Pachinko World, Inc., a publicly traded company competing in Japan’s estimated $240 billion pachinko industry, today announced a positive outlook for its fiscal year 2007, ending May 31, 2007, and outlined related expansion plans. Based on management estimates, total revenues for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2007 are expected to be in the range […]
As reported by the Detroit News: “Greektown Casino received final approval Tuesday for its permanent $200 million casino/hotel/entertainment complex. “The Michigan Gaming Control Board unanimously approved Greektown’s plans, and casino officials hope to have the complex open by September 2008, about six months after the opening of permanent facilities for MGM Grand Detroit Casino and […]
Travelers flying from one busy Southern California airport can now get a head start on their Las Vegas vacation moments before they leave the Golden State. And soon travelers at more than a dozen other U.S. airports will get the chance to do likewise. Vegas.com, a Henderson-based travel planning and reservation provider, today opened its […]
Poker professional Mike Matusow has some advice for the nine players at today’s final table of the World Series of Poker, as well as for the hundreds of fans making the trek over to the Rio to watch the action: Go heavy on the Red Bull and pop a few NoDoz pills, because you’re in […]
As reported by the North West Enquirer: “Blackpool’s campaign to win the UK’s only super-casino licence moved ahead another stage this week with the submission of a formal planning applic-ation to the council.”It is hoped that outline planning consent will be secured for the development by the end of November 2006, before the government’s Casino […]
As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: “Nearly a dozen anti-smoking activists came to Wednesday’s City Council meeting to urge the members to support a ban on smoking in the resort’s casinos.”But the effort was to no avail, as a resolution sponsored by Councilman Eugene Robinson was tabled. “The state’s indoor smoking ban went […]
Foxwoods Resort Casino will once again be the epicenter of the poker world as the prestigious World Poker Finals (WPF) and hugely popular World Poker Tour (WPT) return to New England this fall. This prominent three-week event attracts the game’s biggest stars, throngs of amateurs, thousands of fans, national television cameras and an expected total […]
As reported by the Desert Sun: “With the ink barely dry on the new gaming deal for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, the Palm Springs tribe hit the ground early Wednesday to ensure its 1999 compact is passed by state lawmakers.”But first, tribal council chairman Richard Milanovich met with Team 2006, a consortia […]
The casinos in Atlantic City, NJ were closed down on July 5 through July 7, 2006 due to a temporary state budget impasse. Only one in 10 (9%) gamblers in New Jersey and surrounding states had made specific plans to go gambling in Atlantic City on those dates(1), but of those who did, 13 percent […]
As reported by the Baraboo News Republic: “It may be a few months before they return, but Ho-Chunk Nation officials announced Wednesday roulette, craps and poker will return to their Baraboo casino after a brief, legally induced hiatus. The games were pulled at midnight June 30 last year after a State Supreme Court ruling. The […]
As reported by the Florida Sun-Sentinel: “A state appeals court handed down a potential death sentence for slot machines in Broward County on Tuesday. “But the four local pari-mutuels are still moving ahead with plans to offer the games, anticipating years of legal wrangling before a final ruling is made.”The suddenly uncertain future of slot […]
Los Angeles-based television production company BluemoonEntertainment has withdrawn its lawsuit against online gaming operator Bodog.com due to the defendant’s offshore status and lack of U.S. assets, both of which make it very unlikely that Bluemoon could collect any potential judgment in the U.S. Filed last April in Los Angeles Superior Court, the case withdrawn todayinvolved […]
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. has completed its previously announced corporaterelocation to St. Louis and established a regional office in Biloxi, Miss.The address and phone number for the St. Louis corporate headquartersfollows: Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. 600 Emerson Road Suite 300 St. Louis, MO 63141 (314) 813-9200The address and phone number for the Biloxi […]
VendingData(TM) Corporation (Amex: VNX) announced today that it will beentering the market for gaming plaques, which are used internationally bycasinos for high stake games representing the highest monetary valuedenomination. Plaques are much larger than traditional gaming chips andtheir shape varies depending upon the casinos aesthetic preference — rectangular, oval, etc. Because they are issued to […]