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

Vegas Casinos Must Pay $127 Million to Leave Utility

Three of the largest casino operators in Las Vegas won approval of their applications to leave Nevada’s largest power utility, NV Energy, which is owned by billionaire Warren Buffet....

Published December 7, 2015

Club Fortune Casino Deal Done in Nevada

Nevada Gold & Gaming on December 1 announced it finalized its deal to buy the Club Fortune Casino in Henderson for $14.1 million and 1.2 million in common shares....

Published December 7, 2015

Bicycle Casino Unveils New Hotel

Southern California’s Bicycle Casino, “The Bike” to its loyal customers, has knocked things up a notch with a new hotel and a new moniker: Bicycle Hotel & Casino. The...

Published December 7, 2015

FBI, Detroit Police Investigating Casino Theft

A man wearing a Loomis uniform took more than $500,000 from a Loomis armored van outside Detroit's Greektown Casino. The driver, assuming the thief was a co-worker, opened the...

Published December 7, 2015

Bader Field Plans Delayed in Atlantic City

Atlantic City’s City Council delayed passage of an agreement to lease Bader Field, the city’s former municipal airport for athletic fields, after concerns were raised by the resorts state-appointed...

Published December 7, 2015

Tropicana Evansville Plans $50 Million Move to Dry Land

Indiana is looking to stem declines in its riverboat casino markets by allowing the operations to relocate on-shore, the better to cope with competition from neighboring states. Tropicana Evansville...

Published November 30, 2015

California’s New Bicycle Hotel & Casino Unwrapped

The Bicycle Casino Hotel & Casino in Bell Gardens, California, last week celebrated it’s the grand opening of the $50 million facility with a lavish ribbon cutting. Governor Jerry...

Published November 30, 2015

Springfield Deems MGM Casino Plans ‘Complete’

Another step for MGM Entertainment to go forward with building its $950 million MGM Springfield has been completed with the city of Springfield, Massachusetts deeming the revised plans for...

Published November 30, 2015

Atlantic City Revel Case to Be Settled, Owner to Buy Power Station

Developer Glenn Straub will assume control of Revel Atlantic City’s troubled power plant (l.) under a deal that could end nearly seven months of litigation over the closed casino....

Published November 30, 2015

Rock Gaming to Take Over Ownership of Ohio Casinos

Rock Gaming is nearing the time when it will take over total ownership and operation of two casino resorts (Horseshoe Cincinnati at left) and a racino in Ohio from...

Published November 30, 2015