Governor vetoes Assembly’s dog-racing mandate
(RHODE ISLAND) -- Making good on an earlier warning, Governor Carcieri has vetoed legislation allowing Twin River to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, while also forcing the owners of the Lincoln track and slot parlor to drop their plans to suspend greyhound racing Aug. 8 and run a full 200-day season.
Technicians’ toil to spell fireworks spectacular
(LAS VEGAS) -- For Grucci’s of New York, 1,500 man-hours will boil down to a mere nine minutes Saturday night. The first family of fireworks has spent the last four days atop nine Station Casino rooftops in the hottest temperatures of the year preparing for the Fourth of July fireworks display.
Tropicana Las Vegas emerges from bankruptcy
(LAS VEGAS) -- Tropicana Las Vegas has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with new owners. Toronto-based Onex Corporation and former MGM Mirage President Alex Yemenidjian acquired a majority stake in the Las Vegas hotel-casino this week, as it completed its yearlong bankruptcy process.
Casinos hope for an explosion of holiday business
(MISSISSIPPI) -- "Anemic" is one of the more colorful words gaming executives are using to describe business inside their casinos. So on this Fourth of July weekend, industry insiders are hoping the action at slot machines is as explosive as the fireworks displays outside their properties.
Pa.'s cut from casinos up 25% over 12 months
(PENNSYLVANIA) -- Tax revenue from slots gambling grew to almost a billion dollars for the year ending June 30, according to figures released by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board this week.
Minors in casinos could be fined
(IOWA) -- A new law went into effect Wednesday that imposes a fine of $500 on any minor caught trying to access the gaming floor of a casino.
Man dies after arrest at Shelbyville casino
(INDIANA) -- Police are investigating the death of a California man at the Indiana Live Casino in Shelbyville. Dilbag Singh had been arrested for public intoxication about 12:30 a.m. Thursday. He collapsed as officers were taking him to the gaming police office.
Ohio slot machine standoff attracts crowds
(OHIO) -- The Republican Senate and Democratic House convened competing budget panels, one questioning the specifics of Gov. Ted Strickland's proposed slots-at-racetracks plan and the other hearing bad news from state agency directors about cuts that may be inevitable without it.
Ohio casinos could mean less money for state
(OHIO) -- Multimillion-dollar downpayments on racetrack slots proposed by Gov. Ted Strickland are at risk if Ohio voters approve a competing casino plan in November, the chief executive of a major racing company said Friday.
Voters like slots but want the final say
(OHIO) -- Ohio voters want to make some bets. That’s what a Quinnipiac University poll, released Friday, July 3, showed. The poll found voters supported putting slots at Ohio’s seven horse racetracks 65-31 percent.
GOP: Slots idea full of holes
(OHIO) -- Republican senators say they have exposed "fatal flaws" in Gov. Ted Strickland's plan to add electronic slot machines at Ohio's seven horse tracks, including questions about whether the plan is overly generous to track owners.
“Little Guy” on Slots for Horses
(KENTUCKY) -- It's been eleven days since the Kentucky Senate rejected slots as a way to help the horse industry. That decision has not lessened the debate over how to help the state's signature industry.
State Lottery gives go-ahead
(NEW YORK) -- The state Lottery plans to allow electronic table games at the state’s eight racinos, like the one at Vernon Downs, despite the state Assembly’s failure to enact new legislation.
Farmington's track, casino turns 10
(NEW MEXICO) -- SunRay Park and Casino at Farmington has turned 10. SunRay's chief executive officer, Byron Campbell, says most people think of the casino industry as pure profit, but says that's not the case.
Casinos ante up for Canal Days
(ONTARIO) -- Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara have committed to more than $400,000 in local charitable donations and community event sponsorships in the first three months of their current fiscal year ending June 30.
Life After Slots? It's Sobering--at Best
(USA) -- The expansion of gaming at racetrack casinos doesn’t always guarantee more money for purses and breed development programs, horsemen said July 2 during a sobering discussion that showed horse racing’s challenge to stay relevant in a revenue-driven environment.
Barney Frank Supports Online Casino Bill at WSOP
(LAS VEGAS) -- Representative Barney Frank will be a guest of honor this weekend at the World Series of Poker. Sunday, on Independence Day Weekend, Frank will answer questions from reporters at a one o'clock press conference, and will begin the poker tournament by announcing the traditional "shuffle up and deal" pronouncement to start the day's competition.
Keeping watch on casino cheats
(AUSTRALIA) -- IN HER 16 years as a casino supervising inspector, Ms Penelope Jane Hennessey has probably seen every possible way to cheat on the gaming floor.
Packer's casino reports lower-than-expected market share
(AUSTRALIA) -- James Packer's latest Macau casino, The City of Dreams, has reported lower than expected market share, and a lack of VIP and mass-market gamblers after one month of trading, reported The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
Casino won't house asylum seekers: Evans
(AUSTRALIA) -- The Federal Government is rejecting reports it has struck a deal to use a casino on Christmas Island to house asylum seekers. A boat carrying 194 people entered Australian waters last weekend - the biggest boatload since the Tampa.
Casino operators can expect stringent probity checks
(SINGAPORE) -- CASINO operators at the upcoming integrated resorts can expect probity investigations to be 'extensive and intrusive'. Speaking on the sidelines of a training symposium for officers of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) yesterday, Lim Tung Li, manager of the investigations division at CRA, reiterated that the casino licenses are a 'privilege and not a right'.
It's so easy to set up these gambling dens
(MALAYSIA) -- The right software, second-hand computers and a secluded shoplot are all that it takes to set up an illegal gambling joint here.
Add to that a couple of runners, a sentry and punters and it would become a frequented spot, mostly by regulars.
All Bets Off for Russia's Casinos?
(RUSSIA) -- In one fell swoop this week in Russia, more than 400,000 casino workers lost their jobs and joined the growing number of unemployed as the country's economic crisis deepened.
Poker title in the cards for Mo. man
(MISSOURI) -- When Mike Eise first became a father, he would put his daughter to sleep watching the news. Then he came up with a different idea, something that would be just as boring to a 2-year-old, but would also further one of his greatest passions.
World Series of Poker challenge for Leamington man
(UK) -- A HIGH-ROLLING poker player from Leamington could scoop £6 million after qualifying for a world championship in Las Vegas. Benedetto Passantino, aged 30, has flown to the USA to take his place at the table of a Sin City casino for the World Series of Poker.
Graceville bingo parlor robbed
(FLORIDA) -- Employees of Graceville Bingo reported being robbed at gunpoint by two masked men in the early hours of Thursday morning, after they closed up shop for the night and went to the parking lot to leave.
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