinos saw revenue decline a little over 1 percent in June, but casino revenue for the first six months of 2016 was up 2.5 percent. The...

Published July 18, 2016

Ohio Casinos Generated $1 Billion Since 2012

Since casinos opened in 2012 in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo, Ohio, they have generated more than $1 billion in tax revenue for the state, host cities, education, regulatory...

Published July 18, 2016

Iowa Casinos Approach Record-Breaking Revenue

For fiscal 2016, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission announced the state's 19 gambling operations posted revenue of $1.437, closing in on the record-setting $1.47 billion in 2013. Revenue...

Published July 18, 2016

Flynt Buys California’s Oldest Card Club

Larry Flynt will now have two card rooms in Gardena. He recently completed the purchase of the Normandie Casino (l.), considered the oldest card room in California, for an...

Published July 18, 2016

Prairie Meadows Sees Options In IRS Fight

Prairie Meadows racino in Altoona, Iowa is appealing the IRS's revocation of its tax-exempt status. If it wins it will remain a nonprofit. If it loses, it could seek...

Published July 18, 2016

Central City Casino Fined In Discrimination Suit

RCH Colorado, owners of the Reserve Casino Hotel in Central City, must pay $250,000 to four women who were let go and called "old, fat, ugly and gray-haired" when...

Published July 18, 2016