Swoik Gets An Earful From Illinois Regulators

Tom Swoik, executive director of the Illinois Casino Gaming Association, got no sympathy from Illinois Gaming Board Chairman Aaron Jaffe when Swoik said the growth of video gambling machines...

Published July 7, 2014

Take It Outside in Vegas

MGM Resorts International has filed for permits to develop land on the Las Vegas Strip into an outdoor entertainment complex, with a concert arena, pedestrian walkway and other attractions....

Published July 7, 2014

Arkansas Approves Keno Moratorium

Under pressure to increase revenues, the Arkansas Lottery Commission planned to launch keno games with draws every six minutes that players could track on monitors. But lawmakers opposed to...

Published July 7, 2014

New Jersey Opens OTB in Clementon

New Jersey is opening its fifth off-track betting site in Clementon N.J. The site is licensed to Freehold Raceway harness racing track.

Published July 7, 2014

Aria to Pay $100,000 for Ousting Agents from Game

Aria on the Las Vegas Strip, an MGM Resorts property, will pay fines of $100,000 for a 2013 incident in which two state gaming agents were ejected from a...

Published July 7, 2014

Florida Anti-Casino Group Releases Poll

Candidates who support bringing expanded gaming to Florida risk the wrath of voters, according to No Casinos in Florida, a group seeking to defeat the introduction of large casinos...

Published July 7, 2014

Police in California Raid Sweepstakes Cafes

Police in Northern California are joining a growing number of law enforcement throughout the U.S. in clamping down on sweepstakes games and internet cafes, which many of them consider...

Published July 7, 2014

Showboat Shuttered

Atlantic City’s Showboat casino will become the latest victim of the economic decline of the Boardwalk. Showboat owner Caesars Entertainment last week told its employees that the casino will...

Published June 30, 2014

Zero Hour for New York Casino Proposals

One community hoped for an extension of the June 30 deadline to submit its application, but regulators wouldn’t budge. The timeline grows short for the rest of the contenders,...

Published June 30, 2014

Commission Holds Hearings on Boston Metro Casino

The end game for the casino license that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission will issue for the Boston Metro casino zone is approaching. The panel has begun hearings in the...

Published June 30, 2014

Delaware Patching Casino Support Together

Delaware’s casinos may not get lawmakers to approve the entire $20 million in tax and fee reductions recommended by a state panel, but state senators have found funds to...

Published June 30, 2014

Mississippi Commissioners Approve, Deny Casinos

The Mississippi Gaming Commission recently approved the Scarlet Pearl Casino in D'Iberville, after developers at last received financing for the $250 million project, according to CEO George Toth (l.)....

Published June 30, 2014

Horseshoe Baltimore to Open August 26

Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, originally pegged for a fall 2014 opening, will open August 26 as Maryland’s fifth operating casino.

Published June 30, 2014

Argosy Sioux City Granted Reprieve

The Argosy Sioux City, scheduled to close on July 1, has gotten a reprieve, courtesy of a county judge. The boat’s owner, Penn National Gaming, will now be able...

Published June 30, 2014

Beginning of the End for Harmon

It’s going, going, gone for the hotel tower at CityCenter in Las Vegas, which was deemed structurally unsound. A Clark County judge says the Harmon Hotel is finally set...

Published June 30, 2014

Caesars’ Debt Problems Continue

With a possible forced bankruptcy looming, one group of Caesars Entertainment bondholders ponders a lawsuit while another seeks to negotiate with the operator.

Published June 30, 2014

Consultants To Reinvent Deadwood Brand

Consultant Roger Brooks International has been hired by the city of Deadwood, South Dakota for $65,000 to reinvent the Deadwood brand. An assessment, due this summer, will offer a...

Published June 30, 2014

Northeastern States Near Casino Saturation

The northeastern region of the U.S. is becoming saturated with casinos, experts say, and at least a dozen more are in the pipeline. The overpopulation is causing each casino...

Published June 30, 2014

Report: PA Horse Racing in Jeopardy

A report by Pennsylvania’s auditor general says the state’s $1 billion racing industry is in danger of a catastrophic shutdown due to diversion of funds and falling revenues.

Published June 30, 2014

Casinos Must Track Marijuana-Related Transactions

Strict money-laundering rules always have applied to banks. Now casinos, too, must comply with the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network rules in regard to legal...

Published June 30, 2014