Month: November 2014

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Macau casino revenue dips record 23.2 percent in October

Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Macau’s casino market experienced a 23.2 percent decline in gaming revenue during October, the largest single-month drop since American-owned casinos began operating in the Chinese market in 2004. Total casino revenue was $3.5 billion in…

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Possible Boyd spinoff into REIT excites investors

By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal It’s unclear if Boyd Gaming Corp. will ultimately spin off all or a portion of the company’s casinos into a real estate investment trust. But the idea certainly piqued the interest of the investment…

Craps

The Lion and Princess are celebrities??? — say it isn't so

Ok — here’s the story We were shooting this past Saturday night at a relatively small casino and we both had good rolls for most of the night. The Princess was on point …. she hit six Hard-6’s in a…

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UNLV looks to keep National Finals Rodeo for 10 more years

The National Finals Rodeo plans to stay at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center for another decade rather than move to the MGM Resorts International/AEG arena being built on the Strip, Las Vegas Events President Pat Christenson said Monday. The 10-year…

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State Shutters Sacramento’s Casino Royale, Alleging Card Room Couldn’t Cover Its Chips

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The California Department of Justice shut down the card room at Sacramento’s Casino Royale, leaving dozens of workers hanging in the balance. CBS13 has video showing uniformed, armed officers shutting down the gambling business and seizing financial…

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Desperate Taj workers walk petition to AC mayor

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Workers from the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort marched to Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian’s office Monday to ask him to reconsider granting concessions that the struggling casino says are necessary to keep it open….

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AC: Company wants to pay severance, accrued vacation to former Plaza workers

Press of Atlantic City By REUBEN KRAMER Staff Writer Trump Entertainment Resorts asked a bankruptcy court judge Monday for permission to give severance and accrued vacation pay to hundreds of former Trump Plaza workers. The company says union workers are…

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Sullivan County presses for two casinos at the Concord

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Sports

Cubs’ Odds of Ending Title Drought Narrow to 25-1 on Maddon Hire

Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) — The Chicago Cubs’ odds to win the World Series for the first time in more than a century narrowed to 25-1 from 40-1 in Las Vegas after the team announced Joe Maddon as its next manager….

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Macau Casino Revenue Plunges Record 23% as Austerity Bites

Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) — Macau’s casino revenue plunged by the most since the city started monthly records in 2005, as China’s crusade against corruption prompted gamblers to cut back on lavish spending. Total casino revenue in the world’s biggest gambling…