Trial Begins Connected with Massachusetts Casino Land

The trial of three men accused of fraudulently trying to hide the involvement of a mobster and convicted felon in the purchase of land for the $2 billion Wynn...

Published April 18, 2016

Atlantic City Casino Revenue Flat for March

Despite the chaos surrounding Atlantic City’s municipal government, casino revenue for March declined less than 1 percent for the city’s eight casinos. Online gaming revenue continued to rise, but...

Published April 18, 2016

Fewer Vegas Betters, Bigger Budgets in 2015

Fewer people are betting while in Las Vegas, but when they do, the vast majority bet on the Las Vegas Strip, and have significantly larger gambling budgets than four...

Published April 18, 2016

Baton Rouge Smoking Ban Extinguished

Following a spirited debate, the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council voted 6-6 on a smoking ban at casinos and bars—one vote short of passage. Pro-smoking ban groups spent...

Published April 18, 2016

Revel Owner Continues Showboat Fight, Setting Opening

Revel owner Glenn Straub is continuing his appeal challenging Stockton University’s sale of the former Showboat casino hotel (l.) to a Philadelphia developer. Straub says he will also re-open...

Published April 18, 2016

Study: Gaming Short-Term Fix for Statesv

A new study shows that states turning to gambling to fix budget deficits are only getting a short-term fix as revenue tax and fees decline.

Published April 18, 2016

Caesars Initiates Upgrades, Celebrates 50th

Caesars Entertainment is upgrading thousands of hotel rooms on the Las Vegas Strip and celebrating its 50th year in business this year with a special Celine Dion (l.) concert....

Published April 18, 2016

Commissioners Recommend Reopening Kansas Racetrack

Kansas City, Kansas planning commission has recommended that the United Government Commission approve a request to reopen the Woodlands as a racetrack, electronic gaming venue and entertainment center. The...

Published April 18, 2016

Illinois Fines Rivers Casino Owners $1.65 Million

Rush Street Gaming, owners of Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Illinois, must pay the state $1.65 million for giving a no-bid cleaning and security contract and for mishandling a...

Published April 18, 2016

Tunica Casinos: Boom Or Bust?

Since casinos opened in Tunica County, Mississippi, in the 1990s, both the poverty rate and the unemployment rate dropped by half. Gaming tax revenue allowed infrastructure improvements that have...

Published April 18, 2016

South Dakota Enforcing Smoking Ban

In South Dakota, smoking is banned in establishments that serve or sell alcohol, including video lottery casinos. But following several complaints to Sioux Falls officials, the state Lottery Commission...

Published April 18, 2016

VictoryLand To Reopen Despite Court Decision

Although the Alabama Supreme Court unanimously ruled the state can keep electronic bingo machines and cash seized in a 2013 raid at VictoryLand Casino in Macon, owner Milton McGregor...

Published April 11, 2016

Kansas Crossing Resumes Construction

Following lawsuits by rejected competitors Castle Rock Casino and Cherokee County, a judge ruled construction can recommence on the $70.2 million state-owned Kansas Crossing Casino in Crawford County after...

Published April 11, 2016

Atlantic City Nightclub Opens, Pop-Up Shops Coming

The site of the former 39 North concert venue recently successfully reopened as the WAV nightclub in Playground Pier at Caesars in Atlantic City. Owner/developer Bart Blatstein also announced...

Published April 11, 2016

IRS Auditing Prairie Meadows

The Internal Revenue Service is challenging the nonprofit status of Iowa's largest casino, Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino in Altoona. The operation took in $2.1 billion in 2013, or...

Published April 11, 2016

Grand Casino Loses Katrina Lawsuit

In 2005 Hurricane Katrina tossed a Grand Casino barge into a pier being built by Borries Construction in Biloxi. A Circuit Court judge dismissed Borries' $1.5 million lawsuit against...

Published April 11, 2016

AGA: IRS Backs Off Slot Jackpot Limit, Lambasts Pennsylvania Free-Play Tax

The American Gaming Association last week said that the Internal Revenue Service is backing away from a plan to lower the slot jackpot reporting threshold from $1,200 to $600....

Published April 11, 2016

Marnell Gaming OK’d for Sparks Nugget

Marnell Gaming cleared one of the final hurdles for its acquisition of the Sparks Nugget Casino in Northern Nevada, after the Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended Marnell receive a...

Published April 11, 2016

Elaine Wynn Wants Stockholder Agreement Nixed

Former Wynn Resorts director and Steve Wynn’s ex-wife, Elaine Wynn (l.), wants a 2010 shareholder agreement nixed, so that she can sell her shares in the company and completely...

Published April 11, 2016

Massachusetts Racino Bumps Numbers

What first appeared as good news—a big increase in revenue numbers at the only casino open in Massachusetts, Plainridge Park—turned out to be skewed as reports showed a huge...

Published April 11, 2016