The Pokagon Gaming Authority, a wholly owned, unincorporated instrumentality of the Pokagon Band of Potowatomi Indians, has successfully closed its financing of $305 million in Senior Notes due 2014. The proceeds from the notes will be used to partially finance the construction of Four Winds Casino Resort. “We are excited to have completed our senior […]
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The coalition of Native American tribal governments in Nebraska circulating the petition proposing to allow casino-style gaming for economic and community development purposes has chosen to discontinue the use of paid petition circulators. Recent controversies arising from the methods used by paid circulators employed by other petition sponsors contributed significantly to the tribes’ decision, including […]
As reported by the Louisville Courier-Journal: “A legal feud between the partners in the Orange County casino project apparently has expanded with the filing of a second suit. “A subsidiary of Indianapolis-based Lauth Property Group has filed a lawsuit against Bloomington businessman Bill Cook, its partner in the French Lick project. The filing comes after […]
As reported by the Buffalo News: “Nearly a thousand prospective blackjack dealers, pit cashiers, food service workers, security guards and even accountants packed an employment preview for the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in downtown Buffalo Thursday. “Hundreds of job-seekers gathered at the Adam’s Mark Hotel, site of the job fair, more than an hour before […]
With the Miami Heat knocking off the Dallas Mavericks to capture their first NBA championship, the attention of the basketball world and sports bettors shifts to Madison Square Garden, where the futures of the top amateur players in the world will be decided. The Bodog.com Sportsbook has positioned Texas Longhorns power forward LaMarcus Aldridge as […]
By now, everyone knows that Keith Urban will marry Nicole Kidman this weekend in Australia. But – just days before the happy event – he has also agreed to join in Mohegan Sun’s 10th Anniversary celebration in Uncasville, Connecticut, October 19th-22nd. Urban will take center stage in the Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, October 20th. […]
The online gaming industry’s award winning independent standards authority, eCOGRA has launched a new website www.ecogra.com, to provide the online gaming population with a tool to find out reliable information on trustworthy poker and casino sites. The new website which has details on the rigorous inspection processes and a list of the safest online casino […]
As reported by This is Lancashire: “A solicitors firm in Bolton has revealed how a local property firm is gambling on Blackpool winning the right to build a new super-casino for the region. “Mike Beaumont, property partner at KBL solicitors in Mawdsley Street, says his client, Sagon Holdings, is just one firm buying up swathes […]
As reported by the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger: “Eighty-one slot machines and a restaurant that features Asian Cajun crawfish as its signature dish attracted a steady stream of customers to Treasure Bay Casino and Hotel in Biloxi on Wednesday, its first day to be open after Hurricane Katrina. “‘We’ve had a lot of regular customers and former […]
As reported by the Auburn Citizen: “One by one, speakers in the Auburn City Council’s public comment period praised Mayor Tim Lattimore for his passionate pursuit of economic development. “But the majority of the speakers – 12 of the 16 – said Thursday night they don’t want economic development to take the form of a […]
As reported by the Kansas City Star: “Spending by gamblers in Kansas City and elsewhere flattened out in May. ” ‘We are seeing a bit of a slowdown’ industrywide, Merrill Lynch gaming analyst David Anders warned investors last week. “Locally, riverboat revenues were up just 1.2 percent from May 2005, at $57.8 million. Though modest, […]
As reported by the Kansas City Star: “Penn National Gaming has fired its general manager at Argosy Riverside Casino and replaced him with a Kansas City market veteran. “Penn officials announced Wednesday that Gary Johnson, who had headed the casino staff since July 2002, had been replaced by Thomas P. Burke, general manager of Penn’s […]
As reported by the Albany Times Herald-Record: “Long-shot legislation to give two Wisconsin-based Indian tribes casinos in the Catskills and settle land claim lawsuits the tribes have against the state, died in the Legislature just days after it was introduced. “Senate leaders who introduced the bill early this week decided late Wednesday it wouldn’t even […]
As reported by the Kootenay News: “June 14 marked a special day for the St. Eugene Resort, as many came together to celebrate the First Nation partners assuming operational control for Casino of the Rockies. “According to Dan Shilling, president of SEM Resort Ltd., the celebration will mark the end of a remarkably smooth transition […]