Downtown Las Vegas Hotel Makeover Announced

The 40-year-old California Hotel and Casino on Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas will undergo a multi-million dollar renovation of its 500 hotel rooms and casino, and add new...

Published December 14, 2015

Developers Buy Up Atlantic City Lots

Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein (l.) has been cleared to buy 64,000 square feet of waterfront property in Atlantic City for $3.2 million. Blatstein also plans to buy the closed...

Published December 14, 2015

Hyperloop Testing in North Las Vegas

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop Technologies announced it will begin testing its new tube-based transportation concept at a new site in North Las Vegas in early 2016. Hyperloop will convert a...

Published December 14, 2015

Florida Supreme Court Takes On Slots

In a case that could significantly impact Florida gambling, the state Supreme Court announced it will rule if Gretna Racing in Gadsden County can install slots without legislative approval....

Published December 7, 2015

Massachusetts Commission Blasts MGM’s Cost Estimates

Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby (l.) last week criticized MGM Resorts for not providing more details about why the project increased in cost by more than $150 million,...

Published December 7, 2015

New Jersey Looks for 2016 Ballot Question on Casino Expansion

New Jersey lawmakers, including former casino worker Ralph Caputo (l.), are working to have a ballot question ready for 2016 on expanding casinos outside of Atlantic City. A change...

Published December 7, 2015

NY Gaming Commission Delays Continue

Four proposed casinos in rural New York, including the Montreign in the Catskills (l.), mostly are stalled while awaiting final regulatory approval from the New York Gaming Commission, which...

Published December 7, 2015

Caesars Appeals Pension Ruling

Caesars Entertainment is appealing a ruling that would make it responsible for funding and managing pensions previously handled by the National Retirement Fund.

Published December 7, 2015

VictoryLand Owner To Announce Reopening Date

Milton McGregor (l.), owner of the shuttered VictoryLand Casino in Macon County, Alabama, said he will announce its official reopening date within two weeks. He said he's received more...

Published December 7, 2015

Atlantic City Mayor Talks State Financial Monitor Report

As criticism is growing that a state appointed financial manager is months behind in delivering a financial report on Atlantic City, Don Guardian, the resort’s mayor, says he’s seen...

Published December 7, 2015

Kansas Crossing Requests Second Extension

Originally scheduled to open in July 2016, the developers of Kansas Crossing Casino and Resort in Crawford County requested a second 90-day extension, due to a lawsuit by Cherokee...

Published December 7, 2015

Revenues Rise for Reno Gaming

Gaming revenues in Reno, Nevada, continue bucking a statewide trend by recording a 10th straight month of revenue increases when compared to a year earlier. At the same time,...

Published December 7, 2015

Moody’s Predicts Trouble for Atlantic City, Northeast Casinos in Face of New Competition

A report by Moody’s predicts that Atlantic City will see more casino closings in the face of new casinos being constructed in New York, Maryland and other parts of...

Published December 7, 2015

Colorado Casinos Start Fiscal Year Right

Colorado casinos (Black Hawk at left) posted third-quarter gains of 7 percent or $281.7 million over 2014—second only to the $287.4 million posted in pre-recession 2007. Tax revenue grew...

Published December 7, 2015

McCarran Airport Traffic to Top 2014

McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas is poised to surpass its 2014 passenger total after 4.1 million people arrived via the airport in October, making it the second month...

Published December 7, 2015

Feds OK Affinity Gaming Deal

Las Vegas-based Affinity Gaming’s largest shareholder, Z Capital, has until December 16 to negotiate deals to buy up remaining outstanding shares in the company, the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

Published December 7, 2015

Isle of Capri Signs Iowa Lady Luck Agreement

Isle of Capri Casinos, owners of Lady Luck Casino in Marquette, Iowa, and the Upper Mississippi Gaming Corporation, nonprofit partner and license holder, reached an agreement to start in...

Published December 7, 2015

Cosmo, Culinary Workers Reach Deal

Some 2,000 workers at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas now have union representation and will vote on their first collective bargaining agreement this month. A change in ownership made...

Published December 7, 2015

Bally’s, Caesars Pay for Concert Parking Fee Controversy

Atlantic City casinos Bally’s and Caesars have agreed to pay $50,000 for jacking up their parking garage fees during free beach concerts held in July. The casinos were roundly...

Published December 7, 2015

Live Dog Racing Ending In Texas

The last full-time dog racetrack in Texas, Gulf Greyhound Park in La Marque, will stop offering live racing at the end of the year, but will continue to offer...

Published December 7, 2015