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Update 11/11/2016 Rhode Island casino proposal becomes a reality
In Rhode Island, voters could discover as early as later today whether Twin River Management Group Incorporated has won approval to relocate t...
The Spokane Tribe sent in a casino proposal in 2006 to develop an off-reservation casino but had to wait for nine years to get approval from the U.S. Department of Interior. The tribe received permission in 201...
TEN Casino has recently announced the clearing of yet another obstacle that would bring the gambling venue closer to its projected 2017 opening. According to the official statement, the casino has hired new ex...
Three states had ballot measures asking voters whether or not they approved of expanded gambling in their states. All were dubbed, "Question 1". Arkansas voters earlier had their ballot measure stricken by the ...
November 9, 2016 -- Roseland, Meadowlands, USA
Ron Simoncini, Executive Director for The North Jersey Gaming Advocates, Inc. issued the following statement regarding voter rejection of Ballot Question #1, wh...
November 9, 2016 -- Newark, NJ
Today, Trenton's Bad Bet issued the following statements:
"We are glad to see the overwhelming support across New Jersey opposing casino expansion. We attribute our success ...
A casino, hotel and conference center have been proposed for construction on Great North Road, along the waterfront of the Parry Sound by the Shawanaga First Nation as well as nine additional First Nations in C...
The SYNOT Group has announced that they are continuing their efforts in casino operations in the Asian market by opening a second gaming venue in Vietnam. This time, the Czech-based group will be offering casin...
As negotiations to bring gambling to the Crimea region of Russia continue at pace, local officials in the southern city of Sochi have this week granted a first casino operating license to a company called LLC D...
It was announced in July that Station Casinos LLC was given approval to create a casino in the city of Reno. The gaming venue would be located across from the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, a piece of property ...
La Villa Mediterranean (pictured) will not become Marseille’s first ever casino as Mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin has acknowledged that the venue lacks the space for a proper gambling floor, according to a report on ...
For decades, efforts to expand gambling options have been unsuccessful in New Hampshire, despite that the number of casinos in the small New England state continues to grow as the Boston Billiard Club & Cas...
The Melco-Hard Rock Resorts Cyprus consortium recently announced that it had received approval from the government of the Republic of Cyprus to create a casino gaming venue. The Melco led consortium was initial...
A proposal to bring a casino to Rockaway Beach is unlikely to come to fruition, according to the mayor of the small resort town in southwest Missouri.
Mayor Don Smith told the Springfield News-Leader that th...
The Meadowlands Liberty Convention & Visitors Bureau (MLCVB) a proponent of expanding casinos into the northern part of New Jersey released information Friday afternoon pointing to a possibility that the od...