As reported by the Lancashire Evening Post: “Lancashire is developing a trade link with the world’s gambling capital. “A firm of marketers from the county has been appointed the official trade representatives for the American state of Nevada, home of casino city Las Vegas. “Charter Solutions, of Castle Hill in Lancaster, is now the point […]
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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 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 […]
As reported by the Kalamazoo Gazette: “The Gun Lake Tribe launched a newspaper ad campaign Sunday to raise awareness of its fight to build a casino in Wayland Township.”It was a year ago today that anti-gambling group Michigan Gambling Opposition — portrayed as a masked robber in the newspaper ad — essentially halted the Gun […]
As reported by the South Florida Business Journal: “Suburban Pompano Beach is getting a ‘racino’ as its harness race track slowly morphs into a combination racetrack and casino. “It could have been bigger. Some scaling back has been necessary because of the 50 percent state tax bite – plus license fees – on future gambling […]
As reported by the Newsday: “The Southern Elegance is finding no down-home hospitality in Bay Shore. “In the month since the hulking, four-story casino boat arrived at this coastal hamlet, its owners have filed a $40-million lawsuit alleging Islip town has tried to sink their ocean gambling business. “The town has obtained a legal injunction […]
As reported by the CBC: “The New Brunswick government says it will hold a plebiscite next year on whether video gambling machines should be banned. “The plebiscite will coincide with municipal elections. “Finance Minister Norm Betts won’t say whether the government will consider the outcome of the vote binding…”
As reported by Reuters: “Casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, won 2.9 percent more money from gamblers in May than they did a year earlier, the state’s Casino Control Commission said on Friday. “Casinos’ gambling winnings totaled $432.5 million during the month, the state regulator said. For the first five months of the year, casinos […]
As reported by the Manchester Evening News: “A new upmarket casino complete with two restaurants and a live music venue is due to open in Manchester’s Great Northern Warehouse in October, creating 350 jobs.”Manchester 235 will feature 14 roulette tables, 10 blackjack tables and a poker-room that will double as a conference room – as […]
As reported by the Louisville Courier-Journal: “Harrah’s Entertainment wants to renovate the Caesars Indiana casino, expand its pavilion — and possibly add restaurants and entertainment options, a company executive said yesterday.”Plans to overhaul the Harrison County complex will likely become final and be released within six months, said Anthony Sanfilippo, president of Harrah’s Central Division. […]
As reported by the Calgary Sun: “It’s a full house when it comes to casinos in Calgary and no further gambling dens will be approved for the foreseeable future, says Alberta Gaming Minister Gordon Graydon. “Graydon said Calgary, with six casinos and a seventh in the works, is at the saturation point for a city […]
As reported by the Fort Smith Arkansas: “A Texas businessman pushing a new gambling amendment said Monday that the timing may be right for approval of a statewide lottery and casinos in Arkansas. “The Legislature’s endorsement last year of a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize bingo for nonprofit groups and the voter-approved expansion of […]
Southwest Casino Corporation announced that on June 6, 2006 the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by the Ramsey County District Court granting summary judgment in favor of the Minnesota Racing Commission and North Metro Harness Initiative, LLC. The Court of Appeals upheld the District Court’s decision to dismiss claims that the Racing Commission […]