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

Apollo Global Pays $2.2B for Diamond Resorts

Apollo Global Management, through its subsidiaries, agreed to pay $2.2 billion to buy Las Vegas-based Diamond Resorts, which, owns 420 luxury timeshare properties in 35 nations, including Polo Towers...

Published July 11, 2016

Atlantic City Taj Mahal Strike Drags On

A strike by about 1,000 workers at Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino showed no signs of breaking as it continued through the week. Employees of the city’s main...

Published July 11, 2016

Work Pace Quickens on New York Casino

Hundreds of construction workers are preparing the planned Montreign Resort Casino at Adelaar for its March 2018 opening date, and developer Empire Resorts anticipates having 2,000 workers on site...

Published July 11, 2016

eSports Betting Could Hit Las Vegas

Las Vegas sports books could begin offering bets on e-sports—video game competitions—after a review by the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee. A.G. Burnett (l.), chairman of the Nevada gaming Board...

Published July 11, 2016

Showboat Atlantic City Reopens

Developer Bart Blatstein (l.) has put the former Showboat casino back into action on Atlantic City’s Boardwalk with a “soft” opening of the property’s hotel and some restaurants, retail,...

Published July 11, 2016

May Numbers Down in Nevada

One less weekend and fewer large events led to reduce visitation, occupancy, and gambling revenues in Las Vegas and statewide in May. May 2015 saw several large-scale events, including...

Published July 11, 2016