Atlantic City is on sale; City Alliance launches hotel packages, discounts
By MARTIN DeANGELIS Staff Writer Press of Atlantic City. Atlantic City is on sale. And this time, most of the hotel deals are good on weekends, too. The Atlantic City Alliance, the casino-marketing cooperative behind the DO AC campaign, launched…
China puts US businessman on trial for mob crimes
BEIJING (AP) – An American businessman stood trial in China on Monday for allegedly heading a violent mob that kidnapped rivals and operated illegal casinos, charges he’s said he was tortured into confessing. Authorities in southern China have accused Vincent…
(Macau) There were 1.8 million visitors to Sands China Ltd's casino-resorts between January 31 and last Thursday
There were 1.8 million visitors to Sands China Ltd’s casino-resorts between January 31 and last Thursday, the company says. Its resorts had an average of around 260,000 visitors a day during the first week of the lunar year. “With over…
DETROIT—Long powered by the Big Three auto makers, the bankrupt Motor City today is relying on casino cash.
Retired auto worker Charlie Cook plays a slot machine at Detroit’s Greektown Casino. Fabrizio Costantini for The Wall Street Journal Taxes drawn from Detroit’s three casinos have been the subject of months of tense negotiations in the city’s municipal bankruptcy…
Florida Senate prepares to roll out its gambling overhaul.
By Dara kam News Service of Florida Published: Sunday, February 9, 2014 at 10:02 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, February 9, 2014 at 10:02 p.m. TALLAHASSEE — Two stand-alone casinos in South Florida and allowing track operators to quit racing horses…
SC Casino developer has long video poker ties
KINGS MOUNTAIN (AP) — A South Carolina Indian tribe’s effort to open a gambling casino in neighboring North Carolina is being spearheaded by a businessman with long ties to video poker, an industry lawmakers have long sought to outlaw. A…
Both Connecticut tribal casinos have placed dozens of liens on homes across the state since the early 2000s,
Mohegan Sun, which wants to build a Massachusetts casino, uses liens as a collection tactic. REVERE — In 2006, years before Mohegan Sun arranged to lease 42 acres for a proposed casino and hotel at Suffolk Downs, the company went…
NM Senate panel to examine fairgrounds casino deal
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A Senate committee plans to take a look at operations of the State Fair and the award of a 25-year lease by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration to a racetrack company to build a larger…
Between the ears
I had an interesting experience on a recent Vegas trip so I thought I would see if anyone else has had a similar experience. We all know that the mental aspect of the game is THE major determining factor of…
MGM faces fines for blocking gaming agent access
By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL The Gaming Control Board filed a two-count complaint Friday against the Aria Hotel-Casino and MGM Resorts International for blocking two state gaming agents from observing wagering activity in the CityCenter resort’s high-limit casino area….