Grand Bazaar Shops planned for entrance to Bally’s Las Vega
An artist’s rendering shows the Grand Bazaar Shops at Bally’s, with the front of the shops seen from across the Strip. (Courtesy Juno Properties Group) By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Even with competition from more than a half-billion dollars’…
Online poker starting to pad companies’ bottom line
Gaming companies blazing the trail for online poker are starting to generate revenue from their Internet investments. It’s still too early to determine exactly how much they have made and how sustained the results will be, but frontrunners Caesars Entertainment…
Difference between Class2 and class 3 gaming
The simple answer is class two you play against several other players for a limited set of prizes. In class three you simply play against the casino. This is what the Feds say. However, a lot of this this has…
Mass. gov. sues to block Martha's Vineyard casino
By STEVE LeBLANC / Associated Press / December 2, 2013 BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick has filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking the Martha’s Vineyard-based Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe from opening a small casino on the island. Patrick on Monday…
Founder of Penn National Gaming Dies at 92
Peter D. Carlino By Jonathan Lai, Inquirer Staff Writer POSTED: December 02, 2013 Peter Domenic Carlino, 92, of Blue Bell, who started Penn National Gaming, died Friday, Nov. 29, at Einstein Medical Center Montgomery of heart disease. A Philadelphia native,…
Nevada gaming win dips 2.5 percent to $954.3 million in Oct
Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 | 8:14 a.m. CARSON CITY — After two strong months, gaming revenue in Nevada casinos dropped 2.5 percent in October. The state Gaming Control Board reported today gross gaming win for October was $954.3 million compared…
New Jersey gamblers create 5000 accounts on Thanksgiving Day
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTIC CITY — In addition to the usual holiday traditions, gamblers found time to create 5,000 new Internet betting accounts on Thanksgiving. Since a test of online betting began in New Jersey on Nov. 21, the state…
Macau gambling revenue jumps 21 percent in November
From Reuters * Revenue reaches $3.78 billion * Growth at top end of analyst estimates * Non-gaming events such as Grand Prix brought more visitors HONG KONG, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Gambling revenue in the southern Chinese territory of Macau…
Macau gaming revenues reach $40 billion in 2013
By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL With one month left in 2013, Macau’s casino industry already has blown away its 2012 record gaming revenue production. In November, Macau casinos collected $3.8 billion from customers, which, when added to the figures…
Old Downtown Vegas hotel owners ask to keep gaming licence
The owner of the former Western Hotel on Fremont Street, wants to keep gambling land use rights as it ponders redevelopment. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL The owner of the former Western Hotel on Fremont…