Killing the Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs
Commentaries By Ken Adams of CDC Gaming Reports. In the last twenty-five years, many states have discovered that when properly managed legalized gambling can be a golden egg laying goose. The states have had many options from which to choose:…
Mirage led wave of expanded casino floors, but cycle might be trending downward
Wynn Las Vegas and Encore’s gaming areas take up 185,000 square feet, the same as 78 average single-family homes, or 155 Subway sandwich shops. (Courtesy of Barbara Kraft) By JENNIFER ROBISON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL There are casinos, and then there…
Sheldon Adelson’s wealth grows by 41Million Dollars PER DAY
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A proposed new gambling agreement between the Navajo Nation and NM
From the Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – A proposed new gambling agreement between the Navajo Nation and the state was met in the 2013 legislative session with complaints about the last-minute timing and a cascade of other questions and concerns….
O’Sheas casino on Las Vegas Strip reopening
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A storefront Las Vegas Strip casino known for its casual party atmosphere is reopening after closing in 2012 to make way for an outdoor promenade and Ferris wheel project. O’Sheas casino is expected to open its…
Flamingo Hotel celebrates 67th birthday in Las Vegas
Flamingo hotel 2012 Flamingo when it opened in 1946 Dec. 26, 1946: Bugsy Siegel opens Flamingo, now oldest casino on Las Vegas Strip The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas – an icon for tourists traveling to the Strip – opened…
Cabbie returns $300,000 found in taxi, wanted to ‘do the right thing’
By Richard N. Velotta (contact) Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 | 12:44 p.m. Talk about a Christmas miracle. A Las Vegas cab driver who found $300,000 — $100 bills in six $50,000 bundles — in a brown paper bag in the…
Payment info hacked at three Black Hawk casinos, owner says
The owner of the Golden Mardi Gras, Golden Gulch and Golden Gates casinos in Black Hawk said Friday a cyberattack on the company’s computer systems has compromised the credit-card and debit-card information of its patrons. Las Vegas-based Affinity Gaming urged…
Billionaire Adelson Mulls Europe’s Big Cities for Casinos
By Alisa Odenheimer and Elliott Gotkin Bloomberg news. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-23/billionaire-adelson-mulls-europe-s-big-cities-for-casinos.html Billionaire Sheldon Adelson said he is considering building individual integrated resorts in major European cities, 10 days after abandoning a plan to construct a $30 billion mega-resort in Spain. “I’m looking…
Almost 100K iGaming Accounts Created In New Jersey
The online gambling market gets bigger and bigger Online gambling in New Jersey continues to grow and with a total of 14 websites now taking real money bets within state borders, the total number of accounts created for the new…