Marnell Gaming to Upgrade Sparks Nugget

Marnell Gaming has received Nevada Gaming Control Board’s approval to acquire the Nugget casino in Sparks. The company plans to invest about $25 million over the next 18 to...

Published April 18, 2016

Icahn Approved in New Jersey to Run Taj Mahal

New Jersey regulators have approved billionaire Carl Icahn to run Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino. The casino will see $15 million in renovations, but it is unclear if...

Published April 18, 2016

NFL Raiders to Address Nevada Move

Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis said he will attend the April 28 Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee meeting at UNLV and discuss a potential move to Las Vegas. In...

Published April 18, 2016

Casino Lobby Spending Rising in New Jersey

With issues such as casino expansion to northern New Jersey and the ongoing battle over Atlantic City finances, the casino industry has been spending more on lobbying efforts in...

Published April 18, 2016

Top Vegas Casino Bans Smoking in Sports Book

The world’s largest race and sports book, Westgate’s SuperBook (l.), now is smoke-free, and that has local gaming operators and industry analysts speculating on the potential impact on gaming...

Published April 18, 2016

Neon Sign All to Remain of Riviera

The 60-year-old Riviera casino closed in May 2015, and its iconic neon sign soon will be all that remains of it, as the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority...

Published April 18, 2016

Blatstein Hoping Pop-up Leases Will Fill Playground Complex

Developer Bart Blatstein (l.) has announced a new strategy for his Playground entertainment complex in Atlantic City. The developer hopes to attract new retailers to the site through pop-up...

Published April 18, 2016

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