R.I. Casinos Could Offer Lines of Credit

The two slots parlors in Rhode Island would be able to offer “markers” for up to $75,000 under a proposal that was voted onto the Senate floor last week...

Published June 23, 2014

Poll Finds New Jersey Gamblers Prefer Atlantic City

A new poll finds that only about 12 percent of New Jersey gamblers would take their business to new casinos being built in New York. But analysts say even...

Published June 23, 2014

Lumière Place Aims To Recapture Revenue

In St. Louis, Tropicana Entertainment's Lumière Place wants to take back the revenue it lost since River City casino opened in 2010. Lumière Place generated $17.5 million in April...

Published June 16, 2014

Atlantic City Free Concert Tickets Go Fast

Atlantic City gave out better than 60,000 tickets each for two free summer beach concerts in just two days. Blake Shelton plays the beach July 31 and Lady Antebellum...

Published June 16, 2014

Bilingual Bingo

The Lucky Club Casino in Las Vegas is billing itself as “Las Vegas’s first and only” casino to offer bingo games en Espanol. Bingo Loteria is up and running...

Published June 16, 2014

Video Gaming May Come to Las Vegas Casinos

A Reno lawyer and the Nevada Gaming Commission are backing a proposal that would incorporate video games into slot machines. By adding the skill-based games and changing the odds,...

Published June 16, 2014

Mississippi Falls From Third To Sixth

Once the third-ranked state for casinos, Mississippi has dropped to sixth, with a decrease in gross casino revenue of 5 percent, to $2.25 billion for 2013 compared to 2012....

Published June 16, 2014

Illinois Racetrack Pushing For Slots

Officials at Fairmount Park racetrack in Collinsville, Illinois said they plan to start lobbying lawmakers to pass legislation allowing slots at the state's five racetracks. However, officials in East...

Published June 16, 2014

SD Commission Approves Gaming Rules

The South Dakota Gaming Commission recently approved 12 rules changes to gambling measures that will take effect July 1. The rules make it a misdemeanor for banned players to...

Published June 16, 2014

Start-up Airline May Fly to Atlantic City

A low-cost start-up airline is considering flights to Atlantic City International Airport. The airline, which is reviving the PEOPLExpress name, could start flights in the fall.

Published June 16, 2014

Florida Scratch-off Scandal Growing

Some Florida convenience store owners and clerks are mysteriously winning an unusually high number of Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket games. One store owner in Winter Haven won four times...

Published June 16, 2014

North Carolina Republicans Acknowledge Individual Rights

Although the North Carolina Republican platform opposes gambling ("including the state lottery"), delegates to the recently ended convention softened that language to acknowledge an individual's right to gamble. Ironically,...

Published June 16, 2014

Ohio Raids Internet Cafes Again

A state police task force specifically assigned to stamp out illegal internet cafes in Ohio struck again last week, targeting three businesses in Austintown and a private home in...

Published June 16, 2014

Caesars in Battle with Bondholders

A disgruntled group of bondholders claims Caesars Entertainment was in default on second-lien notes when it sold properties to the spinoff Caesars Growth Partners. The debt-ridden company is striving...

Published June 16, 2014

NY Casino Developers Seek Support

Communities across upstate New York continue to weigh the pros and cons of Vegas-style casino resorts in their backyards. Schenectady recently approved a casino resort backed by billionaire Neil...

Published June 16, 2014

Texas Tracks Want Historic Terminals

Andrea Young (l.), president of Sam Houston Race Park, and other Texas racetrack owners will make their case for historic racing terminals before the Texas Racing Commission this week....

Published June 16, 2014

Jobs Fund Could Provide Delaware Bailout

Lawmakers could use money from a $26 million grant and loan fund for job creation to cover the $20 million in proposed fee and tax breaks for Delaware casinos.

Published June 16, 2014

Maryland Live Raking It In

The Cordish Companies’ Hanover, Maryland casino saw revenues of $59.5 million in May, a jump of more than 8 percent over 2013. But the state’s other two established casinos...

Published June 16, 2014

Ohio Casinos Outperform Indiana Casinos In Cincinnati Area

Ohio’s casinos, including the Horseshoe Cincinnati (l.), for the first time are drawing more customers in the Cincinnati metro area then the three riverboat casinos in Indiana. Casinos were...

Published June 16, 2014

SugarHouse Casino: We Want Poker

Hoping to diversify its offerings and gain market share ahead of a planned second Philadelphia casino, SugarHouse Casino on the Philly waterfront has once again asked the Pennsylvania Gaming...

Published June 16, 2014