As reported by the Kalamazoo Gazette: “The Gun Lake Tribe launched a newspaper ad campaign Sunday to raise awareness of its fight to build a casino in Wayland Township.”It was a year ago today that anti-gambling group Michigan Gambling Opposition — portrayed as a masked robber in the newspaper ad — essentially halted the Gun […]
Monthly Archives: June 2006
As reported by the South Florida Business Journal: “Suburban Pompano Beach is getting a ‘racino’ as its harness race track slowly morphs into a combination racetrack and casino. “It could have been bigger. Some scaling back has been necessary because of the 50 percent state tax bite – plus license fees – on future gambling […]
In a time when customers have less and less faith in loyalty programs, which have become notorious for over promising and under delivering, VIPrewards is a breath of fresh air – and customers are taking notice. Rather than spending their time trying to figure out how to redeem their loyalty points or being disappointed by […]
As reported by the Newsday: “The Southern Elegance is finding no down-home hospitality in Bay Shore. “In the month since the hulking, four-story casino boat arrived at this coastal hamlet, its owners have filed a $40-million lawsuit alleging Islip town has tried to sink their ocean gambling business. “The town has obtained a legal injunction […]
As reported by the Norwich Bulletin: “Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun are the economic engines that drive Eastern Connecticut. “Billed as the world’s two largest casinos, Foxwoods, near Ledyard and owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, opened in 1992. “Mohegan Sun, in Montville and owned by the Mohegan tribe, opened in 1996. “Together, […]
As reported by the Sentinel & Enterprise: “.People are purchasing Massachusetts Lottery tickets in record numbers, Lottery Communications Director Beth Bresnahan said Thursday, despite a stagnant economy and rising gas prices. “.Despite rising fuel prices, Bresnahan said lottery ticket sales will likely beat last year’s total revenue of $4.4 billion. “‘.”Like every entertainment option, we […]
As reported by the INQ7.net: “After being granted the government license to operate the first Philippine-based online sports betting exchange, local startup Inter-active Entertainment Solutions Technologies (IEST) is set to make a splash in the Asian market estimated to be worth one billion dollars, a company executive told INQ7.net.”.IEST is considered the licensed technology provider […]
As reported by the Freeport News: “Executives of the Isle of Capri corporate office in Biloxi, Mississippi, have announced that a year from now, they will cease operations in Grand Bahama. “Jill Haynes, director of Corporate Communication, said the purpose for terminating operations on June 1, 2007 is to enable the company to focus more […]
As reported by the CBC: “The New Brunswick government says it will hold a plebiscite next year on whether video gambling machines should be banned. “The plebiscite will coincide with municipal elections. “Finance Minister Norm Betts won’t say whether the government will consider the outcome of the vote binding…”
A California investment firm has loaned the owners of the shuttered Lady Luck $66 million to be used in renovating the downtown hotel-casino. The financing package is the first tangible development on the Lady Luck since the newly named Downtown Resorts LLC, formerly known as Henry Brent Co., closed the 700-room hotel-casino Feb. 12, displacing […]
As reported by the Quad-City Times: “The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission on Thursday approved the sale of the Mississippi Belle II riverboat casino in Clinton to Wild Rose Entertainment, setting in motion plans to replace the current casino on the Mississippi River with a land-based casino on the west edge of Clinton. “Wild Rose […]
As reported by the Gary Post-Tribune: “After a state attorney general’s report condemned the company, the Indiana Gaming Commission tossed out the deal that gave a politically connected East Chicago firm a share of the city’s casino revenue. “It was the first time the commission rejected part of a local agreement between a casino and […]
As reported by Reuters: “Casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, won 2.9 percent more money from gamblers in May than they did a year earlier, the state’s Casino Control Commission said on Friday. “Casinos’ gambling winnings totaled $432.5 million during the month, the state regulator said. For the first five months of the year, casinos […]
On May 22, 2006 the Seminole Tribe of FL (the tribe) filed a claim in Broward County, FL court stating that the financial services agreement (FSA) between the tribe and Power Plant Entertainment, LLC. (PPE) originally executed in 2000, is illegal. Under the terms of the FSA the tribe pays PPE 30% of net revenues […]