Atlantic City looks to define its gaming future
By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Pictured is an early 1960’s aerial photo of Atlantic City, N.J., prior to the birth of the casino industry. Twenty years ago this month, the first casino opened here as New Jersey embarked on…
After casino license victory, Steve Wynn takes conciliatory tone
Steve Wynn swears: His first reaction upon winning the Greater Boston casino license was a pang of sympathy for the company he had beaten, Mohegan Sun. “We’re going to take their best customers,” said Wynn, the billionaire developer and chairman…
Instead of boom, a whimper from New Jersey Internet gambling
Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal · ATLANTIC CITY — Internet gaming hasn’t provided the windfall New Jersey officials had hoped would come and that analysts had predicted. Through August, online wagering revenue was $83.6 million for the six casinos operating…
Ohio casinos checking for overdue child support
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – Gamblers who hit jackpots in Ohio won’t be the only winners if they owe back child support. An “intercept program” that cross-checks large gambling winnings against a database of debtors recently expanded to include Ohio casino…
PA will deal online poker in 2017, financial analysis says .
y Mark Gruetze Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, 9:00 p.m. Updated 24 hours ago Pennsylvania poker players could be posting blinds online in 2017, says a new analysis of Internet gambling expansion. Saying backers made “significant progress” this year, a study…
Canada: Federal sports gambling bill stalled in the Senate
A proposed law that would open the door to Vegas-style sports gambling in Canada has run aground in the Senate, which has still not put it to a vote two years after the new law received all-party approval in the…
Catching Pigs
CATCHING PIGS There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab, the Prof noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing…
Would-be Revel buyer wants university at site
Glenn Straub, the scrappy polo-obsessed real estate developer who said sheer boredom led him to put a $90 million cash bid on Revel Casino-Hotel, began detailing one of his many plans for the failed megaresort this week, and it’s not…
Analyst: Mohegan Sun faces peril in loss to Wynn
BOSTON (AP) – Mohegan Sun faces financial peril after losing out to Wynn Resorts in its bid to open a casino in the Boston-area, a Moody’s Investor Service analysis warns. In a note to investors Wednesday, analyst Keith Foley said…
Regulators hope to save thoroughbred horse racing
BOSTON (AP) – State gambling regulators say they’ll look for ways to preserve thoroughbred horse racing in the state now that Suffolk Downs is set to close later this month. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission says it’ll focus on the impending…