A timeline of Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – A look at key moments in the history of Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel: Sept. 2007: Revel Entertainment and partner Morgan Stanley file plans for a new casino and 3,800 hotel rooms. It would be…
Ohio investigators search suspected illegal casino
ALLIANCE, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s attorney general says state officials have searched a Mahoning County business suspected of operating as an illegal casino. Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office says agents with the state’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Smith Township…
Caesars Posts Wider Quarterly Loss on Higher Interest Expenses
(Bloomberg) — Caesars Entertainment Corp., the casino operator that’s battling creditors in court over debt restructuring, said its second-quarter loss more than doubled, in part because of higher interest expenses. The net loss widened to $466.4 million, or $3.24 a…
Commentaries: By Bob Dancer; A Different Sort of Player Reward
(Note: in this article, a “local” casino is one whose customer base lives relatively nearby.) The success of local casinos frequently depends on several visits per player per month. Typically these casinos “bribe” players to come in regularly. The bribery…
I owe a HTC an apology
About 2 weeks ago a GTC member sent me a private email asking for info for where to stay in ATLANTIC CITY during the GTC class. After reading it I meant to answer when I had time to writ a…
Distance of Practice Table
I have a throwing and receiving station tables. Is the distance 8 feet from the back wall of the receiving station to center of throwing station or the end of throwing station. If it is from the center it just…
False Soccer Data Tripping Up Bookmakers Raises Security Concern
(Bloomberg) — Perform Group Plc’s RunningBall unit, which supplies real-time soccer match data, is investigating false information it relayed to bookmakers amid concern reporters could be induced to help commit betting fraud. Huenenberg, Switzerland-based RunningBall, which says it employs 1,000…
Is Macau party for Wynn, Adelson headed for trouble?
By John L. Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal For casino titans Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson, the roaring Macau casino market has been a seemingly endless party of rapid expansion and record-setting profit. Stock in Wynn Resorts International and Las Vegas…
Betting on a good time: Mohegan Sun vs. Foxwoods
Mohegan Sun, left, and Foxwoods casino both have a lot to offer. UNCASVILLE — “What’s the matter, kid? Someone flush your goldfish down the toilet?” the woman seated next to me asked as I half-heartedly hit the “Repeat Bet” button…