Hakkasan Has Cross Appeal

Hakkasan, once strictly an MGM Resorts partner, continues their dominance on the Las Vegas Strip, opening up yet another massive nightclub, but this time at rival property Caesars Palace,...

Published March 23, 2015

Nevada Governor’s Business Tax Plan Gets Gaming Backing

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval has written a 200-page document, which hopes to funnel some $250 million annually towards education.

Published March 23, 2015

Atlantic City Career Center Facing Blitz of Ex-Casino Workers

A career center set up to help laid-off Atlantic City casino workers has been lagging behind in its efforts to help the thousands of workers laid off in the...

Published March 23, 2015

Idaho To Repeal Historic Racing Machines, Set Up Gaming Commission

Idaho has gone from a vehement opposition to gambling to offering many forms over the years. Currently, much controversy surrounds instant horse racing machines, which are opposed by tribes...

Published March 23, 2015

Revel Atlantic City Sale Scrapped

The sale of the closed Revel Atlantic City to Florida developer Glenn Straub was halted last week when a bankruptcy court judge decided she lacked the authority to approve...

Published March 16, 2015

Caesars Setback

Caesars gets its first bad ruling in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of its largest operating unit, as a Chicago judge approved the creditor panel opposed to the restructuring...

Published March 16, 2015

Finger Lakes Track Sues NY Gaming Commission

The Finger Lakes racino in Albany sued the New York Gaming Commission for recommending Lago Resort & Casino in Tyre, just 25 miles away. Racetrack officials said the proposed...

Published March 16, 2015

MGM Resorts To Break Ground in Springfield

MGM Resorts last week announced it would break ground on its Springfield, Massachusetts casino next week that will include the implosion of the old Zanetti School (l.). And KG...

Published March 16, 2015

Indiana Casinos Adapting To Competition

The two-month increase in revenues has ended for northwest Indiana's five casinos, which took in $79.35 million last month versus $80.25 million in February 2014. But the casinos are...

Published March 16, 2015

Vicksburg Hotel Wants Land-based Casino

Officials with Portofino Resort LLC in Vicksburg, Mississippi have received Army Corps of Engineers approval for a floodwall and soon will file an application to begin construction of a...

Published March 16, 2015

Maine Governor, Lawmakers Battle Over Keno

A group of bipartisan legislators is trying to keep keno out of Maine, stating they have the authority to approve it, not Governor Paul LePage (l.). His administration said...

Published March 16, 2015

Rock Ohio Caesars in Cleveland Upgrade

The owner of Horseshoe Cleveland Casino (l.), Rock Ohio Caesars, has reached a deal with the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County to release $7.5 million that can be...

Published March 16, 2015

Lawyers Urge Atlantic City Workers Unions to Ready for Bankruptcy Fight

In a memo sent to Atlantic City municipal workers unions, the lawyers representing most of the unions warned them to prepare for a court fight if city declares bankruptcy....

Published March 16, 2015

Vegas Global Business District Delayed

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will hire a third party to help oversee the massive $2.3 billion Global Business District project. A newly formed committee has delayed...

Published March 16, 2015

Icahn, Trump Settle on Keeping Trump Taj Mahal Name

Billionaire Carl Icahn, who is seeking to take over the bankrupt Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City has reached an agreement with Donald Trump to keep the Trump name...

Published March 16, 2015

Eldorado Resorts Opens Ohio Microbrewery

The popular Brew Brothers microbrewery and restaurant at the Eldorado Resort Casino in Reno soon will have a second location at Scioto Downs Racino in Columbus, Ohio. Both operations...

Published March 16, 2015

Iowa Rejects Non-Smoking Casino

Among the hundreds of bills that failed to survive the Iowa legislature's early deadline was a proposal allowing a non-smoking casino in Cedar Rapids—seen by many as a way...

Published March 16, 2015

Waiting Continues on Atlantic City Casino Tax Plan

While a bill designed to stabilize taxes for Atlantic City casinos languishes in the New Jersey Legislature, an important deadline for the filing of casino tax appeals is approaching...

Published March 16, 2015

Caesars Asks To Liquidate Tunica Barges

Caesars Entertainment hopes a federal bankruptcy judge will allow it to dismantle and liquidate five barges in Tunica County, Mississippi that previously housed Harrah's casino, which closed in June....

Published March 16, 2015

Atlantic City Hotel Rates Rise 10 percent

Maybe because of four casino hotels closing in 2014, the city’s hotel rates saw a 10 percent increase. Overall visitation for the resort was down by five percent from...

Published March 16, 2015