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In Welch, Minnesota, the Prairie Island Indian Community’s $68 million casino expansion project was commemorated on Tuesday, Dec. 5 with a ribbon cutting ceremony reportedly making it the state’s second-largest...
Having applied for the trademark in December last year, the San Felipe Casino in New Mexico is now the Black Mesa Casino, as the name was officially changed on Monday by owner/operator San Felipe Pueblo, accord...
In Pennsylvania, Monday reportedly saw leaders for the city of Reading unanimously endorse a motion urging the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board regulator to select its community as a home for one of the state’...
As the opening of its MGM Springfield venue draws ever closer, giant American casino operator MGM Resorts International is reportedly set to inaugurate a local training school on Dec. 6 aimed at anyone wishing ...
Having been in the works for several months, in early November, Canada’s largest casino and entertainment company, Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd, officially applied to the Municipality of Delta, Briti...
In hopes of expediting their plan to bring a Class III satellite casino to the small community of East Windsor, last week reportedly saw the administration of Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy join with the st...
In celebration of its new hotel in Nichols, New York, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at Tioga Downs Casino Resort on Friday afternoon as media and guests were addressed by officials and Jeff Gural, owner, a...
After approval of a long-awaited liquor license on August 11, on Friday the Tohono O'odham Nation will reportedly break ground on a $400 million expansion project at its Desert Diamond West Valley Casino and Re...
One of four licenses awarded in Upstate New York in December 2015, Resorts World Catskills, previously named Montreign, remains on track to open in early 2018. The casino, which is located in rural Sullivan Cou...
A public consultation is reportedly being conducted by the Belfast City Council regarding the possibility of amending the capital city’s licensing laws and to measure interest in building a major casino complex...
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Nevada is easily recognizable due to many factors including the beautiful Chandelier bar. The crystallized centerpiece of the bar is a focal point and the first feature that visit...
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians held a grand opening ceremony on Monday but it wasn’t for its new $400 million Four Winds South Bend casino. Both the grand opening and flag-raising ceremonies were held t...
In Indiana, gamblers at the Ameristar East Chicago will reportedly soon be able to enjoy high-limit games on dry land after operator Pinnacle Entertainment Incorporated received official approval to relocate al...
It appears as though the fate of the proposed Red Water Casino in Leake County has been decided as a vast majority of members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians voted against the $25 million project.
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It’s been about five years in the making for the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe who on Tuesday, Nov. 14 broke ground on a new gaming facility in southern California. The Tribal Council approved term sheets for financi...