Video Gambling: Curse And Blessing in Illinois

As of last month, about 18,000 video gambling terminals were projected to generate more than $180 million in revenue for Illinois. Tom Swoik, director of the Illinois Casino Gaming...

Published November 3, 2014

Bowling Trumps Bets at South Point

South Point’s new championship-caliber bowling arena rolled a strike over the weekend, welcoming the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling to mark its grand opening. The $35 million venue...

Published November 3, 2014

Atlantic City and Revel Casino Fight Over Taxes

Atlantic City is seeking to collect $30 million in taxes from the closed Revel casino and has asked a bankruptcy judge to allow a tax lien auction. Revel says...

Published November 3, 2014

Cripple Creek Launches Ad Campaign

City officials and casino operators in Cripple Creek, Colorado recently agreed to a partner in a $240,000 advertising campaign claiming the city is a great place to play and...

Published November 3, 2014

New Jersey’s Stockton College Looking to Buy Closed Atlantic City Casinos

Atlantic City’s mayor has confirmed that the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey—located just minutes from Atlantic City—is negotiating to buy one of two closed casinos in the city—probably...

Published November 3, 2014

Pennsylvania Group Targets Casino Smoking

A nonprofit anti-smoking group urging elimination of the casino exemption to Pennsylvania’s indoor smoking ban drove its point home with an experiment at Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino.

Published November 3, 2014

Linq Cuts the Ribbon in Las Vegas

Caesars Entertainment has officially opened its all-new Linq Hotel. The former Imperial Palace, which briefly bore the name the Quad, is at the center of the Linq Promenade, with...

Published November 3, 2014

Davenport Aldermen Approve Iowa Casino Rezoning

Just one more vote, to be held Wednesday, is required to rezone acreage at I-80 and I-74 in Scott County, Iowa for a complex that would include a $110...

Published November 3, 2014

New Jersey Schedules Second Summit on Atlantic City’s Future

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (l.) has called for a series of summit meetings to outline a new plan for Atlantic City’s future in the face of a steadily...

Published November 3, 2014

Fifth Vicksburg Casino Moving Forward

Portofino Resort in Vicksburg, Mississippi hopes to open the city's fifth casino at the near-downtown site of the former Grand Station Casino barge. City officials are seeking U.S. Army...

Published November 3, 2014

Churchill Downs Makes Forbes List

Churchill Downs Inc. of Louisville, Kentucky recently debuted at number 67 on Forbes' new list of the 100 Best Small Companies in America. Also, the company announced it will...

Published November 3, 2014

‘Eco-Campus’ Planned Near Illinois Casino

If rezoning is approved, a 52-acre site could be developed for an "eco-campus" of office buildings, residential towers, hotels and retail stores across the Tri-State Tollway from Rivers Casino...

Published November 3, 2014

Majority Opposes Expansion, Florida Poll Indicates

The University of Southern Florida-College of Arts and Sciences recently released results of a study showing 43 percent oppose and 27 support expanded gambling in the state; 27 percent...

Published November 3, 2014

Proposed Atlantic City Wheel Gets More Funding

The New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has approved a $4 million loan to a local amusement pier operator to build a 220-foot observation wheel. Officials touted the project...

Published November 3, 2014

Icahn: Taj Mahal Likely to Close

Trump Entertainment Resorts—owners of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal casino and fresh off a win in federal bankruptcy court t voiding the casino’s union contract—says it has no immediate plans...

Published October 27 2014

First Are Foremost With Caesars’ Reorganization

Caesars Entertainment Corp. will begin talks with bank creditors on restructuring more of the operator’s $24.2 billion in debt, but analysts say bankruptcy may still be necessary. The holders...

Published October 27 2014

MGM Sells Nevada Casino

MGM Resorts International has agreed to sell the Gold Strike in Jean, Nevada to JETT Gaming, a company owned by members of the well-known Herbst family of gaming professionals....

Published October 27 2014

Trump: NY Casinos Going ‘Down the Tubes’

Former Atlantic City casino mogul Donald Trump made headlines last week, warning that the casino market in the Northeast is so oversaturated New York State can’t possibly sustain new...

Published October 27 2014

Full House Resorts Now For Sale

Casino operator Full House Resorts Inc. announced last week that it the company is for sale, including Mississippi’s Silver Slipper (l.). With share values down more than half since...

Published October 27 2014

Massachusetts Casino Companies Ramp Up Pro-Gaming Support

With Question 3 that would repeal the Bay State’s casino law, on the November 4 ballot rapidly approaching, casino companies have increased their spending in to defeat the repeal....

Published October 27 2014