Iowa Survey Shows Gambling Increase

In a 2013 survey of 1,826 Iowans, 78 percent said they had gambled in the previous 12 months, up from 69 percent two years earlier. Conducted by the University...

Published September 22, 2014

Massachusetts Gaming Could Slam Rhode Island

Licenses for a slots parlor and two out of three casinos have been awarded in Massachusetts, while neighboring Rhode Island considers its options in the face of a projected...

Published September 22, 2014

Casino Closings Brings New Law Proposals, State Incentives

Bills proposed in the New Jersey legislature would halve the amount of casinos one company can own in Atlantic City and bar deed restrictions on properties prohibiting their future...

Published September 22, 2014

Churchill Downs Seeks Fair Grounds Buyer

The venerable New Orleans Fair Grounds racetrack and its 11 off-track betting facilities are being offered for sale by Churchill Downs Inc. for $125 million—just months after CDI officials...

Published September 22, 2014

Sweepstakes Cafés Skirt State Laws

Despite laws designed to regulate or remove them, sweepstakes cafés continue to plague state legislatures and the casino industry. Now a $10 billion industry, sweepstakes cafés stay a step...

Published September 22, 2014

Indiana Gaming Industry Hopes For Help

Ever since competitors opened two years ago in neighboring states, Indiana gaming tax revenue has significantly declined. Last year lawmakers were reluctant to pass needed legislation to help the...

Published September 22, 2014

Local Officials Oppose Arapahoe Casino

If Colorado voters pass Amendment 68, the city of Aurora and Arapahoe County would have to spend $63 million in road improvements associated with a proposed Arapahoe Park (l.)...

Published September 22, 2014

Slot Tavern Issue Is Back in Vegas

For years Nevada commissioners have worked to clarify the definition of slot parlors versus taverns that offer slots. The issue is once again on the front burner thanks to...

Published September 22, 2014

Judge Wishes Alabama Amendment Said “Electronic” Bingo

Montgomery County, Alabama Circuit Judge William Shashy said, "It would have been a lot simpler to put 'electronic bingo'" in the 2003 constitutional amendment allowing bingo in Macon County....

Published September 22, 2014

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