Several States Go After Internet Cafes

Many states are looking at banning or severely curtailing internet or sweepstakes cafes. Among the states taking the most extreme action are California and Ohio, which have both recently...

Published March 31, 2014

Hefty Casino Fines Signal Zero Tolerance

In the past few years, Nevada gaming regulators have levied three separate seven-figure fines against casino companies. Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett says it’s “sending a message to...

Published March 31, 2014

Kentuckians Gambling In Neighboring States

The judge-executive of Kenton County, Kentucky, Steve Arlinghaus, urges voters to contact legislators and ask them to support casino gaming in the state. He said, "500 feet is all...

Published March 31, 2014

Hsieh Buys Downtown Casino

Downtown Las Vegas entrepreneur Tony Hsieh has acquired the old Western hotel-casino for $14 million. It’s the latest Fremont Street acquisition by the Zappos CEO, who has been gobbling...

Published March 31, 2014

New Jersey Tourism Revenue Sets Record

New Jersey’s tourism revenue climbed to $40 billion in 2013, setting a new record for the state. The 1.3 percent increase came despite the damage Hurricane Sandy had on...

Published March 31, 2014

Cosmo Sees Jump In Net Revenues

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas reported a net loss in excess of $25 million for the final quarter of 2013. But its net revenues were up more than $10...

Published March 31, 2014

MGM Opposes Nevada Education Tax

MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren says the gaming company with 56,000 employees in Nevada will work to defeat a 2 percent margins tax that would fund education in...

Published March 31, 2014

Atlantic City Alliance Takes New Approach

Atlantic City Alliance, the nonprofit group led by Liza Cartmell (l.) and formed to market Atlantic City to tourists plans to augment communications efforts by focusing on specific events...

Published March 31, 2014

Florida Panel Holds First Gambling Hearing

At a recent meeting of the Florida House Select Committee on Gaming, Speaker Will Weatherford (l.) said no expanded gambling legislation will pass without a constitutional amendment letting voters...

Published March 24, 2014

Texans Support Expanded Gambling

With new leadership about to take control in the Texas legislature in more than a decade, pro-gaming supporters hope to stem the loss of more than $4 billion Texans...

Published March 24, 2014

Massachusetts Tribal Casino in Doubt

The entry by Foxwoods into the gaming license process for a casino at the New Harbor Mall (l.) in Fall River gives the southeastern gaming zone a new face....

Published March 24, 2014

Kentucky Expansion Hanging by Thread

Greg Stumbo (l.), the speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, declared bills to create a constitutional amendment expanding gambling dead unless the Senate passes it first.

Published March 24, 2014

Casino Issue Not Buried in New Hampshire

Despite what some would call a conclusive defeat of gaming expansion in the New Hampshire House, Senator Lou D’Allesandro (l.) and some diehard casino supporters of the Rockingham Park...

Published March 24, 2014

Resistance in Delaware

In the wake of a new projection showing lower revenues for the fiscal year, members of the Delaware General Assembly are objecting to a proposed tax and fee break...

Published March 24, 2014

More Casino Bidders in New York

The Stockbridge Munsee tribe may be getting in on the action, and other would-be bidders are coming out with details about their New York casino plans, including Empire Resorts’...

Published March 24, 2014

Warner Gaming Joins Biloxi Boardwalk

William Warner’s Warner Hospitality has signed on to develop and manage Chris Ferrara’s Biloxi Boardwalk Resort and Casino in East Biloxi, Mississippi (l.). The property will feature a casino,...

Published March 24, 2014

Illinois May Expand Gaming

Illinois could add a mega-casino in Chicago and several smaller casinos in the suburbs if a lawmaker has his way. Legislation being considered could empower a Windy City casino...

Published March 24, 2014

Is Boyd Gaming REIT-Ready?

The hedge fund Elliott Associates has acquired a 5 percent stake in Las Vegas-based Boy Gaming. That’s led analysts to speculate Boyd will attempt to form a real estate...

Published March 24, 2014

Tropicana Atlantic City Announces Major Renovations

Tropicana Atlantic City has announced plans for a $35 million renovation, which would create a massive light show at the casino, refurbish Tropicana’s north tower and add new retail...

Published March 24, 2014

Iowa Casinos Like Competition, Says Expert

Learn to stop worrying and love competition is the message that a veteran of Iowa gaming, and a proponent of the proposed Cedar Crossing Casino, in Cedar Rapids, has...

Published March 24, 2014