Pit Boss

Latest Casino News

(Las Vegas) The battle over how much money taverns can make from bartop slot machines is shaping up

Dotty’s near Eastern and Serene in Henderson is shown Thursday, March 24, 2011. By Conor Shine (contact) Conor Shine Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 | 2 a.m. The battle over how much money taverns can make from bartop slot machines is…

Latest Casino News

New Bethlehem Sands Casino exec plans major expansion

Mark Juliano, an elementary school teacher-turned casino executive who took over the Sands in May, said the gambling hall is embarking on a two-year expansion plan that looks to double its hotel to 600 rooms, add a convention center that…

Latest Casino News

The Donald Wins: Trump Name Coming off Closed Trump Plaza Casino

Wayne Parry, Associated Press The Trump name will be coming off the shuttered Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City. Ivanka Trump tells The Associated Press that Trump Entertainment Resorts will begin removing letters spelling out the Trump name on the…

Latest Casino News

Straub to fight Revel auction results

ATLANTIC CITY — The losing bidder in a bankruptcy court auction for Atlantic City’s former Revel Casino Hotel isn’t ready to fold just yet. Revel’s management chose Brookfield Asset Management as the winner with a $110 million bid last week….

Latest Casino News

(New Jersey) Casinos and racetracks in New Jersey will have to wait a little longer to see how a judge will rule on the state's efforts to allow legal sports gambling

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Casinos and racetracks in New Jersey will have to wait a bit longer for a judge’s ruling on the state’s efforts to allow legal sports gambling. U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp initially was to have published…

Latest Casino News

(Atlantic City/Las Vegas)Las Vegas rebounds as Atlantic City spirals down

By Andrea Domanick Las Vegas Sun. On a Tuesday morning in September, employees of Atlantic City’s Trump Plaza braced themselves as news of the resort’s closure arrived. The announcement was hardly unexpected, but its sting was acute. It confirmed a…

Latest Casino News

(Maine) Idea of more Maine casinos has existing gambling hubs concerned about ‘cannibalization’

BANGOR, Maine — A recent report released by a gambling management and advisory firm about the potential for more Maine casinos has excited state legislators. But the state’s two existing casinos and local governments invested in their success or failure…

Latest Casino News

New York: Casino Plan Frays Ties Between Amish and Neighbors

An Amish farmer in Tyre, N.Y., where some of the local Amish have mounted a campaign that includes appearing silently in court and stating their views in handwriting. TYRE, N.Y. — Ever since they settled in this tiny farm town…

Latest Casino News

Poker Pro Says $12.4 Million Baccarat Haul Wasn’t Cheating

Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) — Phil Ivey, a 10-time winner of the World Series of Poker tournament, didn’t cheat to win 7.7 million pounds ($12.4 million) at a casino run by a unit of Genting Bhd., his lawyers said at the…

Latest Casino News

Adelson reiterates his opposition to Internet gaming

By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Steve Wynn was just the warm-up act. A day after Sheldon Adelson’s “good friend” told the Global Gaming Expo he opposes legalization of Internet gaming, the Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman served as the…