30th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
Aladdin's
allure up - Lawyer: Casino's list of prospects growing
The list of potential buyers
for the Las Vegas Strip property now in Chapter 11 bankruptcy appears to
be increasing.
30th
April Mississippi
Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP
Amusement
game fued moves to federal court
The Mississippi Supreme
Court ruled in September 2001 that amusement machines dispensing something
of value upon the insertion of a coin are in fact illegal slot machines.
30th
April Las Vegas
& Japan Source: Las Vegas Sun
Wynn
partner cleared of tax claim
29th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Harrah's
says hard to bar gangs even after melee
29th
April Laughlin
Source: CBS News.com & Guardian Unlimited/AP
Sorting
Out Details Of Casino Chaos
Biker
Rally Roars On Despite Deaths
Police have the benefit
of casino surveillance tapes to determine exactly what happened.
28th
April Laughlin
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
Laughlin
event turns deadly - Hells Angels, Mongols clash inside casino
28th
April New York
Source: New York Post
Alleged
Rapist Has 135G In Casino Chips
The 27 $5,000 chips were
from the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. See the earlier story from the 25th
April.
28th
April US
Source: Los Angeles Times/AP
Casino
Shootings Nationwide Since '95
28th
April Colorado
Source: Voice of America
Cripple
Creek: A Gamble Pays Off
A look at the history of
Cripple Creek, from the discovery of gold in 1890 to the legalisation of
casino gaming in the 1990's.
28th
April Nevada
Source: NJ.com/AP
Nevada
archivist says three deaths in casino shooting unprecedented
28th
April Laughlin,
Nevada Source: CNN.com
Hundreds
questioned in Nevada casino deaths
The shootings occured at
the Mexican themed Harrah's Laughlin Casino and Hotel that opened in 1988.
27th
April Laughlin,
Nevada Source: Yahoo/AP, Reuters
& AFP
Casino
fight between motorcycle gangs leaves three dead, at least 12 wounded
Motorcycle
Gangs Clash in Nevada Casino, Four Dead
Three
dead, 14 wounded in "wild west" casino shooting in Nevada
Yahoo
Photos "Casinos" - a selection of pictures
from Laughlin that is normaly a quiet vacation spot for retirees.
Website: http://www.harrahs.com/our_casinos/lau/
27th
April Detroit
Source: Northern Light/PRNewswire
Barden
Announces Deal With Lac Vieux Tribe
26th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Complaint
filed against Bellagio
26th
April Illinois
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Horseshoe
Gaming Holding Corp. Reports First Quarter 2002 Earnings
26th
April New Jersey
Source: The Press of Atlantic City
CCC
bans ex-Trump workers who took bets
26th
April New Jersey
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Regulators
From Coast to Coast to Speak at Mid-Atlantic Gaming Congress
26th
April Atlantic
City Source: New York Post & Yahoo/Dow
Jones
Trump's
Casinos Biz
Trump
Hotels Chairman Donald Trump Got $1.5 Million Salary In 2001
The share price of Trump
Hotels and Casinos has risen to $3,32 from a 52 week low of 83 cents.
26th
April Rosemont,
Chicago Source: Las Vegas Sun
Gaming
board rejects offer
25th
April Atlantic
City Source: Newsday/AP
Bandits
steal $180,000 in casino chips
Few details are revealed
about an apparent theft at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City.
25th
April Las Vegas
Source: The Nando Times/UPI
THE
VEGAS GUY: What is Steve Wynn doing?
A very candid look at the
personalities driving the corporate development of casino gaming in Las
Vegas.
25th
April Las Vegas
Source: ABCNews
Leave
the Kids at Home - Sex and Sin Make a Comeback in Las Vegas
After trying to attract
families in the early and mid-nineties Las Vegas operators have re-discovered
that adult themed attractions have a more positive effect on the bottom
line.
25th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Global
Cash Access Blocks Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Cards Through Its
Casino Cash Access Network
25th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Vegashotspots.com
Announces Top Las Vegans of the 20th Century - ''Who's Who'' List Honors
VIPs Who Helped Build Las Vegas
25th
April New Jersey
Source: Yahoo/Reuters Business News
New
Frontier owner plans $750 mln hotel-casino venture
Located adjacent to Steve
Wynn's Le Reve project. Phil Ruffin intends bringing in Donald Trump as
a partner on a 600ft residential tower.
