Tropicana Entertainment LLC will be allowed to place Casino Aztar on the auction block again. A Delaware judge gave Tropicana Entertainment permission today to hold a new sale of Casino Aztar. In March, Tropicana had agreed to sell the casino to Eldorado Resorts LLC for as much as USD 245 million. The transaction was to take place once Eldorado, based in a Reno, Nev., obtained a license to run a casino in Indiana.

The parent company of Casino Aztar in Evansville is back in the news as speculation mounts about the future of two major properties owned by the financially troubled hotel and casino operator Columbia Sussex. Wednesday's edition of the Wall Street Journal carries a report on the questions surrounding the future of the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, purchased by Columbia Sussex in late 2006...

Evansville, Ind. - A majority of casino dealers and dual-rate dealers at Casino Aztar in Evansville, Ind., filed a petition today with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a union representation election. About 180 workers will be eligible to vote in the election. Casino Aztar workers presented their employer with a notice of the decision by a majority of casino dealers to form their own union in Evansville today.

Atlantic City - Tropicana Casino and Resort's new owner indicated Wednesday that it has completed most of its layoffs after making deep cuts that jolted the property over the last four months. Tropicana's work force has fallen from 4,507 employees on Jan. 2 to 3,818 as of May 1, a 15 percent decline, according to figures compiled by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.