Last month, 17 gaming partnerships formally submitted their casino proposals to the state of New York (Nevele proposal for Catskills at left). The winners will not be chosen until...
Not a “host” city, Boston is trying to outline deals with the two developers of casinos in the region, neither of them located in the city. Last week, the...
Affinity Gaming is warning investors it expects to default on a portion of its $382.7 million in long-term debt. Affinity has 11 properties in four states, including one in...
After losing a bid to overturn a federal ban on sports betting in federal court, the New Jersey Legislature has passed a bill to allow unregulated sports betting in...
The Rhode Island legislature has placed a measure on the November ballot that would allow the Newport Grand Casino (l.) to add table games. A robust election campaign is...
The Iowa Gaming Commission supports a proposed land-based Isle of Capri casino along the waterfront in the city of Bettendorf, Scott County. The Bettendorf City Council also has thrown...
In 1990, wagers on live dog races in Florida totaled nearly $1 billion. Last year that figure dropped to $258 million. Some greyhound tracks try to survive on casino...
New racetrack casinos in Maryland and Ohio are luring gamblers and taking revenue from West Virginia's four racinos, where revenue is down 11.5 percent for the fiscal year. Those...
Arkansas lawmakers recently approved a moratorium on keno monitor games until next March. State Senator Jimmy Hickey said that allows time to review "any and every aspect" of the...
Bond issuer Syncora Guarantee Inc. is appealing a bankruptcy judge's ruling that casino tax revenue--$15 million a month—is the property of the city of Detroit and protected by the...
Timeshare king David Siegel (l.), the new owner of the LVH Las Vegas (now Westgate Las Vegas), promises to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade the property....
New Jersey’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority will study the feasibility of Atlantic City becoming a stop for small cruise lines. Cruise line analysts, however, say the resort is too...
In a bid to improve the island economy, Puerto Rico’s Department of Economic Development and Commerce and a local redeveloping authority are considering new tourist attractions, including a casino...
Two Atlantic County officials have come out against a plan to have Atlantic City enforce noise regulations at the city’s beach bars. With Atlantic City struggling, they say this...
Five million fewer people have visited Mississippi Gulf Coast casinos in the last two years, but building and renovation moves forward. D'Iberville's first casino, the $250 million Scarlet Pearl...
Analysts forecast continued declining revenue in Illinois' regional casino markets, with a 10.8 percent year-to-year drop in June to $117 million, and a 9.7 percent decrease from May to...
Casino industry officials in southern Indiana said Horseshoe Cincinnati, owned by Caesars Entertainment, caused riverboat casino revenue to drop 10.9 percent to $64.3 million. Only Pinnacle Gaming's legacy riverboat...
The casino at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nevada will not open in October, as previously announced. Without a casino operator that can pass muster with state gaming regulators,...
The Silver State is seeing a healthy resurgence in the job market, especially in Southern Nevada. Jobs in construction and hospitality are on the rise, and statewide the jobs...
A South Carolina lawmaker, Todd Rutherford, has introduced a measure to pay for the state’s run down road system with up to three large casino resorts.