25th
April New Jersey
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Trump
Hotels & Casino Resorts Announces Best Ever First Quarter EBITDA
24th
April Reno &
California Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
IGT
Announces California's Largest Slot Jackpot Won At Mono Wind Casino
24th
April US Quarterly
results Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire & Business
Wire
Ameristar
Reports Record Financial Performance for the First Quarter of 2002
Sun
International Announces 2002 First Quarter Results
Resorts
Atlantic City Reports 61% Increase In First Quarter EBITDA
Hard
Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas Reports First Quarter Results
Aztar
Reports Record First-Quarter Results, EPS of 35 Cents
23rd
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun & LVRJ
Wynn
exploring IPO, sources say
Wynn
to take development public - Developer hopes IPO will raise $200 million
23rd
April California
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Gamecraft
Announces First Sale of Heads Up Poker Chumash Casino World's First With
Innovative ''Intelligent Game'' Technology
23rd
April US Quarterly
results Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire & Business
Wire
Argosy
Gaming Company Reports Record First Quarter Earnings
Penn
National Gaming Reports Record First Quarter Revenue
Hollywood
Casino Corporation Announces Record Operating Results for 2002 First Quarter
23rd
April Reno
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
International
Game Technology Reports Financial Results For the Second Quarter and First
Six Months of Fiscal Year 2002
23rd
April Las Vegas
Source: Washington Post
Vegas's
Next High Roller: a Monorail - Western Cities Look at Mass Transit as Road
Gridlock Worsens
The population of Las Vegas
is thought to be 1.5 million - having doubled in the last 10 years.
23rd
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Mandalay
Resort Group to Report Record Quarterly Results
23rd
April Detroit
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
MGM
MIRAGE Announces Amended Development Agreement in Detroit
Mayor
Kilpatrick Delivers Casino Agreements to City Council
23rd
April Mississippi
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Lewis-Tyson
Tickets to Go on Sale April 24; Tunica, MS Casinos to Host Boxers' Camps
22nd
April California
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Casino
Pauma Selected as Pilot Site for QuikPlay ATM - QuikPlay ATM Accepts Debit
Cards and Issues Funds to Slot Machines
22nd
April Hawaii
Source: Hawaii Star Bulletin - Opinion
Casino
developers ready to ante up millions of bucks
22nd
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire & PRNewswire
Park
Place Reports Financial Results for First Quarter of 2002
Scientific
Games Reports First Quarter 2002 Results
Riviera
Reports First Quarter 2002 Results
22nd
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Executives
file to sell $26 million in stock - Station Casinos
22nd
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP
LV
casino host spoils his big-time losers
An AP article looking behind
the scenes at the work of Las Vegas casino hosts and the lifestyles of
their high rolling customers.
21st
April Las Vegas
Source: SunSpot.net/New York Daily News
Seeking
action, athletes flocking to Vegas casinos
21st
April Las Vegas
& Detroit Source: Reno Gazette
Journal/AP
Detroiter
builds out-of-state casino empire
20th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
Shuffle
up and deal - Binion's World Series of Poker draws amateurs, professionals
to world's richest tournament
The 2002 World Series of
Poker began April 19th and will conclude on May 24th. The winner of the
$10,000 no-limit Hold'em tournament with a first prize of at least $1.5
million will be declared the new World Champion.
Website: http://www.binions.com/worldseries.asp
20th
April New Orleans
Source: Yahoo/WDSU
Masked
Men Rob Chef Menteur Casino
19th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Binion's
owner denies casino in financial straits - But sports book landlord suing
for unpaid rent
Binion's Horseshoe is owned
by Becky Binion Behnen who is the daughter of founder Benny Binion.
19th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Wynn
had talks with Binion
The Las Vegas Sun reports
on talks that have been held between Steve Wynn, who has Le Reve and Macau
casinos on the drawing board and old friend Jack Binion owner of Horseshoe
Gaming.
19th
April Las Vegas
& Carson City Source: Las Vegas
Sun
New
Four Queens owner hopes to boost downtown
19th
April Las Vegas
Source: Reno Gazette Journal
Vegas
casino hosts offer high rollers private jets, lavish suites
A look at the work of casino
hosts and how they take care their employers best players.
