The USD 30 million re-branding of the former Resorts/Harrah’s riverboat as the Ameristar Casino Hotel in East Chicago, Indiana, is virtually complete. After three inaugural concerts scheduled over the past weekend, only a Starbucks remains to be built on the casino pavilion beside Lake Michigan. The renovation readies the boat to compete with the new Horseshoe casino opening next month in nearby Hammond...

Facing an idle construction scene and gaming board scrutiny of his financing, Detroit developer Don Barden last week surrendered a 75 percent interest in his Majestic Star casino project in Pittsburgh to Walton Street Capital Fund 6, an investment firm headed by Chicago billionaire Neil Bluhm, and a consortium of affiliated investors. In a hearing before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Barden outlined the equity deal...

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That seems to be the motto of Tropicana Entertainment LLC, which against all odds is trying to regain ownership of the Tropicana Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. The holding company, a subsidiary of Columbia Sussex Corp., lost control of the property in December when the Casino Control Commission deemed it unfit to run a gaming operation in New Jersey.

With the four decrees and the guidelines that came into force, the casino business will have to be submitted to new regulations, a situation that keeps the sector worried. The regulation promoted by the government authorities considers the application of a casino regulation that comprises the authorization, installation and operation of this type of business. The regulations also have the aim to discourage the investment in this type of business.

Atlantic City, New Jersey (AP) -- A nasty June swoon at the resort's 11 casinos could be evidence that Atlantic City is heading for a second straight down year in terms of revenue. The gambling halls took in [[USD]] 373.6 million in June, an 11 percent decrease over the same month a year ago. Only one of the 11 casinos saw revenues increase last month, and of the losers, eight posted double-digit declines.

Local council of Coyhaique, as it has been performed by CORE, approved the construction and operation of a casino in Coyhaique, before the Casino Superintendence. Both processes are necessary so SCJ may approve the investments interested in the construction of a casino. Both processes are necessary so finally SCJ may approve the investments interested in the construction of a casino, which also considers other versions of singular relevance for the council, pointed Mayor David Sandoval Plaza.

The Florida Supreme Court struck down the gaming compact signed by Governor Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe, throwing into question the table game operations the tribe opened at its casinos only a few weeks ago. The high court, ruling in a lawsuit brought by a state lawmaker, held that Crist overstepped his authority by authorizing the tribe to conduct banked table games including blackjack and baccarat, in addition to the Class III slots to which it was entitled.

Some employees of Detroit's three casinos think they can beat the system that's in place to protect their workplace against cheats and thieves. Juanita Marzette Smith of Oak Park, who worked in one of Greektown Casino's count rooms, was fired after she picked up USD 480 in cash from her table with a tissue she had just used to blow her nose, stuffing the cash in her pocket.

Novomatic Gaming Spain S.A., eine spanische Tochtergesellschaft der Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (AGI) hat ihre erste Novo Multi-Roulette™-Anlage in der autonomen spanischen Region Aragon erfolgreich installiert. Damit ist das Casino Zaragoza des galizischen Glücksspielunternehmens Grupo Comar ist nun Betreiber eines neuen Novo Multi-Roulette™.

Casino owners will undergo in-depth criminal and financial background checks before being granted a licence under new proposals revealed today. A new report recommended business dealings and tax history must also be scrutinised in a bid to combat money laundering in the gaming trade. The government appointed casino committee said that if gaming laws are updated...

Macau's casino industry is showing the first signs of slowing down after seven years of breakneck growth. Operators are reporting plunging profits. The stock values of some gaming companies have fallen, and one operator even had to lay off staff last week. Galaxy Entertainment, one of Macau's six gaming concessionaries, last week cut 270 jobs at two of its casinos, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.

The legal side of Casino Island has been prepared and the foundation was started on the 26th June of this year, Tallinn’s representative and principle Märt Sults told aripaev.ee today. Sults presented a sketch, from where it was seen that the plan is to create an entertainment and culture complex from three islands, each of which is shaped like a kidney. Each of the islands will have a clearly specified purpose.