Imagine sitting down with a handful of great poker pros to learn the true insider techniques that lead to million dollar victories at World Poker Tour® Final Tables. There will be 100 aspiring poker players living this scenario on March 30, 31 and April 1 when the WPT Boot Camp Champions Event makes a stop […]
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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 […]
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 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 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 Kansas City Star: “Yet again, Kansas lawmakers have delayed introducing a bill to expand state-run gambling that would include a casino for Kansas City, Kan. “Leaders in the Senate said last week they would take the weekend to work out the kinks in the plan. They are also working to ensure […]
With an estimated $65 billion in annual expenditures, American homosexuals are one of the world’s most sought-after leisure travel submarkets. And Las Vegas, like other cities, aims to snag a larger slice of that pie. Promoting this city to gays and lesbians requires a different approach than those favored by many competing destinations. But armed […]
Now that the regular season has ended, over 300 Division I men’s basketball teams enter their conference tournaments this week hoping to earn an invite to “the big dance” for a shot at the national championship. With the field of 65 teams announced on Sunday, leading online sportsbook PinnacleSports.com today released updated odds to win […]
Peter Morton, owner of the Hard Rock Hotel, surely is getting just what he wanted — a bevy of would-be buyers barking at his heels. As the tale falls into place, it seems Morton was approached by an investor, probably Station Casinos, that failed to meet his terms. Still, talks convinced him of the value […]
As reported by the Tenerife News: “The days of Puerto de la Cruz’s Casino Taoro are numbered. The popular gambling attraction is set to move down from its present perch overlooking the town, to its new home in the waterfront Lago de Martiánez, in June. “As far as visitors are concerned, the new location in […]
After years of heady campaigns to spread legal, commercial gambling to new jurisdictions in the United States, proliferation has ground to a halt in 2006. Deutsche Bank analyst Andrew Zarnett called current chances for proliferation in the near term “nominal to nonexistent.” “Within the U.S., there’s very little proliferation except for Pennsylvania, where slots at […]
As reported by the Desert Dispatch: “The controversial local casino initiative is headed for the ballot. “In San Bernardino County Superior Court Wednesday in Barstow, Judge John P. Vander Feer decided contents of a lawsuit aimed at blocking the initiative from vote were “premature” and threw the suit out. “?The suit was filed by a […]
Paddy Power, Ireland’s largest bookmaker, today launched betting on Europe’s oldest poker tournament, the Irish Open. The tournament, being held in Dublin from 15-17 April 2006, is one of the richest in Europe with a ?1 million guaranteed prize pool and ?50,000 added by the sponsors, paddypowerpoker.com Continuing a tradition of great value, innovative and […]
American Wagering, Inc. (OTC BB:BETM.OB) (the “Company”) today announced that the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary AWI Gaming, Inc. (“AWIG”) completed the acquisition of, and commenced operations at, Sturgeon’s Inn & Casino in Lovelock, Nevada (“Sturgeon’s”) on March 1, 2006. The acquisition of Sturgeon’s is expected to be immediately accretive to the Company’s fiscal 2007 operating […]