18th
& 19th April
New Orleans Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
& Business Wire
Casino
Owner, JCC Holding Company Files Suit Against Harrah's
Harrah's
Entertainment Responds To 'Frivolous' JCC Holding Lawsuit
JCC
Holding Company's Response to Harrah's Press Release
19th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Boyd
Gaming Reports Record First Quarter Results
18th
April
Las Vegas Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Gaming
Veterans to Launch New International Gaming Trade Publication, Global Gaming
Business Magazine
Roger Gros and Paul Dworin
are teaming up to bring a new twice monthly magazine to the market.
The first issue being scheduled for mid June.
18th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Mikohn
Gaming Awarded Multiple Contracts for its MoneyTime Slot Bonusing System
18th
April Ontario
& British Columbia, Canada Source:
Northern Light/CCN Newswire
Clairvest
Partner Gateway Casinos To Acquire Lake City Gaming
17th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Las
Vegas casino resort business is picking up. But Harrah's, MGM MIRAGE results
reflect local slowdown
17th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
MGM
MIRAGE Reports First Quarter Results
Revenues were down 4% to
$1.02 billion. The Las Vegas properties of the Bellagio, MGM Grand, The
Mirage, Treasure Island, New York - New York and the Boardwalk contributing
$719.4 million of the total.
17th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Harrah's
Entertainment, Inc. Reports Record First-Quarter Revenues, EBITDA
Harrah's is the most geographicaly
diversified of the big 4 US gaming companies. Total 1st quarter revenues
were $983.7 million up 13.4% over 2001.
17th
April Las Vegas
& Phoenix, Arizona Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Aztar
Launches $225 Million Atlantic City Tropicana Expansion
17th
April The Big
Game Source: CNN.com
The
winning Big Game numbers are...$325 million jackpot up for grabs
The Big Game pools money
from tickets sold in Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
New Jersey and Virginia. The winning numbers were 26, 27, 25, 7, 10 and
the "big money ball" was 23 - all Tierre & Voisons!
17th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Buyout
of World Gaming Congress complete
16th
April The Big
Game Source: Bergen.com/AP
Wizards
of odds can't deter Big Game dreams
Apparently you are more
likely to be killed in a car accident driving to buy your tickets than
winning the Jackpot!.
16th
April Detroit
Source: Detroit News
Three
casinos break bank with revenues - MotorCity, MGM Grand, Greektown rake
in $102.4 million for March
Win in March was $37.3,
$35.8 & $29.3 million respectively. The MGM Grand was the first casino
in Detroit opening in June 1999.
16th
April Gaming
Investments Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Merger
Talk: Casinos wary of rolling dice on big deals
16th
April Chicago
Source: Yahoo/Chicago Tribune
Ex-gaming
official fights rules he helped write
16th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire & PRNewswire
Harrah's
Entertainment, Alliance Gaming Complete Slot Data System Conversion
Alliance
Gaming, Harrah's Entertainment Team Up on Record Systems Conversion; All
25 Harrah's Properties Now Run SDS®
16th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Station
Casinos Announces First Quarter EPS of $0.21 Prior to Non-Recurring Items
16th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
New
Fitzgerald's owner looking at expansion
15th
April Washington
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
AGA,
Reed Exhibitions Finalize Acquisition Of World Gaming Congress Trade Show
Assets
15th
April Detroit
Source: Detroit News - Opinion
Somehow,
city's three casinos ended up with all Detroit's luck
15th
April Memphis,
Tennessee Source: Memphis Business Journal
Casinos
see title fight as big payday
Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson
are scheduled to fight June 8th at The Pyramid in Memphis. The two fighters
apparently sharing a purse of $35 million.
14th
April Washington
State Source: The Olympian
Casinos,
card rooms vie for dollars
14th
April US
Source: The Press of Atlantic City - Joe Weinert & Yahoo/Reuters
National
gaming expansion wave ebbs
Gaming
Expansion Fizzles in States
13th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
Sources
say bid near for Aladdin - Joint offer possible for bankrupt resort
13th
April Las Vegas
& France Source: Las Vegas Sun
Casino
suppliers merging
A merger deal between Las
Vegas based casino equipment supplier Paul-Son Gaming and Etablissements
Bourgogne et Grasset was announced on the 12th of April.
13th
April Kansas
City, Missouri Source: Kansas City
Business Journal
March
revenue rises in three of four area casinos
13th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Pinnacle
won't rule out buyout of Aladdin
13th
April US
Source: Yahoo/Forbes.com
Casino
Junkies
An interesting tour through
the history of gambling in the United States. Tax revenues from gambling
are now worth more than either Tobacco or Alcohol.
