The state’s already tense gambling debate erupted into a political brawl yesterday, as casino proponents charged that House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi is orchestrating a defeat of the governor’s casino legislation even before a legislative committee publicly airs the pros and cons next week. Furious political maneuvering spilled into the open, sparking heated exchanges through the halls of the State House.
For the second time in the last six months, a popular online poker site has been charged with allegations of unfair play. According to a press release issued by UltimateBet, one of the 10 largest online poker rooms, the site was alerted to suspicions of a player exhibiting "abnormally high winnings statistics" and "having an unfair advantage during play."
A USD 600 million resort and casino in Southwest Ohio that developers hope Ohio residents will vote for this fall would be 185,806 sqm and include a 1,500-room, 20-story hotel. Partners for MyOhioNow.com, the group that hopes to develop the project, revealed an architectural design from their offices here on Wednesday. The casino would be built on Ohio 73 at Interstate 71 between Harveysburg and Wilmington, but the project first must be approved by Ohio voters.
A USD 600 million resort and casino in Southwest Ohio that developers hope Ohio residents will vote for this fall would be 185,806 sqm and include a 1,500-room, 20-story hotel. Partners for MyOhioNow.com, the group that hopes to develop the project, revealed an architectural design from their offices here on Wednesday. The casino would be built on Ohio 73 at Interstate 71 between Harveysburg and Wilmington, but the project first must be approved by Ohio voters.
Hoosier Park is pushing ahead with construction of the pari-mutuel horse track’s casino, which is set to open in June. General manager Jim Brown told the Indiana Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday that the Anderson track’s operations are in full swing for the opening. Brown said management staff has been hired and more than 3,000 applications are on file for employment.
Wild Rose Entertainment LLC operates two small casinos in Iowa and last year became the Kansas City suburb’s preferred developer for a gambling complex on nearly 300 city-owned acres next to La Benite Park. After signing a development agreement with the city, Wild Rose last fall submitted a formal request for a license to the Missouri Gaming Commission, which voted 5-0 last month to seek other interested applicants for the area a few miles east of Harrah’s and Ameristar.
Taiwan's presidential campaign has revived discussion about legalizing casinos on the island, which is good news for Larry Woolf and his Las Vegas-based Navegante casino management team. Woolf, a longtime Las Vegas gaming executive, spent the past three years piecing together a 27-acre beachfront parcel on Taiwan's island of Penghu for a potential hotel, casino and resort development. His patience may be close to paying off.
San Juan (AP) - U.S. casino operator Harrah's Entertainment Inc. has announced that it has pulled out of a six-hotel resort proposal in the Bahamas worth more than USD 2 billion because it has taken too long to organize. Harrah's had agreed to team up with developer Baha Mar Resorts Ltd. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT) to create the mega-resort along Nassau's famed Cable Beach.
Las Vegas (AP) -- A major policy change this year by the Department of Interior will slow the growth of the multibillion-dollar Indian casino industry, which has gained controversy for developments in communities far from reservation land. The change, made in a series of letters and a memo issued in early January, essentially rejected 22 applications for new off-reservation casinos, by hinging their approval on a single criterion: the distance from the reservation.
Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) has signed an agreement with Clark Development Corp. (CDC) for the establishment of a world-class casino and other tourism-related projects along the commercial district of the Clark Freeport. There are now 34 tourism-related projects all costing us$ 197.1 million in Clark with a total committed investment amounting to [[USD]] 12 billion and are expected to employ 19,228 workers for the next five years.
An offshore casino with ’no-limits’ tables, touted as the biggest in South Asia, will open in Goa next month. Aboard a specially commissioned 70-metre long Panamenian vessel, costing USD 25 million, it will be operated by Creative Gaming Solution, a subsidiary of Mumbai-based Pan India Network Infravest Pvt Ltd (Pinipl), the promoter of the Playwin lottery. "It will be the biggest offshore casino and will be an added appeal for tourists to visit Goa,” Pinipl managing director Amar Sinha told IANS.
Es gibt eine Delle in der Erfolgskurve der Casinos in Las Vegas. Nach Angaben der Glücksspielkontrollbehörde des Staates Nevada ging der Ertrag der Casinobetreiber im Januar um 1,3 Prozent im Vergleich zum Vorjahr zurück. Diese Zahlen dokumentieren den ersten Einkommensrückgang seit sieben Jahren. Im gesamten Bundesstaat Nevada (u. a. mit den Casinohochburgen Reno und Lake Tahoe) fiel das Ergebnis sogar um fünf Prozent und blieb mit 1,06 Milliarden Dollar gerade so über der Milliardenmarke.
