Full House Tops Off Silver Slipper Hotel

A topping-off ceremony was held at the Silver Slipper Casino in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi for its new $17.7 million, six-story, 142-room hotel. The property will open next March,...

Published November 17, 2014

Baltimore Mayor: Extra Cops Needed at Casino

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (l.) says she is protecting the city’s investment in its new casino by more than doubling the police presence there. The Horseshoe Casino, a Caesars...

Published November 17, 2014

Pinnacle Proceeds with REIT Plans

Pinnacle Entertainment plans to split off some of its regional casino properties into a real estate investment trust, or REIT, apparently under pressure from an investor. Completion of the...

Published November 17, 2014

Del Mar Racetracks Gets Fall Racing Dates

Del Mar racetrack in San Diego county this month is benefiting from 15 extra racing days that it inherited when Hollywood Park closed last year.

Published November 17, 2014

Ohio Lawmaker Wants $8.8M for Cleveland Development

Cuyahoga County, Ohio Executive Ed FitzGerald wants to use $8.8 million from casino revenues to help fund three downtown Cleveland residential projects. In 2013, the county council agreed to...

Published November 17, 2014

Price Hike at Caesars Resorts

It just got a little more expensive to stay at six Caesars Entertainment properties in Las Vegas. Everyone who checks in must pay a $25 fee that covers internet,...

Published November 17, 2014

Tahoe Welcomes Construction

Lake Tahoe is hailing a $15 million retail and restaurant development as a harbinger of good things to come in the resort town, which has seen a decline in...

Published November 17, 2014

Stadium Partners Unveil New Funding Plan

The developers behind a $200 million stadium proposed for Downtown Las Vegas have come up with a new funding formula that pairs the planned arena with improvements to city...

Published November 17, 2014

Ohio’s Racinos Do Better Than Its Casinos

Ohio’s four casino resorts are not doing as well in the direction profits are taking as the state’s seven racinos. The Buckeye casinos are not living up to expectations...

Published November 17, 2014

SLS Buffet Closes

The buffet line at the new SLS Las Vegas disappeared last weekend when the resort on the northern Strip closed the eatery. Officials including new SLS President Scott Kreeger...

Published November 17, 2014

Supreme Court May Change Hotel Privacy Rules

Whether the U.S. constitution’s Fourth Amendment rules against unreasonable search and seizure applies to hotel guests will soon be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. A group of...

Published November 17, 2014

Judge Rejects Revised Taj Mahal Bankruptcy Plan

Trump Entertainment will have another week to finalize a bankruptcy plan that could transfer ownership of its Atlantic City casinos to Carl Icahn after a judge refused to approve...

Published November 10, 2014

Decision Drags On in New York

The commission that will choose where to locate up to four new commercial casinos in upstate New York was originally expected to announce the winning projects by the end...

Published November 10, 2014

Boyd Considers REIT

Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corp., which operates 22 casinos in eight states, may spin off some of its gaming interests into a separate unit through the establishment of a...

Published November 10, 2014

Decision Soon on Second Philly License

The Pennsylvania Gambling Control Board has scheduled a hearing next week that will determine the fate of a second license in the city of Philadelphia. Four projects are being...

Published November 10, 2014

New Jersey Fires Back on Sports Betting

New Jersey says its three main gambling regulatory agencies will not regulate sports betting in the state—a provision the state says is key to getting around a federal ban...

Published November 10, 2014

Southeast Kansas Attracts Second Developer

Las Vegas Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin and the Quapaw Tribe are not the only developers interested in Kansas' fourth and final state-run casino. The Pittsburg city council recently...

Published November 10, 2014

Indiana Committee Recommends Land-based Casinos

Land-based casinos, live racino table games and extending the $5 million annual "free play" tax deduction through 2018 are among the proposals unanimously recommended by the Indiana General Assembly's...

Published November 10, 2014

CHDN Purchases New York, Colorado Presence

CHDN recently purchased, for $30.6 million, a 25 percent interest in Saratoga Casino Holdings, giving it a stake in Saratoga Casino and Raceway in New York and Saratoga Casino...

Published November 10, 2014

Iowa Group Presents Dog Racing Plans

The Iowa Greyhound Association presented its case for a license to the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. Dog racing will end in Council Bluffs but the IGA will operate...

Published November 10, 2014