Penn National Gaming News

It's not shocking when anti-gaming zealots or those opposed to gambling for moral reasons argue that America has too many casinos.

Ohio's second casino is ready for its debut. The Hollywood Casino in Toledo opens Tuesday, just two weeks after the state's first casino opened to big crowds in downtown Cleveland.

Three new traffic lights, additional turn lanes on Miami Street, and - most prominently - a revamped entrance to southbound I-75 highlight street improvements provided by Penn National Gaming to manage traffic at its Hollywood Casino Toledo when it opens today.

It's not shocking when anti-gaming zealots or those opposed to gambling for moral reasons argue that America has too many casinos.

Governor Terry Branstad has vetoed a portion of a spending bill that would have allowed the city of Des Moines to increase its franchise fee to pay off a court judgment resulting from unlawfully collected fees.

A contract extension is on the table for the Argosy riverboat casino in Sioux City.

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER TOLEDO -- Penn National Gaming is betting $320 million that the glam and glitz of its new Hollywood Casino Toledo will wrest northwestern Ohio gamblers from Michigan and Ontario casinos.

To prevent Sioux City's Argosy Casino from losing its gaming license and about 325 jobs, Thursday night, Missouri River Historical Development agreed, twelve to two, they'll offer Penn National Gaming a third contract extension.

Casino stocks with exposure to Macau have all fallen sharply over the past month as investors fear a slowdown in gaming in Macau.

Top fundraiser Virginia Dodge of VA Productions kisses Maycie May the pig at the Olivet Boys & Girls Club's annual Steak and Burger Dinner on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza Reading, Wyomissing.

Wednesday, Governors from states lining the Missouri River will meet to with management officials talk about its future.

News, Weather and Sports for Sioux City, IA: KCAU-TV.comSC Zoning Commission Defers Land-Based Casino & Outer Drive Decisions What could have happened was, the Commission could have picked 1, or 2 or even all 4 to recommend to the City Council to authorize the construction of a land-based casino.

For months, the Argosy Casino's owner, Penn National Gaming and the non-profit that shares its gaming license, MRHD, have talked about moving the casino on land.

Toledo is a long way from Las Vegas, but there was a lot of talk Monday about the Ohio city's new casino having a Vegas feel.

Thousands of slot machines and hundreds of video screens await customers at the new Hollywood Casino.

The Hollywood, which will open a week from Tuesday , will face closer competition from casinos in Detroit than from the week-old Horseshoe.

TOLEDO, Ohio -- To use baseball terminology, the Triple-A city is looking to take business away from the Major League club.

Ohio's casino commission has a way to help problem gamblers from giving into temptation by allowing them, and anyone else, to ask the commission to ban themselves from any of the four casinos opening in the state.

The second of Ohio's Las Vegas-style casinos could open on the Toledo riverfront next week with a major legal question still unsettled.

A member of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission from Springfield on Friday disclosed that he gave two employees of a Pennsylvania casino company a tour of Springfield last year when he worked for the city, including driving them by an old manufacturing site now owned by a separate casino company.