30th April
Atlantic City Yahoo/Business
Wire & Reuters
Trump
Hotels & Casino Resorts Reports 2004 First Quarter Results
Trump
Hotels first-quarter loss doubles
29th April
Detroit Detroit News
Windsor
Casino, union reach tentative deal
29th April
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun/AP - Adam Goldman
Aladdin
handover to new owners could be delayed
28th April
Atlantic City Herald-Tribune/AP
Boxing
promoter Don King bows out of New Jersey but avoids five-year ban
28th April
Las Vegas Yahoo/PRNewswire
Ameristar
Reports Record Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2004
Correction
-- Ameristar Casinos, Inc.
28th April
Biloxi, Mississippi
Yahoo/PRNewswire & Chicago Business
Isle
of Capri Casinos, Inc. Lowers Fourth Quarter Earnings Estimate
Isle
of Capri issues profit warning - Casino vying for Rosemont project cites
higher costs
28th April
Las Vegas Yahoo/Business
Wire
Martin
Deknijff Wins $2.7 Million in WORLD POKER TOUR Championship, Largest First
Prize Ever Paid in Tournament Poker
The grand final of the WPT at the
Bellagio attracted a total of 342 players and had a prize pool of $8,342,000.
27th April
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun - Jeff Simpson
Next
DI implosion planned - Tower to come down by Halloween
27th April
Mississippi & Arizona
PRNewswire
Mississippi
Approves Atronic to Ticket Players
27th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
Venetian
breaks LV profit record
Sands Macau is scheduled to open
in May with 319 table games and 600 slots.
27th April
Alton, Illinois
PRNewswire
Argosy
Gaming Company Reports First Quarter 2004 Earnings
27th April
Indiana
USA Today/AP
Trump
details proposed casino plans for Indiana
27th April
Minnesota
TwinCities.com/Pioneer Press
Two
Minnesota groups unite against casinos
27th April
Missouri
Kansas City Star/AP
Businessman
with casino interests in four states dead at 69
26th April
Carson City, Nevada
Las Vegas Sun
Regulators
concerned about betting kiosks
The kiosks are from San Diego based
VirtGame and at the moment are just for Sports betting.
Quite a chunky device: www.lasvegassun.com/from.ed/2004/apr/26/photos/P000064442.jpg
26th April
Indiana
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Trump
Announces Proposed Casino Plans For Orange County Indiana
Trump
Casino Orange County Project Fact Sheet
26th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
Profit
improves for Icahn's Vegas casinos
26th April
Detroit & Windsor, Ontario
Detroit Free Press
Unions
hold rally to support striking casino workers in Windsor
Up
to 3,000 stage rally near Casino Windsor
The strike at Casino Windsor in
Ontario is now entering it's 4th week.
25th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Wynn
showroom a splashy spectacle
25th April
Indiana
The Courier-Journal
Stars
join gambling license bid - Zoeller, Bird on opposite teams seeking
casino
24th April
Winnepeg, Manitoba
CBC Manitoba
Gov't
considers allowing French in casinos
24th April
Windsor, Ontario
Detroit Free Press
Windsor
casino talks resume - In strike's 3rd week, both sides far apart; Detroit
gets business
24th April
Manhatten, New York
The Independent
Bob
Guccione: Porn free
The Independent has a rare and detailed
interview with the 73 year old Penthouse founder. Brief mention of the
failed plan to develop a casino in Atlantic City.
24th April
Oklahoma
Belleville.com/AP
Manager
of closed Kansas casino refuses to waive extradition
23rd April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
Poker
takes center stage at revamped Binion's
The 5 week long WSOP has began with
the traditional casino employees tornament. Website: www.harrahs.com/wsop/index.html.
