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Young gamblers want skill with their slot machines

LAS VEGAS (AP) – With the gambling industry anxious to attract younger players, some slot machine makers are looking to challenge the generation raised on video games. Players in the United Kingdom will soon get a chance to make real…

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More than 845,000 mainland Chinese tourists have poured into Macau

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) — As Hong Kong protesters were blocking roads and forcing shops to close, a record number of Chinese tourists were occupying the streets of Macau. More than 845,000 mainland Chinese tourists have poured into the world’s largest…

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With pig farms gone, Adelson smells success in Meadowlands

By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Bookmark and Share Since Secaucus, N.J., “no longer smells like pig farms,” Sheldon Adelson wouldn’t mind building a casino in the nearby Meadowlands sports complex. The Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman said the location…

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Revel Auction Loser Straub Challenges Sale to Winner Brookfield

(Bloomberg) — Revel AC Inc. should reopen bidding for its Atlantic City casino, which Brookfield Property Partners LP won at auction last week, according to a Florida investor who claimed he was cheated of a chance to make a higher…

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Losing bidder asks court for new auction of Revel

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – The Florida developer who came up short in a bankruptcy court auction for the former Revel casino wants a judge to invalidate the result and hold a new sale. Glenn Straub filed court papers Monday…

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(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…

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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…

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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…

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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….

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(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…