Maryland casino industry gains new competition, profit losses expected Sam Mitchell Latest Casino and Gambling NewsCasino openingsMarylandWashington June 17, 2015 0Maryland Live is the largest casino in Maryland, which accounts for the 76 percent casino revenue made in 2014. Horseshoe...
Thai reform group advocates legalizing casinos Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsGaming Law & LegislationCasino proposalsThailand June 16, 2015 1About a dozen members of Thailand’s National Reform Council (NRC) have signed on to an idea to legalize casinos in...
No full scale casinos for Paris; Gambling clubs without slots considered instead Lars Jones Gaming Law & LegislationPoker LawCasino proposalsFrance June 15, 2015 0The government of France may have ruled out the possibility of building full scale casinos in Paris. However a plan to...
Baha Mar focused on completing project; No opening date announced Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsGaming Industry NewsCasino project updatesBahamas June 14, 2015 3The $3.5 billion Baha Mar Caribbean resort and casino in Nassau, Bahamas was originally set to open in December 2014,...
Portuguese online gaming launches June 28–Estoril Sol dismayed Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsLicensingPortugal June 14, 2015 1Estoril Sol is owned by Portuguese operator Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau (STDM). The parent company saw their...
No help for struggling Delaware casinos Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsGaming Law & LegislationCasino NewsDelaware June 13, 2015 1Delaware lawmakers are taking no pity on three casinos in the state that say they are being cannibalized by out...
Little River Band to break ground on casino expansion Monday Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsCasino proposalsCasino expansion projectsNew HotelsMichigan June 13, 2015 0Although plans for a new $180 million casino near Muskegon, Michigan (pictured) are still in the approval process, the Little...
Tribal labor rulings headed to Supreme Court? Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsTribal GamingLabor RelationsFines, Lawsuits & LitigationMichigan June 11, 2015 0American Indian tribes have long contended that business conducted on tribal lands is sovereign and not subject to federal labor...
New Jersey regulators approve Carl Icahn’s ownership of the Trump Taj Mahal Renee Kingsley Latest Casino and Gambling NewsU.S.A.Casino NewsGaming Industry NewsMergers, Acquisitions & PartnershipsBankruptcyNew Jersey June 11, 2015 0Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort applied for bankruptcy in 2014 but was bailed out by billionaire Carl Icahn...
Democratic senators supportive of central New Jersey casino Sadonna Price Latest Casino and Gambling NewsGaming Law & LegislationCasino proposalsNew Jersey June 10, 2015 0On Monday, Senator Linda Greenstein of New Jersey, along with Senator Bob Smith and Christopher Bateman, introduced amendment SCR173, seeking...
Queensland Tourism Industry Council backs Great Keppel casino boutique license Renee Kingsley Latest Casino and Gambling NewsCasino proposalsAustraliaCasino NewsGaming Industry NewsCasino project updatesEconomy/FinanceLicensesOceania Casino News June 9, 2015 2Tower Holdings has already received approval from the Queensland, Australia government to build its $2 billion Great Keppel Island resort...
Wang Bo bribery case to be investigated by new fact-finding team Sadonna Price Latest Casino and Gambling NewsChinaFines, Lawsuits & Litigation June 9, 2015 0Wang Bo is a Chinese national who is allegedly involved in a bribery case involving officials from the Bureau of...
Steve Wynn meets with president of Kazakhstan Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsCasino NewsKazakhstan June 7, 2015 0Akorda.kz, the official site of the President of Kazakhstan, announced that on May 25th Wynn Resorts CEO Steven Wynn met...
9th Circuit court backs Big Lagoon Rancheria in gaming site dispute Renee Kingsley Latest Casino and Gambling NewsGaming Law & LegislationTribal GamingU.S.A.Casino proposalsCaliforniaFines, Lawsuits & Litigation June 5, 2015 6The state of California had earlier challenged a decision made by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1994 over forming...
Idaho Tribe asks Supreme Court to deny Governor’s veto Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsGaming Law & LegislationTribal GamingHorse RacingIdahoFines, Lawsuits & Litigation June 4, 2015 0The Coeur d’Alene Tribe of Idaho wants the state’s Supreme Court to enforce legislation passed overwhelmingly by both houses but...