The grand final of the World Poker Tour is also being played this evening
at the Bellagio. Website: www.worldpokertour.com
23rd April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
Judge
rejects claim for 'cirque' name
Cirque
expresses regrets over gymnast's treatment
23rd April
Reno
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Gaming Wire
Strong
sales revenue and margins stoke strong quarter for slot giant IGT
23rd April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Gaming Wire
Analysts
hail Caesars - Travel demand drives casino company earnings up 93 percent
23rd April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Hard
Rock to pay fine for risqué ads - Gaming Control Board said drug
and cheating references harmed state's image
23rd April
Indiana
Indianapolis Star/AP
Ruling
could cost casinos millions
23rd April
Anchorage, Alaska
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce/AP
Alaska
considers Anchorage casino
23rd April
Las Vegas
Yahoo/Reuters & Las Vegas Review-Journal - Gaming Wire
Boyd
Gaming takes tax charge, Borgata to expand
Boyd
profits down during first quarter - Sam's Town, Borgata report record cash
flow
22nd April
Reno
Las Vegas Sun
IGT
net improves on growth in slot sales
22nd April
Las Vegas & Carson City
Las Vegas Sun
Casino
to pay $300,000 fine - Edgy ads prompted Gaming Board complaint
22nd April
Las Vegas & Reno
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Boyd
Gaming Reports First Quarter Results - Borgata's $40 Million First Quarter
EBITDA Best in Atlantic City
22nd April
Las Vegas & Reno
Yahoo/PRNewswire
IGT/Acres
Gaming to Provide Advanced Patron Loyalty System for Wynn Las Vegas
22nd April
Las Vegas
Yahoo/Business Wire & Reuters
Caesars
Reports Record Financial Results for First Quarter of 2004
Caesars
Income Up 93 Percent - Jackpot
22nd April
Reno, Nevada
Yahoo/PRNewswire
International
Game Technology Reports Record Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2004 Results
Amazing quarterly statistics form
the world's largest slot machine manufacturer. Domestic sales of 27,200
up 37% and International sales of 18,200 up 22%.
22nd April
Las Vegas
Yahoo/PRNewswire
New
Red Rock Station to Feature 80% IGT EZ Play™ Slots and Video Machines
22nd April
Washington State
The Daily Herald
Head
of casino dealer school allegedly didn't have license
22nd April
Colorado
PRNewswire.com
Aristocrat
Technologies, Inc. Awarded Systems and Games Contract for Wild Horse Casino
in Cripple Creek, Colorado
22nd April
Las Vegas
Bloomberg News
Harrah's
Seeks to Build Several U.K. Casinos, Loveman Says
21st April
Tallahassee, Florida
MyTelus.com/AP
Baltimore
Ravens cornerback charged with running gambling house
21st April
Gaming Investments
CNN Money
The
house wins again
Detailing the quite amazing rise
in U.S. casino operator share prices during the last 12 months.
21st April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun/AP - Adam Goldman
MGM
Mirage reports record first quarter results
21st April
Phoenix, Arizona
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Aztar
Reports First-Quarter 2004 Results
21st April
Las Vegas
Yahoo/PRNewswire & Reuters
MGM
MIRAGE Reports Record First Quarter Results
MGM
Mirage Profit Doubles, Vegas Sizzles
21st April
Las Vegas
Yahoo/Reuters
Alliance
Gaming posts higher quarterly profit
21st April
Las Vegas
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Alliance
Gaming Reports Third Quarter EPS Up 33% to $0.24 From Continuing Operations
21st April
Las Vegas
Yahoo/PRNewswire & Reuters
Harrah's
Entertainment Reports 2004 First-Quarter Results
Harrah's
quarterly profit rises slightly
21st April
Las Vegas
Yahoo/Business Wire
Caesars
Announces Closing of New $2 Billion Senior Credit Facility
21st April
Las Vegas
Yahoo/PRNewswire - 20th April
Riviera
Reports Improved First Quarter 2004 Results
20th April
Minnesota
Duluth Superior/News Tribune
Caesars
renews push for casino near Mall of America
20th April
Las Vegas
Wired.com
Downtown
Vegas Sees Big Picture
A look at the present upgrades being
performed to the Fremont Street Experience's light show.
