As reported by the Associated Press: “Clark County Sheriff Bill Young is pushing for the gambling industry to install and manage an expanded surveillance camera system on the Las Vegas Strip that could film robberies, fights and other crimes and alert police immediately. “‘For a very reasonable investment, I think we can provide a much […]
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As reported by Reuters: “The clean-up is mostly complete and business is brisk at the beachfront casinos, but a year after the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, Biloxi is still struggling to get back on its feet. “…A year of uncertainty over new building codes and the anaemic local economy have prompted long-time residents to […]
As reported by the Rhode Island Providence Journal: “A memorandum of understanding signed this spring by the Mashantucket Pequots and MGM Mirage, the publicly traded gaming colossus, lays out a plan for possibly more casinos in southeastern Connecticut, elsewhere in Indian Country, in Atlantic City or on the Las Vegas strip. “The Mashantuckets and MGM […]
The Harrah’s casino in Reno expects to see one of its regulars in the next few days. But this man won’t receive the typical welcome when he walks through the door. Instead, a Harrah’s casino manager will approach him and bring up an unpleasant topic: recent comments the man made to a casino host about […]
As reported by the Arizona Central: “Russell Green’s wife gave him a hard time when he whipped out a video camera recently to capture his youngest daughter’s first day of kindergarten. All the parents were doing it. “The excitement Green felt that day was a far cry from his anxiety a year ago, when Hurricane […]
Research guru Jim Medick doesn’t want to rub it in. But it’s difficult for him not to say, “I told you so,” after a handful of major gaming companies have blamed rising gasoline prices for lackluster profit growth at lower-rent properties frequented by budget-conscious tourists. Tourism honchos had disputed results of a controversial telephone survey […]
As reported by the Iowa Times-Republican: “The City of Tama is making a run at putting a casino riverboat on its recently acquired Cherry Lake near downtown. “The Tama City Council on Monday approved an agreement with Signature Management Group to negotiate and develop a casino project after a representative presented them with a strategic […]
As reported by the Kansas City Star: “A plan to significantly shorten Missouri’s lifetime self-ban from casinos for troubled gamblers failed to win approval Wednesday from the Missouri Gaming Commission. But the idea is not dead. “The shorthanded commission, meeting in Maryland Heights, Mo., voted 2-1 for a proposal to allow a minimum two-year ban […]
As reported by the Channel News Asia: “Three gaming licences could be awarded in Japan in 2009, with the projects expected to be completed around 2012, according to some market watchers. “But while that will add to the growth of the industry in Asia, they say the emergence of the gaming sector in Japan is […]
As the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, Island View Casino Resort in Gulfport, Miss. is preparing to open, creating one of the region’s largest casino properties. Island View officials announced today that the property, which will be the city’s only casino, will celebrate its grand opening and unveiling of the project’s first of two phases […]
Spectrum Gaming Group announced the latest addition to its casino-oriented suite of services: confidential casino audits. The new service, which has already been met with success in different gaming markets, leverages Spectrum’s depth of experience in casino operations by conducting anonymous covert interactions with gaming staff. This service supplements Spectrum’s consumer-service audits, which already measure […]
Playtech (LSE: PTEC), the international designer, developer and licensor of software for the gambling industry, today announces Interim Results for the Six Months Ended June 30 2006. Financial Highlights · Revenues up by 139% to $46.2 million (2005 – $19.3 million) · Casino revenues up by 129% to $40.4 million (2005 – $17.6 million) · […]
Riviera Holdings Corp. said Wednesday it will conduct a shareholder vote next week on a $426.5 million buyout offer from a privately held investment group after the company’s board of directors said it did not have enough information to determine if an 11th-hour competing offer was credible. The vote, in which Riviera stockholders will either […]
Dealers at Wynn Las Vegas have universally voiced their displeasure over the casino’s plans to restructure tip distribution that will cut their wages between 10 and 20 percent. Legally, however, they may have little recourse, labor law experts said Wednesday. Starting Sept. 1, table game supervisors will share in the tips earned by dealers. Wynn […]