Kentucky Speaker Filing Expanded Gambling Measure

Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo (l.) said in the next legislative session he will introduce a constitutional amendment allowing seven casinos and dedicating revenues to education and the horseracing...

Published August 31, 2015

Alabama Pol Won’t Propose Gambling Measure

Despite fighting hard in the general assembly and first special session for a constitutional amendment to legalize a state lottery and four racinos, Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del...

Published August 31, 2015

Cripple Creek Versus Black Hawk Continues

Officials in Black Hawk and Gilpin County in Colorado are appealing a federal court ruling stating gaming tax revenue allocation is constitutional. Gilpin wants more since the biggest casinos...

Published August 31, 2015

New Mexico May Get New Racino

New Mexico could get another racino. The state is entitled to another license, according to the New Mexico Racing Commission, although it hasn’t set a timetable for when that...

Published August 31, 2015

AFL-CIO Calls for Boycott of Icahn Casinos in Atlantic City

The New Jersey AFL-CIO has called for a boycott of Carl Icahn-owned casinos in Atlantic City in support of the city’s main casino workers union, which is embroiled in...

Published August 31, 2015

Taking Risk, Texas Commission Upholds Historical Racing

The Texas Racing Commission recently voted 4-3 with one abstention to uphold historical racing rules. But the vote sets up a battle between the commission and legislators who could...

Published August 31, 2015

Georgia Lawmakers Consider Legalizing Casinos

Two meetings will be hosted in September by the Georgia Senate Preservation of the HOPE Scholarship Program Study Committee to review legalizing casino and horse racing gambling. MGM Resorts...

Published August 31, 2015

Atlantic City Casino Market Shrinks in the First Half of 2015

Though Atlantic City’s remaining casinos are seeing increases in profit, overall the resort’s casino market has shrunk by almost 12 percent in the first half of 2015. Four Atlantic...

Published August 31, 2015

Horseshoe Baltimore Eyes Expansion With a Hotel

Horseshoe Baltimore is looking to play a more dominant role in the economic revitalization of the surrounding neighborhood. City officials have developed a master plan centered on the casino,...

Published August 31, 2015

Uber and Lyft Prepare for Vegas Operations

With the entrance of ride-sharing companies looms ahead for taxicab companies in Las Vegas, they have responded with rate hikes for customers. Uber and Lyft are expected to begin...

Published August 31, 2015

Some Want New York Casino To Go Away

A recent court ruling has suspended the construction of the Lago casino project (l.) in the Finger Lakes region of New York. The court ruled that developers circumvented an...

Published August 31, 2015

Gulf Coast Casinos: 10 Years After Katrina

Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, destroying or severely damaging Mississippi's 12 casinos, including the President (l.), which was carried several hundred years to come...

Published August 31, 2015

Resorts Atlantic City Opens Conference Center

Atlantic City’s Resorts Casino has opened a $9.4 million conference center with state-of-the-art audio-visual technology. The center is part of an overall about $80 million investment in the property,...

Published August 31, 2015

Gulfstream, Hialeah Keep Customers Happy

In South Florida, Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino has introduced a popular new loyalty program plus nightly food and drink specials. At Hialeah Park Racing & Casino, a $60...

Published August 31, 2015

Harrah’s New Orleans Revenue Jumps 26 Percent

Gaming revenue at Harrah's New Orleans (l.) jumped more than 26 percent in July, following a scary drop of 30.7 percent in June following the citywide smoking ban that...

Published August 31, 2015

Full House Proposes Indianapolis Casino Complex

A casino resort at the Indianapolis airport is a possibility, according to Las Vegas-based Full House Resorts, which operates a marginally successful riverboat casino in southern Indiana. Full House...

Published August 17, 2015

Isle Closing Natchez Casino, Selling Hotel

Since Magnolia Bluffs Casino opened in Natchez, Mississippi in 2012, it has caused revenue at Isle of Capri Natchez (l.) to decline. As a result, Isle of Capri Casinos...

Published August 17, 2015

Massachusetts Gaming Commission Grants Casino Delay

The MGM Springfield (l.) last week won a year’s delay in opening its casino, which it feared would be harmed by a massive road project planned for the interstate...

Published August 17, 2015

Caesars: One More Lawsuit

Second-tier bondholders of Caesars Entertainment’s bankrupt largest unit have filed suit against top-tier creditors over the operators’ restructuring plan.

Published August 17, 2015

Judge: University Can Seek Another Buyer for Atlantic City’s Showboat

Stockton University properly terminated a contract to sell Atlantic City’s closed Showboat casino to Florida developer Glenn Straub, a judge has ruled, and can now seek another buyer for...

Published August 17, 2015