20th April
Las Vegas
Business Wire
Station
Casinos Announces Record First Quarter Results
20th April
Mississippi
Biloxi Sun-Herald
Casino
winnings released
19th April
Windsor, Ontario
Detroit Free Press
Brief
confrontation is only meeting in 17-day-old Casino Windsor strike
19th April
Tallahassee
The Ledger
Odds
Are Against Latest Gambling Bill
19th April
Reno
Las Vegas Review-Journal/AP
Man
jumps from casino garage
19th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
Competitors
critical of TV gambling stunt
19th April
New York
New York Post
Gaming
Co. bets on a "Poker" IPO - Lakes Gaming and the
WPT.
19th April
Colorado & Alberta, Canada
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Century
Casinos Announces Progress in Edmonton Casino Licensing Process
The planned Celebrations Casino
and Hotel will be a 600 slot, 30 table game operation with a 12-table poker
room.
17th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Harrah's
all in for first tourney - Company goal: Biggest, best World Series of
Poker ever
It's expected that more than 1,200
players will contest the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em final between the 22nd
and 28th May.
17th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Gaming
insiders unload stocks
17th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Gaming
Hall of Fame inductees named
16th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Gaming
insiders unload stocks - Representatives say no cause for alarm after large
amount of selling
16th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
Executive
stock grants cut into Mandalay estimate
16th April
Atlantic City
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Police
say A.C. roulette scam has taken unlucky turn for 4
Four Europeans have been arrested
for past posting on A.R at The Borgata in Atlantic City.
16th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun & LVR-J
Station
breaks ground on ambitious Red Rock resort
Construction
under way on Red Rock Station
16th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Review-Journal
A
busy day at Bellagio - Crowds bigger than normal as resort resumes its
routine
12th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
Golden
Nugget properties report profit increase
15th April
Las Vegas
Yahoo/Business Wire
Station
Casinos Breaks Ground on Red Rock Station
15th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
Jack
Binion, Don Rickles among honorees
Jack Binion, Don Rickles and former
MGM Grand Inc. Chairman and CEO Fred Benninger will be inducted into the
Gaming Hall of Fame on the 11th June at the Green Valley Ranch.
15th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun & LVRJ
Tourists
eager to re-enter popular Strip property
Bellagio
Reopens - After more than three days of being dark, Strip resort welcomes
guests
15th April
Sacramento, California
Reno Gazette-Journal
Casino
opponents line up against magazine publisher
15th April
Missouri
The Kansas City Channel
Missouri
Casinos Take In $123M In March
14th April
Las Vegas & Vancouver. B.C.
Yahoo/Business Wire
Mikohn's
TableLink/EndX Solution to Monitor All Casino Operations in British Columbia,
Canada
14th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
Details
on new Las Vegas Strip development unveiled
14th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
Bellagio
is back - Resort powering up after outage
14th April
Chicago
Chicago Sun Times
Gaming
board, gov agree on casino probe
14th April
Las Vegas
Yahoo/Reuters
Venetian
Casino owner mulls IPO this year
14th April
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Because
of error, two sets of lottery numbers are winners
13th April
Windsor, Ontario
The Windsor Star/Canada.com
Casino
at impasse - No sense beating a dead horse, management says
The strike at Casino Windsor has
entered it's 11th day and there are no further negotiations scheduled.
13th April
Niagara Falls
The Buffalo News
New
poker room will add jobs at casino
The Seneca Niagara Falls Casino
has recently added a high stakes Poker room. New dealers for the property
are being trained at the Niagara County Community College.
