Wynn Resorts owner Steve Wynn discusses his journey into the Las Vegas hotel and casino business
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Regional Casinos Give Aging Rockers a Fresh Chance to Shake Their Booty
Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg KC & the Sunshine Band’s summer concert tour will make almost half of its 23 stops at casinos. That’s just fine with lead singer Harry Wayne Casey. The 63-year-old performer, known for disco-era hits such as (Shake,…
Atlantic City Adrift as Casino Closings Sap Job Market
As Beach Boys music blared from casino speakers and leathery tourists ambled along the boardwalk, vendor Mohammad Haroon sized up the prospects of New Jersey’s gambling hub as its casinos begin folding. Atlantic City, he said, doesn’t stand a chance….
Sands China Q2 profit jumps 27 pct to US$620.2 mln
Sands China Ltd’s net profit rose to US$620.2 million (MOP4.96 billion) in the second quarter of this year, 27 percent more than a year earlier, Bloomberg reports. The news agency quotes the Macau casino operator’s parent company, Las Vegas Sands…
Ralph Reed Is Helping One Gambling Interest Fight Another — Again
Vegas vs. the Internet. “It could go either way,” says Jack Abramoff. Former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed has stepped into another internecine war between gambling interests, with 11 state chapters of his Faith & Freedom Coalition joining a well-funded…
IGT sold in $6.4 billion deal with lottery giant GTECH
Slot machine manufacturer International Game Technology has been sold for $6.4 billion to lottery giant GTECH in a merger that will create the world’s largest gaming equipment provider. Under terms of the agreement, IGT and GTECH will combine under a…
Firm cuts way back on NJ online earning estimate
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – A Wall Street credit rating firm that was among the most pessimistic about the prospects for Internet gambling in New Jersey has cut its already-conservative estimate on the state’s first-year online winnings by more than…
Workers seek to keep endangered casinos open
Trump Plaza ATLANTIC CITY – Now that the shock over the prospect of losing three Atlantic City casinos in the coming months is starting to wear off, many workers and their union are mounting a growing effort to keep them…
What’s going wrong for Atlantic City casinos?
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International mob-connected ring linked to illegal World Cup betting at Caesars
Paul Phua, a well-known poker player and Malaysian businessman, was one of those taken into custody last week when an FBI-led raid shut down a multimillion-dollar illegal sports betting operation at Caesars Palace. Authorities say the mob-connected operation was taking…