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Whether Florida’s dog and horse tracks should be permitted to do away with live racing, which once were a draw for an exclusive and sometimes unsavory crowd, is the question that is currently the center of a di...
At 8:08pm tonight, after a two hour VIP party, the forty-year-old Fraser Downs Racetrack Casino will open to the public as Elements Casino after a nearly $11 million upgrade.
The lower slots floor opened to ...
“Illegal gambling is taking over this state,” was the warning issued on Tuesday on behalf of the Christian community by an interdenominational organization that lobbies the Alabama legislature.
The Alabama C...
Last week voters in Michigan’s Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in the Upper Peninsula began to decide whether to invest $40 million on casino projects.
Four tribal members must be elected, the same as every ye...
In a scant few days the deadline will pass for companies to show their interest in a single casino license to be issued in the southern or Greek region of the divided country of Cyprus.
The government of the...
It’s been an arduous journey for workers at Detroit, Michigan's three casinos, but on Sunday, after months of complicated negotiations, workers ratified a new five-year contract.
In an email from the preside...
With less than one month until the new legislative session, gambling expansion proponents and opponents in Georgia are already working towards defending their positions. It was just a few weeks ago that a study...
The McPhillips Station Casino in Winnipeg, Manitoba is the planned site of a $45 million redevelopment.
The renovation is the casino’s first face-lift since the facility was built in the 1990’s. Owned and op...
The Cabinet of Ministers has given its stamp of approval to the draft gaming law in the Ukraine, and is expected to be presented to the Verkhovna Rada for approval before the end of the year. The law legalizes ...
The silence has finally been broken between the state of Texas and its long-running dispute with the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, also known as the Tigua Tribe of El Paso.
Despite receiving approval from the Natio...
Construction of a new casino in the west valley is in the final stages, and for the most part Arizona voters are supportive of it.
The national polling firm of Moore Information Inc., conducted a survey of 5...
David Walsh, the owner of the Museum of Old and New Art, otherwise known as MONA, has revealed new details about the expansion proposal of the property. Located in the Hobart area of Tasmania, the plan will inc...
The long awaited unveiling of Elements Casino in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada is set to happen on Thursday, December 17. Visitors to the renovated Fraser Downs Racetrack and Casino can expect to find live e...
Grand opening festivities celebrating the completion of the SouthWind Casino’s phase II of its gaming facility in Braman, Oklahoma were kicked off on December 9.
The Kaw Nation’s casino, just south of the Ka...
The legal battle isn’t over in Iowa for the operator of the former Argosy Sioux City and the state.
The Iowa Supreme Court has been asked by the former Argosy Casino’s parent company, the Belle of Sioux City...