13th April
Nevada
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Visitor
volume increases 5.2 percent in February - Tourism on track to break records
13th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
Bellagio
plans to reopen Wednesday
13th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun - Jeff Simpson
Wynn
remains skeptical of British opportunities
13th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bellagio
workers lose out on pay - Wages lost to power outage should be restored,
union says
13th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Losses
for Bellagio mount - 'Unknown' electrical trauma keeps resort closed
13th April
Ottawa, Canada
Canada.com/Ottawa Citizen
Check
out Ottawa's own Playboy Bunny
One ex-london Playboy bunny's story.
Interesting stuff as well - especially about the tips!.
13th April
Las Vegas
San Francisco Chronicle/AP
The
Venetian hotel-casino agrees to sell mall for $766 million
12th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
Bellagio
blackout creates surreal scene - Cause unknown; power could be back on
Tuesday
Picture of a dark Bellagio: www.lasvegassun.com/from.ed/2004/apr/12/photos/P000064250.jpg
12th April
Las Vegas
San Francisco Chronicle/AP
Power
remains out at top Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino
Electrical power went off at the
Bellagio at 2am on Sunday. The casino has been closed and guests relocated
to other hotels.
12th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
Donald
Trump sells stake in Vegas company
11th April
Las Vegas
The Star Tribune/AP - Adam Goldman
Entrepreneurs
take a chance on pair of casinos
The Golden Nugget in downtown Las
Vegas now run by Travelscape founders Tim Poster and Tom Breitling.
11th April
Primm, Nevada
Las Vegas Review-Journal
NEVADAN
AT WORK: RENEE WEST, President and chief operating officer, Primm Valley
Resorts
10th April
Las Vegas & London
Las Vegas Review-Journal
NORM:
Gambler's big bet in jeopardy
Ashley Revell's $140,000 double-or-nothing
bet could be postponed after lawyers have raised legal concerns about Internet
betting on the event. Website: www.double-or-nothing.com
10th April
Detroit
Detroit News
Federal
judge OKs tribe's settlement with two Detroit casinos
9th April
Washington
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Reid
stops electronic gambling bill - Quorum request halts measure's passage
9th April
Florida
Fort Myers News-Press
14
arrested in gambling conspiracy - Officials say men sold illegal, bogus
sports betting info
9th April
Chicago
Chicago Daily Herald
Gaming
board explains its decision on casino license
8th April
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Sun
Gambling
expansion seen favoring U.K. incumbents
8th April
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Review-Journal
Casino
companies' reactions toward U.K. report mixed - Some gambling operators
argue panel's provisos would scuttle possible projects
8th April
Poker
MSNBC.com/Business Week Online
Poker's
growing stakes - Televised tourneys, high stakes create new wave of gamblers
8th April
Carson City, Nevada
Las Vegas Sun - Jeff Simpson
Impressive
gaming win reported in February
Nevada's 347 casinos won $876 million
in February, the third best monthly total in history and up 15.9% from
February 2003.
8th April
Laughlin & Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
Regulators
OK reopening of Laughlin casino
Castaways
deal paves way for reopening
7th April
Las Vegas Yahoo/Business
Wire
WORLD
POKER TOUR Championship Attracts - Poker's Aces to Season Finale
7th April
Reno Reno Gazette-Journal
Downtown
Reno's crumbling history
7th April
Detroit & Windsor, Ontario
Detroit News
Casinos
tout deals to lure Windsor bets - Detroit gaming halls take advantage of
Canada strike
7th April
Atlantic City
The Courier-Post
Harrah's
plans expansion of hotel-casino in Atlantic City
7th April
Televised Poker
Hollywood Reporter
Travel
Channel's poker gamble pays off big
6th April
Indiana USA
Today/AP
French
Lick casino backers worried by Trump's troubles
6th April
Ontario Detroit
Free Press
Casino
workers' strike enters 4th day - Sides aren't talking; Windsor facility
closed
6th April
Atlantic City
SanLuisOBispo.com/AP
J.
