With half of the 2006 WSOP already in the books, Casino City reporters Aaron Todd and Ryan McLane are ready to hand out their inaugural “Keys to the City” Awards, this round for the best of the best in first-half WSOP performances. As a leading provider of international poker news, Casino City has been following […]
As reported by the Buffalo News: “The steel frame of an 11-story building rises dramatically at the foot of a steep hill along the Southern Tier Expressway, right next to a new eight-story parking garage that is, for now, the tallest building in Cattaraugus County. “The structure that will become the permanent home of the […]
As reported by the Arizona Republic: “It was created in 1981, backed by businessmen looking for a tax break. “Twenty-five years later, the Arizona Lottery has made hundreds of people millionaires while awarding $2.9 billion in prizes. It has contributed more than $1.8 billion to state and local projects and programs, far surpassing the annual […]
As reported by Bloomberg: “Betonsports Plc, a London-based Web gamblingcompany licensed in jurisdictions including Antigua, said Chief ExecutiveOfficer David Carruthers was detained in the U.S. The shares dropped as muchas 24 percent. “The company is working to clarify the grounds on which theCEO was held by federal authorities as he changed planes, a Regulatory NewsService […]
The poker world has changed significantly in the nearly 2 1/2 decades since Chip Reese captured the gold and diamond encrusted bracelet for winning an event at the World Series of Poker. Early Saturday at the Rio, the Las Vegas resident — a 1991 inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame — rejoined that community […]
As reported by the Arizona Star: “A union-led group is picketing for higher wages and benefits for construction workers at a casino-hotel project on the Tohono O’odham Reservation. “Members of Carpenters Local 1506 stood in front of the Desert Diamond Casino, 7350 S. Nogales Highway, near a 20-foot-long banner that said ‘Shame on Desert Diamond […]
As reported by the Oregonian: “A draft environmental study for the proposed Cowlitz Tribe casino and resort near La Center came under fire Wednesday from Clark County commissioners. “County officials are racing to get their comments in to the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Portland by a Friday deadline. “Clark County is critical of […]
As reported by the Pittsburgh Business Times: “Two applicants for Pittsburgh’s lone casino license joined Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. in committing in writing to contribute to building a new arena for the Penguins, Allegheny County chief executive Dan Onorato said Thursday. “Forest City Enterprises, which wants to build a casino at Station Square on […]
As reported by the Norwich Bulletin: “Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Alan Schlesinger said he was simply trying to be left alone while gambling at Foxwoods Resort Casino when he got a Wampum Rewards card with a fake name. “Schlesinger said Thursday that he got the card in the early 1990s when he played blackjack occasionally. […]
As reported by the Wandsworth Guardian: “Las Vegas will not be coming to Wandsworth after licensing bosses agreed to ban casinos. “The Gambling Act 2005 has produced the possibility of allowing casinos to open, creating more jobs, trade, tourism and presumably more gambling. “But Wandsworth Council’s licensing committee has banned casinos a decision rubber-stamped by […]
As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: “The Crescent City School of Gaming & Bartending has reopened to train workers as the Coast rebuilds with a bigger casino industry than it had before Hurricane Katrina. “The storm left 17,000 resort workers without jobs, including card dealers, but the number of employment opportunities could potentially double […]
As reported by the Des Moines Register: “Betting by Minnesota gamblers has been so brisk at the Diamond Jo Worth Casino in north-central Iowa that state gambling regulators approved plans today for a major expansion project costing more than $20 million. “During its first three months since opening, the casino has drawn 335,000 customers who […]
As reported by the New Jersey Star Ledger: “Vincent Giblin, chairman of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, was arrested Sunday night in Spring Lake after his wife called police and reported a domestic dispute, authorities said. “Spring Lake police arrested Giblin a few blocks from his Vroom Avenue home, where he was stopped in his […]
As reported by the Pennsylvania Times-Leader: “The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority is likely to decide in the next several weeks whether to proceed with its Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs slot machine casino project. “Pulling the plug on the planned $505 million complex could allow the Mohegans to exercise a clause in their purchase agreement […]