Gaming News Archives

Many eyes are upon this resort's newest nongaming attraction, the Water Club, a $400 million luxury hotel that sits next to the Borgata, the city's top-grossing casino.

A Washington and Lee professor formally takes his complaint against the Virginia Lottery's scratcher games to court.

ATLANTIC CITY - After Borgata opened its doors almost five years to the day Friday, executives at the casino hotel concluded they had too few rooms.

The slots parlor that set up shop nearly three years ago in a converted restaurant begins its move up the street to grander quarters this weekend as one of the state's largest development projects in recent ...

Penn National Gaming Inc. on Thursday said the Illinois Gaming Board has approved its pending acquisition by a group led by two investment companies.

June 26, 2008 Thursday 12:30 PM GMT 1145 words Hotel ; - Five Distinct Pools, Destination Spa Highlight The Water Club at Borgata - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. June 26 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., June 26 ...

The tribe that owns the Foxwoods Resort Casino says nearly 200 employees have been laid off.

John Mayer performs during the Grand Opening Weekend Celebration at MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort & Casino on May 17, 2008 in Ledyard, CT.

Authorities say two men are facing drug charges after a police dog alerted Nevada Highway Patrol troopers to methamphetamine hidden in a pickup truck's air conditioning vents.

Seth W. Hancock has resigned from the Churchill Downs Inc. board of directors, the company announced June 24.

Diamondhead Casino Corp. has signed a letter of intent with an Austrian company to develop and operate a casino resort off Interstate 10 at Diamondhead.

Santa Anita Park announced June 23 that its main track will undergo a complete overhaul beginning July 14, and will be reconstituted with a mixture of Pro-Ride synthetic material.

For the second time in 3 weeks, the Michigan Lottery says an Alpine Township party store has sold a winning lottery ticket worth at least $1 million.

SJM Holdings Ltd., Macau's largest casino operator, may raise as much as HK$5.1 billion from a share sale repeatedly delayed by a dispute between billionaire Stanley Ho and his sister Winnie.

MonteQuest Author Message Airline cuts, gasoline woes make Vegas tougher ticket Quote: Sin City is facing hard times.

A Nevada court has awarded a $4.5 million judgment to an executive for The Mirage who was fired after it was discovered that the Strip resort had failed to file thousands of anti-money laundering reports with ...

Someone who bought a ticket from the Wisconsin Lottery in Neenah has just over a week to claim the winnings or forfeit $100,000. The lottery said the ticket was purchased for a "Holiday Millions Raffle" and was ...

Until the economy turned south, Las Vegas casino companies enjoyed a robust 2007, rewarding executives and leading a pair of brothers to a pot of gold at the end of their rainbow.

MGM Mirage Inc. has announced plans for a joint venture on a non-gambling hotel in mainland China.

MGM Mirage boss Terry Lanni has resigned from the board of the American Gaming Association, the federal lobby that is headed by Harrah's Entertainment Chief Executive Gary Loveman.

Chartwell Technology Inc. , a leading provider of gaming software systems to the remote gaming industry is very pleased to announce that the company has received both its Remote and Non-Remote Operating ...

British rock 'n' roll icon Elton John is to give his 200th performance of "The Red Piano" show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas this week.

Sin City is facing hard times. Soaring fuel prices are forcing airlines to cut flights and jack up fares to this desert oasis.

Sixteen months after announcing their partnership, MGM Mirage Inc. and Diaoyutai State Guesthouse have their first project, a high-rise hotel and condominium tower in Tianjin, a large port city in northern ...

This is how good life is for Gary Loveman these days: about 12 hours after his Boston Celtics won the NBA championship, his four Atlantic City casinos also won new five-year licenses.

Gaming giant Station Casinos will now have to make do with one Fertitta instead of two.

The Irish Times reports that IBM is to invest EUR7 million in a new centre of excellence for water management at its Dublin campus, as reported by ENN on Monday.

Connecticut's two casinos are reporting that their slot machine revenues increased in May after an eight-month decline.

The chief executive of Nevada's largest employer Monday proposed doubling the state's payroll tax to help the state close its ever-growing budget deficit.

