Harrah’s Atlantic City Announces First Convention Booking

Harrah’s Atlantic City has announced a major booking for its under-construction Waterfront Conference Center scheduled for October 2015. The center is expected to be one of the largest on...

Published September 22, 2014

Riviera Could See a Renaissance

The Riviera on the Las Vegas Strip could benefit from new energy on the northern end of the Strip. The SLS Las Vegas recently opened there, and MGM plans...

Published September 22, 2014

Nebraska Historical Wagering Supporters Regrouping

Although the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled against a measure allowing historical racing wagering due to a technicality, supporters said they will try again to get the issue before voters,...

Published September 22, 2014

East Meets West: Macau Gamblers Head to Vegas

A crackdown on high rollers in the Chinese gaming enclave of Macau has caused some big spenders to roll the dice in Las Vegas and other markets. The exodus...

Published September 22, 2014

Ruffin, County Discuss Camptown Casino

Officials from Ruffin Gaming and the Quapaw Tribe recently met with leaders from Crawford County and Frontenac, Kansas regarding a joint venture to open a casino at the shuttered...

Published September 22, 2014

CRDA to Pay Live Nation $1 Million for Atlantic City Concerts

The New Jersey Casino Reinvestment development Authority will pay concert promoter Live Nation a $1 million subsidy to bring at least a dozen “Big Name” concerts to the resort....

Published September 22, 2014

Crunch Time in New York

New York State’s 16 casino license applicants are doing their best in the final weeks of consideration to win support from their respective communities and state site selectors. All...

Published September 15, 2014

Decision Time in Massachusetts

With Bay State voters poised to decide the fate of casino gaming in Massachusetts in November the gaming commission will very soon decide whether to issue a casino license...

Published September 15, 2014

Revel Buyer Steps Forward as Atlantic City Tries to Regroup

A Florida-based developer has made a $90 million bid for the closed Revel casino and is also looking at the neighboring Showboat casino property. Meanwhile, the fate of the...

Published September 15, 2014

Caesars Hit With Another Bondholder Suit

A second group of junior bondholders has sued Caesars Entertainment Corporation, alleging the company is circumventing its obligations in its restructuring efforts.

Published September 15, 2014

Anti-Fraud Effort Could Target Casinos

Operation Choke Point, a joint effort of the U.S. Department of Justice and the FDIC, is coming after casinos, said Brian J. Wise, senior adviser to the U.S. Consumer...

Published September 15, 2014

50 Percent Off North Strip Plot

What a comedown! In 2007, a development firm paid $33 million an acre for land on the northern end of the Vegas Strip. Now Triple Five is putting the...

Published September 15, 2014

Report Says Maine can Absorb More Casinos

A report the Maine legislature paid for recommends that the state could allow two more casinos without saturating the gaming market. Some legislators characterize WhiteSand Gaming, which conducted the...

Published September 15, 2014

Both Sides Spending Millions In Colorado

Amendment 68 would allow gambling at three racetracks east of the Rockies in Colorado. Opponents include owners of casinos in Cripple Creek, Black Hawk and Central City who so...

Published September 15, 2014

MGM Sells Railroad Pass

MGM Resorts International is selling a casino in Henderson, Nevada that is older than the nearby Hoover Dam. Railroad Pass opened as a dance hall with a single roulette...

Published September 15, 2014

Maryland Live! Wins Injunction Against Host

Maryland Live! has secured a preliminary injunction against former host Helena Wong, barring her from using customer lists allegedly stolen from Maryland Live!

Published September 15, 2014

Illinois Benefiting From Video Gambling

Since the first 61 video gambling machines were installed in Illinois in September 2012, the industry has grown to more than 13,300 machines statewide, generating more than $90 million...

Published September 15, 2014

Mega Shopping District to Open on Strip

By the end of the year, a new 110-shop retail and dining district will open in front of Bally’s on the Las Vegas Strip. Developer Larry Siegel wants to...

Published September 15, 2014

Searchlight Nugget to Lose License

Repeated violations of state gaming law mean the owner of the Searchlight Nugget Casino in Searchlight, Nevada must surrender her license. Verlie May Doing has agreed to turn over...

Published September 15, 2014

Another West Virginia County Considers Banning Smoking

In West Virginia, Brooke County may follow its northern neighbor Hancock County, home of Mountaineer Park Casino (l.), by banning smoking in all public places—including video lottery casinos, which...

Published September 15, 2014