As reported by the Port Huron Times: “Port Huron has two groups vying to build a tribal casino in the city. “One effort got approval from city voters in 2001. The question now is, would the new effort require a similar vote – or even a statewide referendum under Michigan’s new gambling law? “Lawyers are […]
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As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: “Rising 485 feet above Atlantic City, it will give Donald Trump’s gaming empire some much-needed upward mobility. “Plans were submitted Tues-day for a 45-story addition to the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort that will serve as the centerpiece of the company’s post-bankruptcy turnaround. “Besides the financial benefits, […]
The premiere issue of Gambling.com Magazine debuts in style this month. A full-colour lifestyle glossy publication, the only independent VIP magazine written for online high-rollers is targeting the 50,000 most active Platinum Members of the self-same titled Gambling.com website. With an intended readership of over 100,000, editor Michael Caselli says, “With high production values, it’s […]
As reported by the UK News & Star: “Plans to bring a casino to Carlisle have won the backing of the council. “?Councillors meeting last night voted to put Carlisle’s name forward as a venue for one of 17 new casinos to be opened as the Government relaxes gambling laws. “?A report from the council’s […]
OasisCasino.com, online sportsbook, casino & racebook is getting ready to tip-off another NCAA tournament with its $5,000 March Madness Bracket Buster contest. The free online contest yields a $5,000 Grand Prize to the contestant that correctly predicts the most winning teams in each of the sixty-five (65) games held during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. […]
Station Casinos opens its Red Rock Resort next month, but its nearest competitors aren’t quaking in their boots. The $925 million casino at the intersection of the Las Vegas Beltway and Charleston Boulevard has been touted by those who have toured it as being not only clearly better than all other locals casinos, but as […]
Supporters of an Internet gambling ban may try this week to add the prohibition to lobbying reform legislation on the Senate floor. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., on Tuesday, said he may offer an online wagering ban amendment as early as today. Online gambling revenues reached $10.9 billion in 2005, according to the research firm eMarketer. […]
As reported by the Philadelphia Daily News: “When Boyd Gaming Corp. announced its intention to build a slots parlor in this township just across the border from Chester County, residents were left with many questions about the project and its effect on the community. “Two months later, most of those questions have not been answered. […]
As reported by the 940 News: “The Coulombe Report, comissioned by the province to evaluate the Peel Basin Casino project, could put the plans to move the casino on the backburner, according to a report in La Presse. “Guy Coulombe, former head of Hydro Quebec, has reporteldy issued a long list of considereations that the […]
As a host of older hotels are torn down in the coming years to make way for the biggest building boom in Las Vegas history, the longtime landmarks will yield to taller, glitzier and much more expensive casino resorts. For many Strip workers employed at the current hotels, enthusiasm over that renaissance is mitigated by […]
As reported by the Gettysburg Times: “A group supporting efforts to bring a casino to Adams County has called a preservation group’s statements against the gaming facility “deliberately misleading.” “Pro-Casino of Adams County spokesman Jeff Klein, of Biglerville, said the Civil War Preservation Trust misled its members when it called the Gettysburg battlefield ‘endangered,’ and […]
Global Casinos, Inc. (OTCBB:GBCS) has announced its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2005. Casino revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2005, were $944,549 compared to $999,577 for the 2004, a decrease of $55,028 or 5.5%. The revenue decrease is primarily attributed to the completion of certain construction work […]
As reported by the South African Herald Online: “Revenue at the Boardwalk casino complex on the Port Elizabeth beachfront increased by 15% for the half year ended on December 31, as more foreign tourists descended on the city and South Africans splashed out more of their hard earned cash. “The casino complex’s earnings before interest, […]
As reported by the Des Moines Register: “State regulators are urging Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino to construct a hotel and parking garage to spur more business, contending the Altoona gambling operation is underperforming in its market. “The Altoona track already has one of Iowa’s most profitable gambling properties, raking in $174 million in gross […]