Cosmopolitan Hints for Big Changes Ahead

After a 2014 which saw slight increases in gaming revenue, new owners Blackstone Real Estate Partners have decided to add a new weapon to their arsenal; longtime gaming executive...

Published March 3, 2015

Iowa Smoke-Free Casino Measure Goes Nowhere

Iowa legislators listened for 15 minutes then took no action after hearing the pros and cons of requiring the Racing and Gaming Commission to grant two licenses for smoke-free...

Published March 3, 2015

Florida Casino Supporters, Opponents Debate

At a Florida Forward forum in Orlando, Geoff Freeman, president of the American Gaming Association, said "mistruths are being told" about the casino industry, while John Sowinski, president of...

Published March 3, 2015

Station Casinos on Path to IPO

After a fantastic 2014, which saw Station Casinos haul in nearly $1.3 billion in revenue, many are speculating the company may go public next June, five years after a...

Published March 3, 2015

Escape, But Not From New York

A recent gathering of members from Westbury, New York helped to nix the building of a casino in Long Island. Now, one lawmaker is attempting to take it one...

Published March 3, 2015

Revenues Rising At Mississippi Coast Casinos

Mississippi's 11 Gulf Coast casinos delivered a 7 percent increase in January 2015 over January 2014, at $87.3 million. Statewide, Mississippi casinos won $165 million January 2015, up 3.4...

Published March 3, 2015

Kentucky Targets Internet Cafes

Two bills in the Kentucky Senate seek to boost charity gaming by attacking internet cafes and permitting charities to sell electronic pull-tabs.

Published March 3, 2015

Greyhound Racing Industry May End in West Virginia

A bill has been introduced which would put an end to the declining greyhound racing industry in West Virginia. $36.5 million would be used as a buyout for owners...

Published March 3, 2015

Atlantic City Revel Sale Can Be Terminated

Atlantic City’s Revel Casino can terminate a deal to sell the $2.4 billion tower to a Florida-based real estate developer for $95.4 million, a bankruptcy judge has ruled. The...

Published February 23, 2015

Blackstone Wasting No Time With Cosmopolitan

Blackstone Group LP has plans of investing $200 million into their newest acquisition, the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The top four floors of a hotel tower, which are currently...

Published February 23, 2015

Caesars Massachusetts Lawsuit Nixed Again

A federal appeals court in a decision authored by former Supreme Court Justice David Souter (l.) has ruled that Caesars Entertainment has not standing to challenge the legality of...

Published February 23, 2015

New Hampshire to Reconsider Casinos

For the 16th time Senator Lou D’Allesandro (l.) has introduced a bill in the New Hampshire Senate to authorize two casinos in the Granite State. Every other time the...

Published February 23, 2015

Delaware Casinos Go Directly to People

A slick new website (l.) created by Dover Downs casino aims to put pressure on lawmakers to approve new tax relief for the state’s casino industry.

Published February 23, 2015

Indiana Gaming Bill Clears Committee

The Indiana House Public Policy Committee passed state Rep. Tom Dermody's (l.) House Bill 1540, which would allow riverboat casinos to move ashore, extend tax provisions, permit live table...

Published February 23, 2015

Kentucky Moves on Instant Racing Tax

Kentucky lawmakers, in anticipation of another failed effort to legalize casino gaming, are moving to regulate and tax the instant racing machines already in operation.

Published February 23, 2015

Silver State Goes for Gold

Wagering on the Olympics in Nevada has taken one step closer to becoming a reality with the Nevada Gaming Control Board recommending the state's gaming commission legalizing the wagers....

Published February 23, 2015

Caesars Rejects Second-Lien Payment Request

Caesars Entertainment Corporation has denied a request from a representative of second-lien bondholders for a payment of $3.68 billion plus interest. The company filed for bankruptcy in January.

Published February 23, 2015

New York Looks to Casinos for Hope

While people in the three areas set to receive mega resort-casinos in New York have differing opinions on the economic impact, the optimists see them as a boon to...

Published February 23, 2015

NBA Players Association Discussing Sports Betting

National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Michele Roberts (l.) says the organization has begun discussions with players on the possibility of an expansion of legalized sports betting in the...

Published February 23, 2015

Reno-vations on the Way

Reno continues with their trend of renovating and remodeling. The latest properties are the purchase and remodeling of the Knights Inn, which has stood empty for 30 years, and...

Published February 23, 2015