Pennsylvania Casino Suggests Regulatory Tweaks

Officials of the Mount Airy Casino Resort (l.) handed members of the Pennsylvania House Gaming Oversight Committee a laundry list of suggestions that would improve operations.

Published May 11, 2015

Boyd Thrilled with Start to Year

The numbers are in for the year's first quarter for Boyd, and the company is happy with the results. While some local market casinos dipped in revenue, both Downtown...

Published May 11, 2015

Mayweather-Pacquiao A Success?

Now that the “Fight of the Century” is in the books, some of the numbers have finally surfaced, from hotel room rates, to money wagered on the fight. With...

Published May 11, 2015

MGM Brushes Off Revenue Decline

Even with MGM Resorts International losing big in Macau, CEO Jim Murren (l.) remains confident the company is on the right track. With several properties in the works, and...

Published May 11, 2015

Atlantic City Government Looks to Lay Off 200

According to local reports, Atlantic City’s municipal government has submitted a plan to lay off 200 employees to New Jersey. The plan comes as a state financial monitor continues...

Published May 11, 2015

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