A Boyd Gaming spokesperson has confirmed that there was a fatal accident at the construction site for Echelon Monday morning.

Casino gaming developer Multimedia Games Inc. has pulled its new chief from the hands-on side of the industry.

Mr Packer has emerged as the previously undisclosed owner of Bloombury Investments, a British Virgin Islands firm that is one of four private developers recently tipped by state-owned Philippine Amusement & ...

The Missouri Gaming Commission has placed a moratorium on new casinos until voters can decide on a ballot issue this November.

Nevada voters favor a 3 percent increase in hotel room taxes to help fund the state's cash-strapped public school system, according to a statewide newspaper poll.

Global Cash Access Inc., a provider of cash access services for the gaming industry, said Monday it will acquire Cash Systems Inc.

None of the tickets sold for Saturday's Hoosier Lotto game matched all six numbers drawn, so the jackpot grows to an estimated $8 million for Wednesday's drawing.

The gaming floor at the Twin River racetrack and casino in Lincoln, R.I., is shown in this April 2007 file photo.

Safety and construction officials are investigating what caused a crane to buckle and malfunction at MGM Mirage's CityCenter resort work site.

Class Attack shakes off attacks to win Floating Dream final June 12, 2008 Class Attack defeated 2-5 favorite Yankee Oak in a homestretch duel to win the $8,500 final of the Floating Dream Series at Scioto Downs ...

The Kentucky Lottery Corp. is cutting its work force and reducing some prizes to guarantee more of its proceeds go to cash-strapped state government.

A rural Nevada sheriff is investigating the deaths of 2 men found shot dead in the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge about 80 miles north of Las Vegas.

MGM Grand at Foxwoods Selects MICROS 9700 Enterprise POS Solution and MICROS RES 4.0 POS Solution MICROS Systems, Inc.

The Virginia Lottery's chief says it has policies to end ticket sales of "Scratcher" games after the top prize has been awarded.

Billionaire Steve Wynn is renewing the lease on his personal villa at the Wynn Las Vegas casino resort for two more years at an annual rent of $520,000. Wynn Resorts Ltd.

The lawyer for the chairman of the Indian tribe that runs Foxwoods Resort Casino says a tribal court has upheld the child custody rights of his client and granted some visitation rights to the child's mother.

Kentucky's lottery is cutting its work force, closing an office and changing low-tiered payouts in moves aimed at turning over more money to the cash-strapped state.

The S-Network Global Gaming Index will delete five stocks from the index, effective 6:00 PM Sunday, June 22.

Microsoft Corp. and Harrah's Entertainment Inc. introduced a high-tech interactive bar table Wednesday that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with each ...

Back to the top page DFC Intelligence is reporting that the gaming industry had a spectacular 2007 performance, with the Playstation 2 still commanding the largest install base in homes worldwide.

Foxwoods Resort Casino, North America's largest casino, has appointed veteran chef James Wierzelewski as the new executive chef at Foxwoods Resort Casino and the MGM Grand at Foxwoods.

Shuffle Master Inc. shares rose Tuesday, a day after casino game machine maker said higher revenue helped it report a better-than-expected quarterly profit.

A new legislative analysis says it appears slot machine gambling is hurting the sales of Pennsylvania Lottery tickets the most in areas near the casinos.

A spokesman says a Westchester County Family Court judge issued the warrant on Monday because Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Chairman Michael Thomas failed to turn over his 4-year-old daughter to her mother.

"- For several days last month, investors thought billionaire takeover artist Carl Icahn was making a run at Boyd Gaming Corp.

June 6, 2008 By: Gail Kalinoski, Contributing Editor The $760 million expansion at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is under way as Morgans Hotel Group announced today it closed on the financing needed ...

The first of three prime penthouses at tycoon Sol Kerzner's resort being built at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront was sold for a whopping R110 million last week, making it the most expensive apartment in Africa.

Lottery ticket sales are down and a Texas Lottery Commission spokesman says smaller jackpots and a sagging economy could explain the drop.

A Democratic House member in Nevada says she's been the target of recorded phone complaints and believes billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is responsible.