Lo's Mother Wins $2.4M at N.J. Casino
5th April
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Sun - Jeff Simpson
Wynn
to open with union - Developer says best workers will be attracted with
Culinary
5th April
Las Vegas Yahoo/PRNewswire
Mandalay
Resort Group Previews First-Quarter Earnings
5th April
Connecticut
The Norwich Bulletin
More
gamblers playing the slots - Casinos find slot machines more profitable
than table games
In 1984 Atlantic City had 1,165
table games and 16,183 slots in 11 casinos. There are now 1,383 tables
and 41,986 slots in 12 casinos.
5th April
Ontario The
Globe & Mail/AP
Casino
Windsor shut down for third day
4th April
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Review-Journal
Casino
workers recall friend, hero - Eureka bartender says longtime patron saved
his life
4th April
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit News
Windsor
gamblers roll Detroit's way amid strike - Work stoppage sends customers
across the bridge
Casino Windsor in Ontario closed
on the 2nd April ahead of a Auto Workers Union deadline on discussions.
Website: www.casinowindsor.com
4th April
Atlantic City
New York Post
Casino
$$ men thump Trump
3rd April
Ontario, Canada
The Buffalo News
Fallsview
Casino Resort adds new spin to gambling in style
The second Niagara Falls casino
on the Canadian side of the border will open 10th June with 150 tables
and 3,000 slots.
3rd April
Ontario, Canada
The National Post
Casino
Windsor closed temporarily before anticipated strike by 3,000 workers
3rd April
Las Vegas Reno
Gazette-Journal/AP - April 1st
Binion’s
Horseshoe reopens in downtown Vegas under Harrah’s ownership
2nd April
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Sun & Las Vegas Review-Journal
Casino
gunfire leaves two dead
Two
people killed in dispute at off-Strip casino
2nd April
Niagara Falls
Buffalo Business Journal
New
Niagara Falls, Ontario casino to open June 10
2nd April
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Sun - Jeff Simpson
Binion's
reopens to fanfare
"Binion's" has reopened after closing
on the 9th of January. Harrahs Entertainment are taking care of management
on behalf of owners MTR Gaming. The WSOP commences on the 22nd of April.
2nd April
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Sun - Jeff Simpson
Casinos
staying in as poker popularity grows
Revenue at the 30 table Bellagio
poker room is up more than 50% since last March, with more tables being
added before the end of the year.
2nd April
Gaming Investments
Yahoo/Reuters
S&P
revises Mikohn Gaming outlook to negative
2nd April
Indiana Post-Tribune
- Guest opinion
Casinos
come at a major expense to state, communities, residents
2nd April
Chicago Chicago
Business & Courier Online/AP
Casino
exec says bid wasn't rigged - Isle of Capri played by Madigan's rules
Casino
execs defend bid; gaming board staff had listed it last
2nd April
Las Vegas & Hawaii
San Francisco Chronicle/AP
Las
Vegas casino founder, arts patron dies
Andrew Tompkins founder of the Lady
Luck Corp. that was sold to Isle of Capri in 1999.
1st April
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Review-Journal
Downtown
Icon reopens: Binion's is Back!
1st April
Carson City, Nevada
Las Vegas Sun
Court
downplays skills of cheaters
1st April
Biloxi, Mississippi
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Isle
of Capri President Responds to Attorney General Madigan's Letter Regarding
10th Casino License in Illinois
1st April
Macau & Las Vegas
Xinhua News Agency/China View
Las
Vegas Sands to unveil theme casino in Macao
The Venetian Macao will be on the
southern side of the Macao Peninsula and will have a 120,000 sq. ft. gaming
floor.
1st April
Minneapolis
Yahoo/Business Wire
World
Poker Tour Events Continue Dramatic Growth
342 players signed up for a satellite
tournament at the Reno Hilton & total prize money was $1,633,700. Website:
www.worldpokertour.com
1st April
New York Daily
Telegraph
Trump
seeking $400m to keep casinos in game
1st April
Atlantic City
Casino City Times
Weinert
Joins Spectrum Gaming Group
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