Las Vegas Continues Transformation

From the south side of the Las Vegas Strip to the north end of Downtown, Las Vegas maintains its continual pace of change with many developments either underway or...

Published March 28, 2016

New Yorkers Protest Casino, Support Online Gaming

A community group calling itself No Casino at Belmont Park (l.) plans a Saturday protest at the famous racetrack to oppose the installation of video gaming terminals in a...

Published March 28, 2016

Nevada Nixes Private Casino Reporting

Privately owned casinos in Nevada no longer have to compile and publish public financial earnings statements, which the Nevada Gaming Commission said is a costly and unnecessary regulatory overreach....

Published March 28, 2016

Big Buzz for New York’s Rivers Casino & Resort

Hundreds of local business leaders in Schenectady learned more about the Galesi Group’s Rivers Casino & resort in Schenectady, work on which already began. The casino likely will open...

Published March 28, 2016

Las Vegas Still Awaiting NHL Expansion

The NHL still has not decided on a potential league expansion, but has proposed potential ways for teams to protect players if the league goes through with an expansion....

Published March 28, 2016

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