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On Monday, Governor Jerry Brown announced that he and northeastern San Diego County’s Pala Band of Mission Indians have signed an updated state gaming compact.
The new compact supersedes the prior agreement ...
ClubsACT expressed their disappointment over the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government’s decision to award 200 pokie licenses to the Canberra casino which was purchased in 2015 by Hong Kong based firm A...
MGM China Holdings Ltd recently released its first quarter performance report which showed that the company had a twenty five percent drop in revenue. Although the drop in revenue is significant, it is neverthe...
The MGM Springfield Casino project is steadily moving along as contractors continue to demolish areas within the footprint of the project. Over the past few weeks, crews have worked to move the First Spirituali...
This June, the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati will be closing for a short time frame to complete the rebranding process to a Jack Entertainment property. Regulators of the state do not have an exact timeline in pl...
Plans by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) for an off-reservation casino in the Upper Peninsula won’t be reconsidered by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) because he wants the tribe to resubmit its appli...
The LINQ Hotel & Casino, located in the middle of the Strip in Las Vegas said Thursday that it has plans to add bunk bed rooms with “hip technology and chic décor” in May, to their current offerings.
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A special ceremony featuring a number of local dignitaries and politicians is being held on Monday to officially unveil the 150,000 sq ft expansion of the SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia.
First announced i...
A new casino has been in the works for some time just off the Strip, on the north end, known as the Lucky Dragon Casino. After raising additional financing, the backers of the venue are now reporting that the c...
Aquis Entertainment Limited bought the Canberra casino back in 2014 and the company’s chairman, Hong Kong billionaire Tony Fung, informed the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government in 2015 that the compa...
Best Sunshine International, traded as Imperial Pacific International LLC, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited (HKG: 1076), is attempting to secure $550 million to c...
Macau junket promoter Suncity Group has revealed that the first phase of the casino resort it is building in Vietnam in partnership with asset management firm VinaCapital Group and Gold Yield Enterprises will i...
After making little progress over the past year, Genting Group has revealed that full-scale construction on its giant Resorts World Las Vegas resort casino is expected to begin in earnest during the fourth quar...
George Carney is the owner of the Brockton Fairgrounds property, an area that could have been home to a resort casino with a price tag of $677 million. A bid to create a casino on the fairground property was re...
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) of Minnesota has broken ground on an expansion to its Mystic Lake Casino Hotel and revealed that it expects to complete construction by the end of next year.
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