Mount Airy Resort & Casino announced today that it has awarded its firstround of construction contracts as it continues to move forward with plansto build a $360 million hotel and gaming complex in the heart of thePoconos. The majority of contracts have been awarded to Pennsylvania-basedcompanies. “One of our main goals in building Mount Airy […]
Monthly Archives: September 2006
The Vegas-style casino site famous for free tournaments has added more freechances to win cash and prizes to its September line-up. The champion of thefree Three Card Poker Tournament that starts on Monday will win anall-expense paid trip to Aces.com’s Hollywood Premiere Party for ‘Aces theMovie’. Four free Blackjack tournaments beginning Sunday offer cash prizes.The […]
As reported by the Rocky Mountain News: “A Central City casino that hadalready filed for bankruptcy shut its doors this week after a new parkway tothe gaming town failed to bring an expected increase in business. “Scarlet’sCasino had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection just months afteropening at what should have been a prime location […]
As reported by the Miami Herald: “For about three hours, Freddy Howard wasshowered with all the glamour and glory he had ever dreamed of. “Thestruggling actor was told he had just won a $260,000 jackpot at the SeminoleHard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood in the early hours of Aug. 29.“.Then, Howard said managers at […]
As reported by the Irish Examiner: “Paddy Power is considering opening acasino in Ireland if the Government opts to regulate the gaming industry.“Justice Minister Michael McDowell has set up a working group to considerwhether to legalise and regulate casinos, which are currently outlawed. Theban has not prevented nearly two dozen private members’ clubs springing upin […]
Pinnacle Entertainment announced that L’Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino, a$370 million Texas Hill Country-themed resort in Lake Charles, La., brokeground yesterday on a $45 million hotel tower expansion, slightly more thana year after the elegant casino resort opened to the public. The additional250 rooms and suites will be complete in Fall 2007. The new […]
As reported by the Pittsburgh Tribune Review: “Members of the state’s GamingControl Board heard an outpouring of support for slots casino licenses atSeven Springs Mountain Resort and Nemacolin Woodlands during public hearingsconducted last spring. “But in written comments furnished to the board,public sentiment was split over the applications of the resorts to opencasinos next year […]
As reported by CBC News: “Alberta’s first aboriginal-run casino is weeksaway from opening as construction on the $178-million River Cree Resort andCasino wraps up more than two months ahead of schedule. “The complex, whichopens at the end of October, is located on the Enoch Cree Nation reserve atthe southwest edge of Edmonton. “Robert Morin, the […]
As reported by the Detroit Free Press: “Starting today, metro Detroiterswill be able to cross the Canadian border to Windsor and place live bets onsports, something that is legal in the United States only in Nevada. “CasinoWindsor officials are betting the move will attract sports-crazy metroDetroiters to Legends, its new sports lounge, helping to ease […]
The online bingo industry is a rapidly growing phenemon and it brings withit more than just online bingo games, it also creates a new trend inemployment. Online bingo websites employ thousands of people as Chat Hosts,who manage and oversee the chat rooms that players frequent while they areplaying bingo. This unique new trend in employement […]
State gaming regulators granted a third casino-equipment manufacturertentative approval Thursday to operate wireless hand-held gambling devicesin Nevada. But Gaming Control Board Chairman Dennis Neilander thought itwould be six months at the earliest before the devices could find their wayinto Nevada casinos. The three-member control board gave Fortunetpreliminary approval to distribute hand-held equipment for full casinogaming. […]
The Grand Privé group of online casinos has become the first casino groupglobally to introduce a new one-wallet system that gives players a choice ofeight top-tier casinos to enjoy with just one account. The new singleaccount system gives players all the convenience of playing at a single siteand all the thrills of checking out a […]
Hollywood Sportsbook features odds on the MLB game between the San DiegoPadres and the San Francisco Giants on September 8th 2006. The San DiegoPadres, who haven’t been in first place in the West since August 9, beat theRockies 5-4 on Tuesday to pull within one game of division-leading LosAngeles and opened a two-game lead in […]
Tens of millions of dollars are spent each year encouraging John and JaneTraveler to make Las Vegas the site of their next getaway. But what happenshere won’t stay here if people can’t get here in the first place. And laterthis month, a different Las Vegas message — as in “Don’t come here, atleast not driving […]