New Jersey CRDA Funds More Atlantic City Beach Concerts

New Jersey’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has approved $49 million in contracts to have Live Nation promote and operate beach concerts in the resort as well as continue to...

Published March 28, 2016

Fire And Smoke on the Las Vegas Strip

A fire broke out near the convention area of Caesars Palace in the early morning hours of March 21, forcing the evacuation of 140 hotel rooms and part of...

Published March 28, 2016

N.H. Senate Takes Up Casino Gaming

The perennial issue of a casino in the Granite State is once more before the New Hampshire Senate. if sponsor Senator Lou D’Allesandro succeeds in getting passage, the bill...

Published March 28, 2016

Maine House Debates Southern Casino

Lawmakers in Maine are hotly debating a bill that would authorize a third casino in the state. In the first of several votes anticipate on the bill it was...

Published March 28, 2016

Iowa Appeals Court Supports Commission’s Decision

The Iowa Court of Appeals recently upheld lower court rulings supporting the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission's decision to reject the Belle of Sioux City's gaming application in favor...

Published March 28, 2016

Louisiana Parish Smoking Ban Could Cost Millions

Citing Harrah's New Orleans' revenue losses following a city-wide smoking ban, officials at L'Auberge Hotel & Casino (l.) fear a similar ordinance proposed for East Baton Rouge Parish could...

Published March 28, 2016

American Casino & Entertainment Properties Ends Year Well

Improved hotel occupancy rates and higher average room rates at its Las Vegas properties, particularly the Stratosphere, helped American Casino & Entertainment Properties post revenue gains for an eighth...

Published March 28, 2016

Gulf Coast Revenues Enhance Mississippi Results

Thanks to February reports from Mississippi's 12 coastal casinos, revenue rose 10 percent compared to February 2015. Statewide, February marked the seventh of 12 months in which revenue increased,...

Published March 28, 2016

Problem Gambling Proclamation Sought in Virgin Islands

The Casino Control Commission of the Virgin Islands last week heard presenters speak about the important of educating the public to the dangers of problem gambling.

Published March 28, 2016

Culinary Workers Union Pickets Palms

Saying Palms Casino management harasses pro-union workers and refuses to remain neutral during union organizing efforts, hundreds of members of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 during a March...

Published March 28, 2016

Wynn Changes Name in Massachusetts

Wynn Resorts has rebranded its Everett casino (l.) in Massachusetts as the “Wynn Boston Harbor” even though it is nowhere near Boston Harbor. Meanwhile, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe told...

Published March 21, 2016

Report: Second Vegas-Area Casino for Sale

Aliante Gaming reportedly hired a Los Angeles investment bank to handle a potential sale of the Aliante Hotel in North Las Vegas, which opened in November 2008 and defaulted...

Published March 21, 2016

Chinese Coalition Offers Starwood $13 Billion

Led by Beijing-based Anbang Insurance Group, a coalition has made a $12.9 billion bid to purchase Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. However, last November, Starwood, which owns the Westin...

Published March 21, 2016

New Jersey Senate Approves Atlantic City Takeover Bill

The New Jersey Senate has approved a bill that would have the state takeover all of the remaining aspects of financial control of Atlantic City, but the bill’s passage...

Published March 21, 2016

Pinnacle Shareholders Okay $4.1 Billion Deal

Pinnacle Entertainment shareholders during a special meeting approved the $4.1 billion sale of 14 properties in Nevada, Louisiana (L’Auberge Baton Rouge at left), and Missouri, to Gaming and Leisure...

Published March 21, 2016

Arizona Senate Considers Ending Dog Racing

An amendment to end dog racing by the end of 2016 but allow Tucson Greyhound Park, Arizona's only greyhound racetrack, to offer televised off-track horserace wagering, recently reached the...

Published March 21, 2016

AGA: More Brackets Than Votes

The American Gaming Association used the coming NCAA tournament to illustrate the extent of illegal betting, predicting more completed brackets than votes for president. AGA President Geoff Freeman (l.)...

Published March 21, 2016

Northwest Indiana Casinos’ Future Brighter

Northwest Indiana's five casinos posted $84.1 million in revenue for February, a 5.6 percent increase over $79.3 million in February 2015--the third consecutive month in which the casinos have...

Published March 21, 2016

Las Vegas Economy Becoming More Diverse

Although gaming remains the top activity for visitors to Las Vegas, more people are coming to Sin City for shopping, shows, and general fun and recreation, rather than gambling,...

Published March 21, 2016

Golden Entertainment Expanding in Nevada

Golden Entertainment announced its plan to add six new properties in Southern Nevada, after reporting much-improved fourth-quarter results to end 2015. After posting a $38,000 loss a year earlier,...

Published March 21, 2016