Nixon Calls For Missouri Lottery Review

Although it raised record sales of $1.16 billion in fiscal 2014, the Missouri Lottery directed $267 million to education, $21 million less than in 2013. Governor Jay Nixon (l.)...

Published August 4, 2014

Texas Reconsiders Lottery, Historic Racing

Texas lawmakers voted to end the lottery but re-voted due to concerns about filling the $2 billion budget gap that would cause. And a legislator wants the state attorney...

Published August 4, 2014

Landlords Sue Margaritaville Biloxi Operators But Revenues Strong on Coast

Clay Point LLC, landlords for Margaritaville Casino in Biloxi, said the casino owes nearly $4 million rent and $500,000 in unpaid taxes. They added the "made significant concessions" to...

Published August 4, 2014

Plug Pulled On Electronic Pull-tabs

Express Games, Minnesota's major distributor of electronic pull-tab games, recently announced it was ceasing operations. Founder Jon Weaver has started a new company, Pilot Games. Lawmakers approved the electronic...

Published August 4, 2014

Reports Bring Bad News For Iowa

Three recent reports from the American Gaming Association, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission and the National Indian Gaming Commission brought bad news for Iowa's gaming industry, including 18...

Published August 4, 2014

Ameristar East Chicago Opens Poker Room

Just in time to greet players and guests for the Heartland Poker Tour, August 7-18, the new $400,000 poker room recently opened at Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago. The...

Published August 4, 2014

Louisiana Casino Job Fair Attracts Crowds

Job-seekers by the hundreds attended a recent job fair in advance of the December opening of the Golden Nugget Casino and Hotel in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Vice President and...

Published August 4, 2014

Packer Eyes Strip Casino

Australian casino magnate James Packer and his Crown Resorts company are reportedly eyeing the former Frontier casino site (l.) across the Las Vegas Strip from Wynn Las Vegas for...

Published August 4, 2014

Argosy Closes, Hard Rock Sioux City Opens

"Attention! The Argosy Casino is closed. Please exit the facility at this time." Thus with that announcement the Argosy Sioux City riverboat unceremoniously shut its doors for good....

Published August 4, 2014

Is Atlantic City’s Decline Just Starting?

A report by a Stockton College economist warns that Atlantic City’s casino industry may be at the start of a long period of retraction that would devastate the southern...

Published August 4, 2014

Churchill Downs, Saratoga Create 5-year Partnership

Churchill Downs Inc., and Saratoga Harness Racing Inc. have agreed on a five-year deal that will allow CDI to take over management of the Saratoga Casino and Raceway (l.)...

Published August 4, 2014

Kentucky Pushes Ahead

Faced with repeated failures by the legislature to legalize casino gaming, state officials in Kentucky look to online lottery games and Instant Racing at racetracks.

Published August 4, 2014

Delaware Casinos Seek Long-Term Fix

Delaware casinos are asking the state panel slated to convene in the fall to address the long-term drag on profits resulting from high state revenue cuts. Dover Downs President...

Published August 4, 2014

Massachusetts Commission Tells Boston to Talk to Wynn

The mayor of Boston, Martin J. Walsh (l.), is not doing the citizens of Charlestown any favors by refusing to talk to the casino operator who wants to build...

Published August 4, 2014

SLS Las Vegas True to Rat Pack Roots

In its inaugural ad campaign with the tag line “Be Legendary,” the new SLS Las Vegas conjures up memories of Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and others who performed at...

Published August 4, 2014

Most NY Voters Support Casinos

A majority of New Yorkers polled about new commercial casinos say they’re a good idea for certain regions. The Catskills and the Southern Tier regions would be the best...

Published August 4, 2014

SugarHouse Breaks Ground on Expansion

Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino has broken ground on a $164 million expansion that will add an event venue, new restaurants, a 30-table poker room and a parking garage. General Manager...

Published July 28, 2014

Hard Rock Comes to Lake Tahoe

The iconic Hard Rock brand is taking Lake Tahoe; a new resort bearing the world-famous name will be open by the time the first skiers arrive. The Park family...

Published July 28, 2014

Council Approves MGM’s Maryland Casino

The Prince George’s County Council has approved MGM Resorts’ plan for the $925 million MGM National Harbor resort (l.), which could break ground in a few weeks. The casino...

Published July 28, 2014

Wynn’s Offer to Boston Pales Next to the Mohegans’

Steve Wynn’s offer to the city of Boston as a surrounding community for his proposed Everett casino is about a tenth as large as that the Mohegans offered for...

Published July 28, 2014