Management sets new strategic direction to improve company performance Highlights for the Year: New, permanent Chief Executive Officer appointed IBM and Certicom signed multi-year, multi-million dollar ...

The Venetian Macao, a local integrated resort that houses the world's largest casino, is not operating illegally, said Tam Pak Yuen, secretary for economy and finance of the Macao Special Administrative Region ...

' Columbia Police have issued warrants for the arrest of two suspects in a May 31 shooting at a gas station in which a man was shot in the mouth.

Advocates of two proposed ballot petitions to cap revenue for the Las Vegas tourism authority and a third plan to restrict tax-raising ballot questions filed a court appeal Friday to revive the plans rejected ...

In this Dec. 8, 2007 file photo, Floyd Mayweather Jr., sits on the stool in his corner during a WBC welterweight boxing title fight against Ricky Hatton, of Great Britain, at the MGM Grand hotel-casino in Las ...

Ameristar Casinos Inc. announced Monday that company chief executive John M. Boushy has resigned to pursue other interests, and Gordon R. Kanofsky, company co-chairman and executive vice president, has been ...

Date Posted: June 6, 2008 Last Updated: June 6, 2008 Canterbury Park Holding Corp.

LAS VEGAS -- Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. president Wade Hundley has resigned. The company said Hundley chose not to relocate from his home in Dallas to the company's headquarters in Las Vegas.

Turn the page to the Scioto winner's circle four times June 05, 2008 Driver Chris Page had the hot hand at Scioto Downs on Wednesday night as he won four of the evening's 10 races.

With the increased cost of a tank of gasoline equivalent to the cost of a few cocktails, fewer tourists are driving to Las Vegas.

State Police are investigating whether a person who died at the new MGM Grand at the Foxwoods casino complex jumped from the parking garage, accidentally fell or was the victim of a crime.

MTR Gaming Group Inc. has completed the sale of its Speedway Casino in North Las Vegas, Nev.

The mayor of a suburban Atlanta town can add lottery winner to his resume. According to a Wednesday news release from the Georgia Lottery, Lawrenceville Mayor Rex Millsaps won $250,000 in Friday's Mega Millions ...

Online gaming company Sportingbet PLC said Wednesday it still has very little information on two employees detained in Turkey, where the company has reduced operations in recent months and the legal status of ...

As the spring semester came to a close at Montgomery College, many students flocked to the library to study for final exams or write multi-paged thesis papers.

A 45-year-old Kenner woman won the $34 million Powerball jackpot from Saturday's drawing, the Louisiana Lottery Corp.

Advocates of two proposed ballot petitions to cap revenue for the Las Vegas tourism authority and a third plan to restrict tax-raising ballot questions said Tuesday they've asked Secretary of State Ross Miller ...

Police say the construction worker killed over the weekend by a crane at the CityCenter construction site was 39-year-old Dustin Tarter of Henderson.

COLUMBUS - Opposition in the Legislature to Gov. Ted Strickland's idea to bring a Keno lottery game to Ohio's bars and restaurants has all but evaporated.

Howard Stutz -- Las Vegas Review-Journal , May 31, 2008 Saturday REVIEW-JOURNAL Wall Street investors do not expect a turnaround in the Las Vegas gaming market anytime soon.

Updated: A construction worker killed at Project City Center has been identified.

Maharashtra is now the new hub for the animation and gaming industry. Mumbai, May 30 : Maharashtra is now the new hub for the animation and gaming industry.

NEW YORK, May 27, 2008 -- Melco PBL Entertainment Limited , a developer and owner of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities, announced today that its shareholders passed a resolution at its Annual ...

The amateur drivers in the popular C.K.G. Billings Series came to central Ohio to compete on Wednesday, and the crowd at Scioto Downs was treated to some nice trotting miles.

Thursday, May 29, 2008 WBAL Radio as reported by Scott Wykoff and the Maryland Jockey Club Tom Chuckas will takeover as president and chief operating officer of the Maryland Jockey Club this weekend Tom ...

A construction worker died at the CityCenter project Saturday morning, the second such death at the multibillion dollar Strip construction site this year.