13th
April Atlantic
City Source: Las Vegas Sun
One
killed, several injured in crash at Harrah's AC
12th
April Las Vegas
& Beaune, France Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Paul-Son
Gaming Corporation, Bourgogne et Grasset and The Bud Jones Company to Combine
Paul-Son
Gaming Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months Results
12th
April US - Cashless/Coinless
Gaming Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
LaserLock
Signs Agreement With Translucent Technologies for SLOT TICKETS
12th
April New York
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Gambling
interests converge on N.Y. to hear growth plans
A report from Tuesday's
New York Gaming Summit that drew an attendance of 336 registered participants.
12th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Alliance
posts strong numbers for quarter
11th
April Atlanta,
Georgia Source: Atlanta Journal
$200
million jackpot? I can't lose!
Odds of winning the Big
Game jackpot are 1 in 76 Million with the chance of even getting a small
payout at 1 in 31.
11th
April New York
Source: CTNow.com
Little
Opposition To More N.Y. Casinos
11th
April US
Source: Yahoo/Dow Jones
Gamblers
Flock To Casinos Outside Of Las Vegas During 1st Quarter
11th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Alliance
Gaming Reports Record Quarterly Results; Increases Fiscal 2002 Guidance;
Provides First Guidance for Fiscal 2003
11th
April California
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Vision
Gaming Technology, Inc., 'Home of the Pot-O-Gold,' and K.P. Gaming Supplies
Inc. Unite in California
10th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Phoenix
Leisure Receives $2 Million in Interim Financing From Jack Binion
10th
April Washington
Source: Northern Light/AP
Gov't
Credit Cards Used at Casino
10th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Aladdin
Bankruptcy: Power plant may short-circuit sale - Service claim could delay
casino's plans
10th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Harrah's
Entertainment Ranks First in Five Major Categories on Fortune Magazine's
List of Top Hotel, Casino and Resort Companies
10th
April Nevada
Source: Reno Gazette Journal/AP
Nevada
casino win up in February - finally
Highlights
of February win report on Nevada casinos
Slots win was up 5.3% and
table games 13.2% for the month.
9th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Experts
debate Le Reve delay - Bush claims Wynn project on hold due to lack of
insurance
9th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Gaming
revenue improves
Nevada casino win was up
7.7% in February compared with 2001. The Superbowl and the Chinese New
Year perhaps accounting for the first increase in results since September
11th.
9th
April Las Vegas
Source: Northern Light/Business Wire
Las
Vegas Strip to Become Home for the "World's Tallest Ferris Wheel''
9th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal & Las Vegas Sun
Dealers
decertify union - New vote ends group's presence at Stratosphere
Dealers
vote to decertify
Just one year after voting
for the Transport Workers Union of America to represent them, dealers have
now voted to terminate the agreement.
9th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
GV
casino added to lawsuit
The dispute revolves around
the "Boarding Pass" programme run by Station Casinos and the "Total Rewards"
slot club programme employed by Harrah's.
9th
April Scotsdale,
Arizona Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Atronic
Americas Exhibits at Canadian Gaming Summit
9th
April British
Columbia Source: Northern Light/Market News Publishing
Great
Canadian Gaming Corporation - Province For Breach Of Agreements
9th
April Windsor,
Ontario Source: Northern Light/Canada NewsWire
CDN$1.8
million jackpot hits at Casino Windsor
8th
April Detroit
Source: The Detroit News
Report
gambling wins to IRS
7th
April New Jersey
Source: Miami Herald/Knight Ridder
Nickel
slots make casino comeback as wagers rise
7th
April Arizona
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Atronic
Americas LLC Signs Licensing Agreement with Coinless Systems Inc. For Patented
'Scan After Print'™ Technology
7th
April Mississippi
Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP - 5th April
New
gaming chief assumes hot seat
The Mississippi Gaming Commission
has around 125 staff and a 2003 budget of $9.6 million to watch over the
states 30 regulated casinos.
5th
April Atlantic
City Source: The Press of Atlantic City - Joe Weinert
Casinos
post best March win ever
Win for the month from the
12 casinos was $389 million. Slot win was $288.5 million and table games
$99.4 million - a percentage split of 74/26.
