As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: “Casinos rebounded from athree-day shutdown in July to post their second-highest monthly win in cityhistory. “The city’s dozen casinos reported combined gaming revenue of$494.4 million in August, according to figures released by the state CasinoControl Commission. That’s a 4.5 percent increase from the same period lastyear, a […]
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As reported by the Sweden Local: “As the Lotto balls fell into place onSaturday evening it slowly dawned on a Trelleborg man that he had just won acool 93 million kronor – tax-free. “The jackpot is Sweden’s second highestgaming win of all time. “The man had entered his Lotto numbers onsvenskaspel.se, the web site of […]
Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. today announced Thom Reilly will be joining aHarrah’s subsidiary as vice president of community reinvestment and socialresponsibility, effective upon receipt of all required regulatory approvals.Reilly will lead Harrah’s national philanthropic and community reinvestmentefforts. He will oversee the company’s nationwide partnerships withcommunity and charitable organizations, and administer the Harrah’sFoundation, a non-profit organization that […]
Event five of the 2006 Borgata Poker Open concluded late Sunday night withNew Yorker Jeremy Shor coming from behind to defeat an accomplished fieldand capture the championship. The final table included one Shannon Shorr,ranked second best poker player in the world by Card Player magazine. JeremyShor and James English of South Florida began their head’s […]
Ameristar Casinos, Inc. has appointed Jerome Klint to the position of VicePresident of Construction, effective September 1, 2006. Reporting to AlanRose, Senior Vice President of Construction, Klint will be responsible forconstruction of Ameristar projects, including department administration andcoordination of pre-planning, budgeting, contracting, purchasing and on-siteobservation of construction. Klint brings 20 years of senior managementexperience in […]
I wanted to share a few thoughts from my visit to Macau. Last year the Sunsent our tourism reporter Richard N. Velotta to Macau (and Beijing andSingapore) and Richard wrote a top-notch series of stories that helped Sunreaders understand the power of the Chinese economy and its tourism impacton Las Vegas, the vibrancy of Macau […]
If there’s one common notion that most Americans have about Las Vegas, it’sthat we have a vibrant economy. To be precise, many think we are the land ofmilk and honey. The general assumption is that car parkers here make $80,000a year and cocktail waitresses knock down six figures and declare far lessto our friends at […]
Like a terrier herding small livestock, Barbara Hewitt is consumed withdeveloping and implementing the training programs essential to a company thesize of MGM Mirage and for the growth it has planned. The company, which isalready at 70,000 employees, will grow by 28,000 workers in the next fiveyears just to keep up with announced expansion plans. […]
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 […]
As reported by the Australian: “Macau Governor Edmund Ho has ruled outgranting any more casino licences in the city – a move that protects the $3billion investment of James Packer’s PBL. “The city would stick to sixcasino operators, he said, including Macau veteran Stanley Ho (no relationto the Governor), the veteran’s daughter, Pansy Ho, who […]
As reported by the Purcell Register: “Toxic fumes emitted from arestaurant’s drain at the new casino kept Goldsby and Purcell Fire andRescue busy for about 10 hours last week. “Goldsby Fire Chief Larry Paulksaid they responded to a chemical spill call around 7:30 p.m. last Thursdayat the Riverwind Casino. “.Purcell Fire Chief Mike Clifton said […]
With a frenzied audience awaiting the inaugural episode of the Mixed MartialArts (MMA) reality series, BodogFight, digital entertainment powerhouseBodog.com has announced a new launch date to allow for additional footage inits action-packed weekly series. Episode 1 will air September 19 on Men’sOutdoor and Recreation, which is carried in over 23 million homes and onDISH Network, […]
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 […]