Sat, Jan 30, 2010
After months of speculation and political infighting, the Aqueduct Entertainment Group, a consortium of seven partners, including the Navagante Group of Las Vegas, won the right to build and operate the slots casino slated for Aqueduct racetrack, New York’s busiest.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
Sheldon Adelson, who's about to open his fourth casino in Singapore, says South Florida could be his next “destination resort.” The Las Vegas Sands CEO says one mega-resort in Miami or Fort Lauderdale could make more money for the state than seven Seminole casinos.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
House has signed off on bill to bring poker, blackjack and more to the state's three racinos; now developers are proposing full-scale casino in Wilmington.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
The bankruptcy process for Detroit’s Greektown Casino Hotel should come to an end in June due to a new board, schedule and operator installed by the court last week.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
Pennsylvania’s regulators fine Foxwoods Philadelphia for missing deadlines and put heavy pressure on to get the casino to get financed, up and running. The initial renderings (l.) for Foxwoods are pretty much moot.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
A New Jersey state senator called for a full-blown casino at the Meadowlands racetrack (l.) during a panel discussion on the state’s racing industry.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
A bill introduced for the second time in the New Hampshire Senate would allow six casinos in the Granite State, although the prime mover is Millennium Gaming, which wants to invest millions to rehabilitate the Rockingham Park racetrack.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
The provision of a gaming bill that would have allowed river and lake based casinos to be moved inland was dropped from a bill approved by the Indiana Senate Appropriations Committee last week.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
A potential developer of a regional casino in Kansas’s southeast zone would have to invest less money under one of several bills that have been introduced in the Legislature to change a controversial law that was barely passed in 2007.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
Atlantic City officials turn down union request to put a $300M tax break to a vote. The deal would allow the unfinished Revel Entertainment resort to pay just a fraction of some taxes over 20 years.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
Nearly identical bills that give voters the opportunity to change the location of a casino in Columbus from the Arena District to the West Side are progressing quickly in both houses of the Ohio legislature.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
Not one of the state's five approved slot parlors has opened its doors, but state legislators are already contemplating the addition of Vegas-style table games.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
A task force composed of several Bay State communities that stand to be impacted if casinos are legalized and one is built in their region met last week to talk about how to get lawmakers to listen to their concerns.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
January closure leaves just six of 11 casinos with horse betting facilities. Simulcasting generated less than $600K in '09, down from a high of $1.6M in 2000.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
With a 2009 revenue drop of 11 percent, Mississippi casinos have been slammed by the economic downturn. Now they may be forced to compete with Alabama, if the state legalizes casinos.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
The judge in Station Casinos’ bankruptcy case has deferred ruling on whether unsecured creditors can sue the company, but did encourage Station to listen to bondholders in its reorganization talks.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
The opening of the temporary facility for La Mesa Race Track & Casino has been pushed back again. The state’s racing commission met the property’s new general manager at a recent meeting.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
A Miami bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of Fontainebleau Las Vegas to Tropicana Entertainment owner Carl Icahn.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
Thanks to strong marketing and big giveaways for players, CEO expects momentum to continue
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