As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: ” Card counting is allowed at the Atlantic City casinos. Card cheating, of course, is not.”David H. Morse claims he’s a card counter, but others have labeled him a cheater.”Facing long odds, Morse had hoped to have his name removed from a blacklist that bans him from […]
As reported by the UK Times Online: “Shares in online gambling giant Party Gaming slid this week as investors gave a cool response to four of its founders selling stakes in the group.”House broker Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein raised £232m from the sale of 200m shares — about 5% of the company — at 116p each.”Anurag […]
As reported by the Financial Times: “The tiny Caribbean island state of Antigua and Barbuda has taken the first steps to haul the US back before the world trade court in a long-running dispute over internet gambling.”Antigua, which has a population of 68,000, says Washington has failed to comply with a World Trade Organisation ruling […]
As reported by the Pittsburgh Tribune Review: ” Gov. Ed Rendell’s office Tuesday angrily denied a suggestion by state House Speaker John Perzel that the governor has promised casino licenses to anyone who approached him. “Perzel, a Philadelphia Republican, told members of an agricultural association that he assured a man who expressed interest in operating […]
As reported by the Associated Press: “The leader of a group that wants to repeal video lottery plans to ask the state Supreme Court if the idea can go to a public vote in November. “Forward South Dakota collected petition signatures to put the repeal question on the general election ballot, but Attorney General Larry […]
As reported by the Advocate: “A Senate panel Tuesday advanced a bill to restrict charitable organizations’ use of electronic video bingo machines that resemble slot machines. “The Judiciary B Committee altered, then approved House Bill 1315 by Rep. Danny Martiny, R-Kenner. The legislation would allow up to 35 machines at any location. “It also would […]
As reported by the Associated Press: “Wynn Las Vegas, casino mogul Steve Wynn’s flagship resort, will pay $15.9 million to buy the rights to its headline show ‘Le Reve’ from creator Franco Dragone so he can add lights, lasers and perhaps more performers. “The sum, revealed in a filing last week by Wynn Resorts Ltd. […]
An attempt by Las Vegas-based Station Casinos to gain a presence in the Reno gaming market has met opposition from the statewide union that represents hotel employees. Now, the labor organization is taking the challenge directly to Reno residents. Culinary Workers Local 226, with help from the Reno-based grass-roots organization Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, […]
Cosmopolitan Resort developer Ian Bruce Eichner had a New York moment a few months ago when he sued his neighbors, the Jockey Club condominiums, for holding up his $2 billion, two-tower Strip resort at Harmon Avenue. The Brooklynite and former district attorney sued for breach of contract, claiming the Jockey Club wouldn’t sign off on […]
In a time when customers have less and less faith in loyalty programs, whichhave become notorious for over promising and under delivering, VIPrewards isa breath of fresh air – and customers are taking notice. Rather thanspending their time trying to figure out how to redeem their loyalty pointsor being disappointed by the value they return, […]
In a time when customers have less and less faith in loyalty programs, whichhave become notorious for over promising and under delivering, VIPrewards isa breath of fresh air – and customers are taking notice. Rather thanspending their time trying to figure out how to redeem their loyalty pointsor being disappointed by the value they return, […]
As reported by the Kalamazoo Gazette: “The Gun Lake Tribe launched anewspaper ad campaign Sunday to raise awareness of its fight to build acasino in Wayland Township.”It was a year ago today that anti-gambling groupMichigan Gambling Opposition — portrayed as a masked robber in thenewspaper ad — essentially halted the Gun Lake Tribe’s bid to […]
Continuing efforts to provide assistance to those hardest hit by HurricanesKatrina and Rita, the Harrah’s Employee Recovery Fund (HERF) recently issued$2.1 million in assistance to nearly 2,800 current and former employees ofHarrah’s Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. The distribution is thesecond made by the HERF, which previously paid $4.5 million to 3,600employees. Any non-management employee […]
As reported by the Reno Gazette-Journal: “Shareholders unhappy with TheSands Regent’s deal to sell to Herbst Gaming of Las Vegas for $148 millionare suing and asking for a better price, according to court documents. “Thedeal announced last month would give shareholders $15 per share, but thecomplaint filed in Washoe District Court calls the price ‘grossly […]