Commentaries: How Much Are a Casino’s Customers Worth?
By Ken Adams Caesars is said to have a database of over 35 million people. That database is the result of years of mergers, acquisitions and aggressive marketing efforts. The company always touts the database as the major source of…
New Jersey lets MGM keep half of Borgata casino
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey casino regulators on Wednesday let MGM Resorts back into the Atlantic City casino market The Casino Control Commission voted to let MGM reclaim its 50 percent ownership of the Borgata. MGM decided in…
Company takes data-rich approach to helping hotels set room rates
Two former Wynn executives and a San Francisco technology industry leader are using big data to try to change the way hotels set their room rates. Their company, Duetto, uses algorithms to monitor market behavior and recommend how much money…
Christie talks focus on fixing Atlantic City, with a Vegas assist
ATLANTIC CITY — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday the much-predicted obituary of the Boardwalk’s gaming market is far from accurate, despite the closing of one-quarter of the city’s casinos this year. Christie, following a two-hour, 15-minute meeting with…
Trump casinos file Chapter 11; Taj threatened (updated)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for bankruptcy Tuesday and threatened to shut down the Taj Mahal Casino Resort, which would make it the fifth Atlantic City casino to close this year. The company owns Trump Plaza,…
Trump Entertainment Bankruptcy Endangers Fifth N.J. Casino
Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) — Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., the company founded by Donald Trump, filed for bankruptcy, putting a fifth Atlantic City casino in danger of closing if it fails to negotiate concessions with union members. The company, which owns…
Las Vegas: Liberace mansion to get restored
Photo courtesy Las Vegas News Bureau Liberace plays the piano at the opening at the Sahara Hotel June 21 1966. in 1978 Liberace had film crews in his house recording his lifestyle for publicity. Liberace poses at a piano in…
MGM sells Nevada casino that predates Hoover Dam
Railroad Oass Casino, looks like mid 60’s? Looks like the mid 40’s? As it stands today HENDERSON – MGM Resorts International is selling a Henderson casino that was built before the Hoover Dam and contains a vault that once guarded…
Flying Over Macau
http://vimeo.com/104840203 Replies: Posted by: Dr Crapology on September 9, 2014, 3:30 pm A beautiful island. Wish it had had more about the casinos. Doc Posted by: Pit Boss on September 9, 2014, 4:32 pm Virtual trour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFdGLmBGslY CNN article http://travel.cnn.com/tags/macau-casinos
Trump Entertainment Said Planning to File for Bankruptcy Again
Bloomberg) — Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., the casino company founded by Donald Trump, will file for bankruptcy again, according to people with knowledge of the situation, putting a fifth New Jersey casino in danger of closure. The company, based in…