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After revealing its intention to purchase the Apex Casino near Edmonton, Alberta, in early-July, Century Casinos Incorporated has announced that it has now completed the $21.2 million deal to give it a fourth c...
After Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange sent joint letters to the Macon County sheriff, district attorney, and officials in Lowndes County on September 22 requesting their assi...
The Seminole Tribe Of Florida is in federal court this week arguing that it should be able to keep the sole right to offer “banked” card games such as blackjack at most of its casinos in the southern state.
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The Las Vegas Sands Corp is trying to recover $6.4 million in gambling debts from two VIP Chinese gamblers who blew millions in just a couple of days playing baccarat – a game that is very popular with Chinese ...
A study is already underway by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation to look into the possibility of selling over 40 productive assets in an effort to end a conflict of interest that is coming into pl...
After an annual stockholders’ meeting on Thursday, Sept 29, Kingson U. Sian, the president and chief operating officer of Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI) (AGI:PM) told reporters that by June of 2017, the compa...
MGM Resorts confirmed that it will open its MGM National Harbor casino in Prince George’s county, Maryland on December 8, 2016 and will become the 6th casino to open in Maryland. MGM which invested $1.4 billion...
September saw casinos in Macau post a better-than-expected 7.4% increase year-on-year in combined monthly gross gaming revenues due in part to the VIP segment likely reporting its first rise in takings in some ...
The office of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said on Monday that money from the Horseshoe Baltimore casino has helped 300 of the city’s residents find jobs, reports The Baltimore Sun.
Since it opened its doo...
In Australia, New South Wales Premier Mike Baird is being urged to re-think instituting a coming ban on greyhound racing amid warnings that the controversial prohibition could lead to the state’s ruling coaliti...
David Stern – the former NBA Commissioner was one of those individuals who was opposed to legalizing the sports betting industry in the United States and in 2012 stated that if sports betting was legalized it w...
Some of the most basic casino cheating scams such as grab-and-run thefts and chip pilfering can be the hardest to stop according to James Taylor, Special Investigations And Support Services Deputy Chief for the...
The North Jersey referendum to allow casinos outside of Atlantic City appears to be a failure after Jeff Gural and Paul Fireman decided in late September to withdraw their support of the ‘Our Turn NJ campaign’....
Docked and closed for business since 2008, the future of the Casino Rock Island riverboat could soon include new ownership and a repurposing as an excursion boat in New Orleans.
At daybreak on Friday, the fo...
In Oklahoma, the federally-recognized Chickasaw Nation has completed the remodeling of its Chisholm Trail Casino and the tribe is now celebrating its facility’s new look by holding a month-long series of specia...