31st
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Mikohn
Gaming shares plunge nearly 41%
31st
July Nevada
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Regulators
order Nevada companies to fix slots
31st
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
August
1st Edition of Global Gaming Business Covers Casinos from Mississippi to
Macau
31st
July New
Orleans & Las Vegas Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Harrah's
Entertainment to Acquire Remaining Ownership Interest in JCC Holding Company,
Owner of Harrah's New Orleans Casino
31st
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Wynn
to hit road to stump for planned stock offering
31st
July Detroit
Source: Yahoo/Reuters & Las Vegas Sun/AP
MGM
Mirage Signs Deal for New Casino Site
MGM
Grand picks new Detroit site
30th
July Detroit
Source: Detroit News
Casino
deal sweetened by $600 million - Kilpatrick plan now includes parks and
recreation updates
30th
July Las
Vegas Source: Northern Light/Business
Wire
Mikohn
Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter and First Half of 2002
30th
July Indiana
Source: Yahoo/Reuters Company News
Pinnacle
fined $2.26 mln for casino violations
As penalty for bringing
alleged prostitutes into the Beltera Casino during a golf tournament in
June 2001 the property must close for 3 days.
30th
July Reno
Source: Yahoo/Reuters Company News
IGT
to replace Nev. slot machines with chip glitch
The fault could prevent
a machine from seizing up if a jackpot is hit. IGT will be replacing chips
in some 10,000 slots over the coming months.
30th
July Indiana
Source: The Henderson Gleaner
Seven
casinos OK'd for dockside gambling, while three must wait
The Indiana Gaming Commission
has given the go ahead for dockside gaming to begin on Thursday. State
taxes are also being graduated upwards with the top rate being 35%.
30th
July Mississippi
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire & Boston.com/AP
Isle
Of Capri Casinos, Inc. Announces Agreement To Sell Tunica, Miss. Property
Isle
of Capri selling Tunica property to Boyd, closing casino
29th
July Mississippi
Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP
Biloxi
celebrates 10th year of casino gambling - Renovations fuel more growth
on Mississippi coast
29th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP
Las
Vegas judge sentences three men in casino cheating ring
The Asian gang are said
to have won millions at Baccarat by marking and crimping cards.
29th
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Park
Place Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter of 2002
29th
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Shuffle
Master Receives GLI Approval for Spider-Man and Hollywood
29th
July Buffalo,
New York Source: Buffalo News
With
area casinos delayed, few ante gambling-school tuition
Interesting look at dealer
training in New York State. A bundle of statistics on course costs and
expected salaries, should the Seneca Indian casinos ever open.
29th
July Colorado
Source: Denver Post
Colorado
casinos continue to defy the odds, luring summer gamblers
28th
July Mississippi
Source: Biloxi Sun Herald
Decade
of dockside - Good times are still rollin' at Coast casinos
Casino gambling in Mississippi
celebrates its 10th anniversary on Thursday. There are now 31 casinos that
employ some 33,000 with a payroll annually of almost $1 billion.
28th
July North
Carolina Source: Fayetteville
Online
Video
poker ban looks probable
North Carolina could follow
Georgia and South Carolina that have recently outlawed video poker machines.
28th
July New
Jersey Source: The Press of Atlantic
City - Joe Weinert
Hurley
ends precedent-setting career on CCC - Chairman retires as longest-serving
commissioner ever
28th
July Mississippi
Source: Biloxi Sun Herald
Biloxi
crimes rise over past decade - Casinos may not be to blame, law officials
say
28th
July Detroit
Source: Detroit News
Barden
urges new casinos
27th
July Atlantic
City Source: The Press of Atlantic
City
MGM
says A.C. project progressing - Company intends to file for building permits
in late fall
27th
July Nevada
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Slot
glitches roil Illinois officials - IGT, Alliance Gaming say problems shouldn't
affect Nevada gamblers
27th
July U.S.
