Casinos Don’t Enrich Montana Cities

Since 2001, Montana has collected casino tax revenue of 15 percent annually and pooled that with other taxes and fees to distribute to host cities. The law was created...

Published May 11, 2015

Michigan Racetrack Restructures Operations, Cuts Losses

As one of only two remaining horse-racing tracks in Michigan, Hazel Park Raceway needed to make some changes to cut huge losses. A reintroduction of thoroughbred racing has done...

Published May 11, 2015

Meeting Planners Pick Atlantic City for Conference

Meeting Professionals International has announced it will hold a major conference at Harrah’s Atlantic City’s new convention and conference Center in 2016. The MPI’s World Education Conference is a...

Published May 11, 2015

Beach Tower Opens At Coast Casino

The $58 million renovation at Island View Casino's Beach Tower in Gulfport, Mississippi recently was unveiled. The 18-story Art Deco-style building, vacant since Hurricane Katrina, offers 405 hotel rooms,...

Published May 11, 2015

New Jersey Track Expects Good Year

Officials for Monmouth Park racetrack in New Jersey are optimistic of a good season, even though sports betting has still not been approved in the state. The park is...

Published May 11, 2015

Deadwood Casino Employees Receive Training

To get ready to offer craps and roulette under a new law taking effect in July, Deadwood, South Dakota casino employees are attending an intensive, six-week training program offered...

Published May 11, 2015

Louisiana Casinos Oppose Funding Rape Exams

Louisiana casinos oppose House Bill 143 which would pay for rape victims' medical exams using casinos' unclaimed gambling money, about $1.2 million annually. Sponsor state Rep. Helena Moreno said...

Published May 11, 2015

Adelson Poll: 73 Percent of Pennsylvanians Oppose iGaming

A poll commissioned by Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gaming concludes that 73 percent of Pennsylvanians oppose online gambling.

Published May 11, 2015

Indiana Lawmakers Pass Gambling Bill

Riverboat casinos like the Tropicana in Evansville (l.) may move onto land under a bill recently passed by the Indiana legislature. However, a provision to allow live dealers at...

Published May 4, 2015

Several Texas Gambling Bills Proposed

Numerous gambling bills have been proposed in the Texas legislature. They would allow the Kickapoo Tribe, which once operated a tribal casino (l.), to have a gaming compact; authorize...

Published May 4, 2015

Florida House Abruptly Ends Session

Several gambling-related bills were left behind when the Florida House abruptly shut down, three days before the official May 1 session end. The House and Senate could not agree...

Published May 4, 2015

North Jersey Casino Vote Could Be Delayed to 2016

A referendum to allow construction of casinos in Northern New Jersey may have to wait until November 2016, the state’s Senate President Steve Sweeney (l.) said. This is an...

Published May 4, 2015

Showboat Casino Sale Sinks College President

New Jersey’s Stockton University has a new president as former president Herman Saatkamp (l.) has left the post in the midst of controversy over the university’s attempt to buy...

Published May 4, 2015

Gaming Loses Again in Granite State

It was déjà vu all over again for proponents of gaming in New Hampshire, where the House last week dealt a crippling blow to their hopes with a 208-156...

Published May 4, 2015

All Three Kansas Competitors Approved

The contracts of all three investor groups competing to develop a state-owned casino in Kansas' southeast gaming zone were approved by the Kansas Lottery Commission and forwarded to the...

Published May 4, 2015

Judge Clears Harrah’s Tunica Demolition

Despite protests from the local levee board, Caesars Entertainment can proceed with demolishing the former Harrah's Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, a U.S. Bankruptcy Judged recently ruled as part of...

Published May 4, 2015

Brockton Next Massachusetts Town to Hold Casino Vote

Two southeastern Bay State towns are gearing up for host community agreement elections in May and June: Brockton and New Bedford. Both are in competition for the region’s one...

Published May 4, 2015

Maine Mulls 10 Gaming Bills

Ten bills have been introduced in the Maine legislature, signaling an end to the laissez-faire expansion of gaming in the state. One of the bills would require that new...

Published May 4, 2015

Power Goes On at Revel Atlantic City

After nearly three weeks, Glen Straub—owner of the former Revel casino in Atlantic City—reached a deal to restore power to the 47-story building. But that deal is only for...

Published May 4, 2015

Presque Isle, Mountaineer Deal with Smoking

In the wake of a county smoking ban that will require its West Virginia casino to go smoke-free, Eldorado Resorts is taking action to accommodate nonsmokers at Presque Isle...

Published May 4, 2015