Year: 2015

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Mississippi dropped from the third-largest to the sixth-largest casino market in the country over the last 10 years

BY MARY PEREZ GULFPORT — Mississippi dropped from the third-largest to the sixth-largest casino market in the country over the last 10 years, Allen Godfrey, executive director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission said Thursday, but survived hurricanes, floods and competition…

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Macau's Casinos Just Took Another Huge Hit

Macau casinos faced new woes yesterday as it was revealed that one of the city’s top-five junket operators would close most of its VIP gaming rooms for big-spending mainlanders. Analysts at Daiwa Capital Markets said David Group would close four…

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Caesars places largest operating division into bankruptcy; judge OKs routine motions (updated)

Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal The unraveling of Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s complicated financial structure began Thursday when the casino operator placed its largest business division into bankruptcy, taking the initial steps to eliminate almost $10 billion in debt. The pre-packaged…

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Caesars Letting Apollo, TPG Keep Stake Fuels Creditor Anger

Laura J. Keller and David Carey, Bloomberg If all goes according to Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s plan that started with putting its biggest unit into bankruptcy today, the casino company’s private-equity owners won’t have to give up a penny of their…

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Caesars unit says it filed Chapter 11 in bid to trim debt

LAS VEGAS (AP) – A cash-strapped division of casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. said early Thursday that it filed for bankruptcy protection in Chicago, hoping the court agrees to its plan to get out from under $18.4 billion in debt….

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Borgata hits the jackpot as most surviving Atlantic City casinos show revenue gains

By Jeff Goldman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com It was a terrible year for the four Atlantic City casinos that shut their doors last year. But it was an encouraging year for five of the surviving eight casinos, numbers…

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Almost half Atlantic City’s casino revenue lost in 8 years

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Atlantic City has lost nearly half its casino revenue over the past eight years as competition in nearby states cannibalized its market and drove four casinos out of business. Figures released Wednesday by the New…

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Dec. 2014, full-year revenue for Atlantic City casinos

FULL-YEAR 2014 REVENUE FOR ATLANTIC CITY CASINOS: -Bally’s: $224.8 million (down 8 percent from 2013) -Borgata: $687.2 million (up 10.7 percent) -Caesars: $330.6 million (down 1.7 percent) -Golden Nugget: $185.5 (up 48.4 percent) -Harrah’s: $365.3 million (up 2.5 percent) -Resorts:…

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Leo and De Niro fight it out in James Packer’s casino ad

James Packer spends big on star-studded ads promoting his Crown Casinos James Packer has spent big on one of the most ambitious pieces of branded content from an Australian company with an ad to promote his casinos in Manila and…

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Tunica-Need your Help

I will be making my first visit to Tunica in February and need some advice. I will only be there a day or two and need some information on where to stay, where to play, best tables, and any other…