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New “social mining and gaming” outlets attempt to circumvent CA gambling laws

August 16, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, California, Unlicensed Operation, Licenses, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Ohio

Computerized gaming parlors, previously operated as “sweepstakes cafes” are evolving their creative business models designed to evade identity as illegal slot machine operations. Last year the California legisl...

James Packer resigns as Crown Resorts Chairman, assumes Senior Executive directorship

D. Graham

August 13, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Australia, World Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Macau, Spain, Nevada

Crown Resorts Limited, Australia, has announced that billionaire James Packer, Crown’s largest shareholder, has stepped down as Chairman. Mr. Packer will assume a more global, hands-on roll as senior executive ...

Rising Star Casino makes investment for Rabbit Hash ferry rides

D. Graham

August 4, 2015

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, North America Casino News, World Casino News, Casino project updates, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Indiana, Kentucky

The Cincinnati Insider reports that a Full House Resorts investment affiliate for Rising Star Casino in Indiana has acquired a four-acre riverfront property in Rabbit Hash, Kentucky. The purchase is part of a ...

$1.3 million progressive jackpot won at Coeur d’Alene Casino

D. Graham

August 4, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Idaho

Spokane, Washington news sources are reporting that a woman (who desires to remain anonymous) has won one of the largest progressive slot machine jackpots ever in Idaho and the Northwest region. The win occu...

Massachusetts Gaming Commission seeks to dismiss Boston’s lawsuit challenging Wynn’s casino award

D. Graham

August 4, 2015

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, North America Casino News, Casino project updates, Licenses, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts

The Associated Press reports that the Massachusetts State Gaming Commission has filed another lawsuit asking a judge to dismiss Boston’s suit which challenge’s the commission’s award of a lucrative casino licen...

Sun International opens $30 million Sun Nao Casino

D. Graham

August 2, 2015

Colombia, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino openings, World Casino News, Central & South America Gaming, Gaming Industry News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

South African based Sun International has announced the opening of the newest addition to their growing casino empire – The Sun Nao Casino in Cartagena along the Caribbean coast of northern Columbia. The casino...

Arizona’s Q2 tribal gaming revenue increases, contributes $25.8 million toward state’s operating costs

D. Graham

August 2, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Tribal Gaming, U.S.A., World Casino News, North America Casino News, Casino project updates, Arizona, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance

For the fourth consecutive quarter, Arizona’s tribal gaming revenue, received from fifteen tribes operating twenty-three casinos, has increased over the same time period compared to the year before. The Ariz...

Northern California’s Graton Rancheria Casino to break ground for hotel in fall

D. Graham

August 2, 2015

U.S.A., Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, New Hotels, World Casino News, North America Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, California

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria chairman Greg Sarris has announced that ground-breaking will take place this fall for a hotel at the tribes’ casino resort in Rohnert Park, just two years after the opening...

Poll shows huge support for Alabama gambling vote

D. Graham

August 1, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, Alabama, Gaming Industry News

Alabama media reports that a group pressing for legalized gambling in the state of Alabama along with Senator Del Marsh held a press conference this week to share the results of a recent poll showing overwhelmi...

Kazuo Okada’s $2.2 billion financing plan moves Manila Bay Resorts towards completion

D. Graham

August 1, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Hong Kong, Licenses, Asian Casino News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Philippines

Self-made Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada has increased his investment assurance to $2 billion U.S. towards completing phase one of the integrated Manila Bay Resorts casino and entertainment complex. The Phili...

Las Vegas convention committee recommends demolishing the Riviera on planned timetable

D. Graham

July 30, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Nevada

The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that there were only two viable options before the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority subgroup: Tear down the Riviera Hotel and Casino complex promptly enabling lar...

Caesars denied permission for quick appeal to halt bondholder suits

D. Graham

July 30, 2015

Casino News, U.S.A., Las Vegas, World Casino News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Delaware, Bankruptcy, Nevada, New York

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar has denied Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (CEOC) permission to appeal his July 22 ruling which has allowed bondholder lawsuits in other states to proceed while...

New Massachusetts casino Plainridge Park projected to deliver solid ROI

D. Graham

July 30, 2015

U.S.A., Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino openings, World Casino News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Massachusetts

Fitch Ratings, a global research and analytics firm, has published their forecasts for the first casino to open in the state of Massachusetts. Plainridge Park Casino, owned by Penn National Gaming, is projec...

After “soft opening”, Saipan’s lottery commission gives go-ahead for live gaming

D. Graham

July 28, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Gaming Law & Legislation, New Hotels, World Casino News, Casino openings, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Saipan, Asian Casino News, Oceania Casino News, Saipan

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ (CNMI) Lottery Commission has given Grand Mariana Casino & Hotel Resort’s parent company, Hong Kong-listed Imperial Pacific Holdings Ltd., permission to go ...

Poker superstar Phil Ivey countersues AC Borgata in alleged $9.6 million cheating case

D. Graham

July 28, 2015

Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, World Casino News, North America Casino News, Casino Cheating, Gaming Industry News, New Jersey

Phil Ivey, champion poker player and winner of ten World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, has filed suit in New Jersey claiming that Borgata’s lawsuit against him is frivolous. Further, Ivey’s legal team claim...

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James Packer resigns as Crown Resorts Chairman, assumes Senior Executive directorship

Rising Star Casino makes investment for Rabbit Hash ferry rides

$1.3 million progressive jackpot won at Coeur d’Alene Casino

Massachusetts Gaming Commission seeks to dismiss Boston’s lawsuit challenging Wynn’s casino award

Sun International opens $30 million Sun Nao Casino

Arizona’s Q2 tribal gaming revenue increases, contributes $25.8 million toward state’s operating costs

Northern California’s Graton Rancheria Casino to break ground for hotel in fall

Poll shows huge support for Alabama gambling vote

Kazuo Okada’s $2.2 billion financing plan moves Manila Bay Resorts towards completion

Las Vegas convention committee recommends demolishing the Riviera on planned timetable

Caesars denied permission for quick appeal to halt bondholder suits

New Massachusetts casino Plainridge Park projected to deliver solid ROI

After “soft opening”, Saipan’s lottery commission gives go-ahead for live gaming

Poker superstar Phil Ivey countersues AC Borgata in alleged $9.6 million cheating case

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