Atlantic Club Closes in Atlantic City

Atlantic City’s Atlantic Club casino officially closed last week leaving the Atlantic City market with 11 casinos. The closing leaves more than 1,600 former employees looking for work. The...

Published January 20, 2014

Florida Lawmakers Consider Seminoles, Genting

Florida legislators have a lot on their plate for the upcoming session. Allowing destination resorts could threaten the Seminole compact, which brings Florida $1 billion over five years. Lawmakers...

Published January 20, 2014

Atlantic City Faces Long Painful Recovery Mayor Says

Newly elected Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian said the city faces a long painful battle as it tries to recover from falling casino tax revenue, but promised a way...

Published January 20, 2014

Hollywood Casino Gets Hotel Extension

Penn National Gaming and International Speedway Corporation—operating as Kansas Entertainment—will avoid paying a $1.3 million penalty for missing the deadline on a hotel at Hollywood Casino in Kansas City,...

Published January 20, 2014

Caesars Entertainment Drops Race Books in New Jersey

According to an agenda item for the New Jersey Racing Commission, Caesars Entertainment has dropped horseracing simulcasts at its four Atlantic City casinos. That leaves only the Borgata Casino...

Published January 20, 2014

SugarHouse Casino Temporary Poker Room Hits Snag

Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino has proposed a temporary structure to house poker tables while it continues a major expansion of the casino. However, Pennsylvania state regulators say the casino has...

Published January 20, 2014

Vegas Cowboy Saga Continues

Will the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association saddle up for Florida, or remain in Las Vegas, 10-year home of the National Finals Rodeo? The decision could signal a significant decline...

Published January 20, 2014

Timetable for Argosy License Still Pending in Iowa

The challenge from Penn National Gaming over the awarding of a new license for Sioux City is getting more serious. As required by law, Penn has partnered with a...

Published January 20, 2014

Nevada Casinos Down $135 Billion in 2013

Nevada’s leading casinos have posted their fifth straight fiscal year of net losses, but some of the decline is tied to increased expenses.

Published January 20, 2014

Caesars to Target Super Bowl Fans

The head of Caesars Entertainment’s Eastern division says the operator will try to capture business from those attending Super Bowl XLVIII at the MetLife Stadium (l.) in North Jersey.

Published January 20, 2014

More Development for Downtown Vegas

One developer plans a boutique hotel (l.) in Downtown Vegas, and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh continues to stoke investment in the neighborhood.

Published January 20, 2014

Committee Denies Illinois Video Gambling Reforms

A little known legislative panel, the Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, recently voted to reject video gambling reforms proposed by the Illinois Gaming Board last fall. Aaron Jaffe,...

Published January 20, 2014

$1 Billion Invested In South Mississippi

Casino operators and developers are spending more than $1 billion to buy, build and renovate Mississippi Gulf Coast casinos, which have weathered Hurricane Katrina, the recession and BP oil...

Published January 20, 2014

DeNaples Seeks Lift of Pennsylvania Ban

Pennsylvania businessman Louis DeNaples is asking the state Gaming Control Board to lift a ban imposed in 2012 that prohibits him from doing business with the casino he founded.

Published January 20, 2014

Cordish’s Vegas Arena Raises Eyebrows

Despite the pending development of an MGM arena (l.) in Las Vegas, the city continues to work a deal for a second arena with developer David Cordish.

Published January 20, 2014

Revel Revamps Player’s Rewards

Atlantic City’s struggling Revel casino debuted a new player’s lounge and launched a new player’s card in the hopes of attracting more customers to the casino. Revel officials acknowledged...

Published January 20, 2014

$50 Million in Bonds for LVCVA Business District

A planned bond issue would generate $50 million to fund the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority’s long-deferred Global Business District project.

Published January 20, 2014

Miss America Pageant Expects Big Things in 2014

The Miss America Pageant made a triumphant return to Atlantic City in 2013 and with more time to prepare, pageant organizers expect and even better showing and marketing effort...

Published January 20, 2014

Four Developers Remain Standing in Massachusetts

Four casino developers filed applications for licenses to the Massachusetts Gaming Commissions by the December 31 deadline. That is far fewer than were expected when the process began. MGM’s...

Published January 13, 2014

Kentucky Gaming Debate to Resume

Kentucky lawmakers are slated to begin debating two bills that would change the state constitution to allow casino gambling, in what could be lawmakers’ last try to expand gaming....

Published January 13, 2014