5th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
World
Series of Poker set to begin
The historic event now in
its 33rd year is expected to draw between 750 to 800 players from around
the world. Last years prize money was $6.13 million. Website: www.binions.com/wsop/main.html
5th
April Carson
City, Nevada Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
New
betting salon rules attracting little interest - Control Board official
is unsure why applications so few
Casinos are now allowed
to open private gambling areas to clients with a credit line of $500,000
or higher. Betting minimums will be $5000. Surprisingly just the MGM Grand
has made an application.
5th
April Kansas
& Nebraska Source: Las Vegas Sun
Two
states reject expansion of gambling
5th
April US Lotteries
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Big
Game Adjusts Jackpot Upward to $117 Million; Heavy Sales Push Jackpot Higher
The Big Game is played in
7 states - Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey
and Virginia. New York and Ohio could also be joining. Website: www.theofficialbiggame.com
4th
April Carson
City & Las Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review
Journal
Alaskan
undesirables stump gaming regulators
Miami
Beach-themed casino plan OK'd
4th
April Rosemont,
Chicago Source: The Chicago Tribune
Top
casino backer seeks 'fair return' - Flynn says family has $40 million in
stalled project
4th
April Saskatchewan,
Canada Source: The Saskatoon/Canada.com
Opposition
calls for stop to casino talks with FSIN
Opposition
raising concerns about gaming agreement
4th
April Las Vegas
& California Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Aristocrat
Awarded Contract to Install Oasis At Jackson Rancheria Casino Hotel
4th
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Global
Cash Access Installs QuikCash Plus Web in 42 Casinos - Another 34 Installations
Pending
4th
April Los Angeles
Source: Yahoo/AP
Ray
Charles Backs Blind Slot Machines
The 71 year old singer who
has been blind since the age of 5 is featured on two models from Bally
Gaming - America the Beautiful & What'd I Pay. Photo
link from Yahoo/AP
Alliance
gaming hits the jackpot with the genius of Ray Charles
4th
April Gaming
Investments Source: Las Vegas Sun
IGT
stock tumbles on downgrade
4th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Nevada
regulators endorse new Four Queens owner
4th
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
Godfather
Of All Buildings? - Mayor promotes 'mob museum' for old post office
3rd
April Detroit
Source: Yahoo/ClickonDetroit.com
Men
Allegedly Cheat Greektown Casino
3rd
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Coinless
Systems Inc. Signs Licensing Agreement With Sigma Game Inc.
3rd
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Acres
Gaming Announces Issuance of Additional Patents Covering Bonusing Technology
2nd
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
MGM
MIRAGE Launches Players Club, The Company's Casino Player Loyalty Program
The system offers real time
player tacking for both table games and slots. It will be installed at
6 of the companies Las Vegas casinos plus MGM Detroit & Beau Rivage
Mississippi.
2nd
April Atlantic
City Source: Newsday.com/AP
MGM
halts planning on N.J. casino project to review tax
2nd
April US
Source: FT Global Archive/PRNewswire
Las
Vegas, Riverboat Markets Shine Brightly in Casino Executive Satisfaction
Survey, According to Gaming Industry Observer and Bristol Associates
2nd
April Kentucky
Source: Yahoo/AP
Kentucky
Slot Machine Bill Dies
2nd
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
Filing
shows Venetian parent considering reworking debt
2nd
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Jackpot
climbs: Players line up as Megabucks hits $17 mil.
The biggest ever jackpot
on the IGT Megabucks system was $34.9 million won on the 26th of January
2000 by Coctail waitress Cynthia Jay-Brennan.
2nd
April New York
& Las Vegas Source: Yahoo/Dow Jones
Newswires
Appeals
Court Reinstates NYSE's Suit Versus Las Vegas Casino
The story is from the 1st
of April but one gets the impression the lawsuit is not a joke.
2nd
April Detroit
Source: Detroit News
Casinos
profit as Detroit bickers - Gaming houses cash in while mayor and council
debate plan
2nd
April Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Casino
publisher posts 2001 profit, looks at alternatives
1st
April Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Mikohn
Gaming Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2001 Financial Results
1st
April Mississippi
Source: Picayune Item
Ten
years in Tunica: Casinos change the fortunes of rural Mississippi
Casinos in Mississippi are
their 10th anniversary this year. The first to open was Splash casino onboard
a converted restuarant barge.
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