Quarterly results Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Century
Casinos Announces 87% Increase in Second Quarter Earnings
27th
July Nevada
& Illinois Source: Las Vegas
Sun - July 25th
Slot
machine flaw could erase jackpots
More on the chip problems
that have been discovered in certain IGT and Bally slots.
26th
July Seattle
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
One
casino cashes in its chips, but another opens - Riverside employees move
next door today to Grand Central
26th
July Illinois
Source: Chicago Sun Times
State
idles 578 gaming machines
The Illinois Gaming Board
directed IGT and Bally on June 21st to replace defective computer chips
discovered by Gaming Laboratories International.
26th
July Carson
City, Nevada Source: Las Vegas
Sun/AP
Nevada
regulators OK private gambling salon for high rollers
26th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP
& Las Vagas Review-Journal
Vegas
casino pays $100,000 to settle nightclub sex complaints
Hard
Rock settles board complaint - Fine resolves charge that company failed
to stop sex acts at club
26th
July U.S.
Quarterly results Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Penn
National Gaming Reports Record Second Quarter Revenue
25th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Slot
machine flaw could erase jackpots
The Illinois Gaming Board
have apparently shut down 600 machines. The Nevada Gaming Board are presently
investigating the problem.
25th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun &
LVRJ
State
regulators consider anti-monopoly measures
Casino
industry lobbyist questions need of antimonopoly rule
Present regulations date
back to when multi-millionaire recluse Howard Hughes went on a buying spree
of Las Vegas casinos in the 1960's.
25th
July Indiana
Source: The Herald Times/AP
Riverboat
casino revenue jumps 9%
Win from table games and
slots on the state's 10 riverboats rose to $997.8 million in 2002, 9% up
on 2001. Total admissions were 21,852,150 an average daily attendance of
almost 6,000 per boat.
25th
July US
Quarterly results Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Alliance
Gaming Reports 88% Increase in EPS to $1.07 for Fiscal 2002.
25th
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/Reuters Business
News
MGM
Mirage Earnings Up
24th
July Las
Vegas & Reno Source: Las
Vegas Review-Journal
Earnings
increase for Station, IGT - Locals giant's executives cautious on present,
optimistic for future
Anchor
Gaming acquisition helps slot maker push profits
24th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
MGM
MIRAGE earnings soar; beat expectations
24th
July Nebraska
Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP
Foes
allege irregularities in Nebraska gambling petition
24th
July Missouri
Source: Kansas City Star
Gaming
Commission sways to casinos' side
The Isle of Capri casino
cut a Blackjack maximum during play from $2,000 to $1,000 simply because
a player was winning $14,000. Surprisingly, the Missouri Gaming Commission
can find nothing wrong with the casinos decision.
24th
July Carson
City Source: Reno Gazette Journal
Woman
appeals gaming board decision
A Sacramento woman who believed
she had won the $2.8 million jackpot at Reno’s Eldorado Hotel and Casino
last August has gone before a State Gaming Control Board appeals hearing
in Carson City.
24th
July Missouri
Source: Voice of America
Nabbing
Casino Crooks
Real Audio link - http://www.voanews.com/mediastore/hackworth_casino_crooks_072402.ram
Another look at the training
lab run by the Missouri Gaming Commission.
24th
July US
Quarterly results Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire & PRNewswire
MGM
MIRAGE Reports Record Second Quarter Results
Hard
Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas Reports 2nd Quarter Revenues
Aztar
Reports Second Quarter Results
23rd
July Reno
& Las Vegas Source: Las Vegas
Sun
Anchor
deal boosts IGT earnings
Station
stock declines on weak outlook - Summerlin property planned
23rd
July New
York Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Trump
Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc. Reports Record Second Quarter and Six
Month Results
23rd
July Gaming
Investments Source: CBS Marketwatch
IGT
shares slip after upside surprise
23rd
July Reno
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
International
Game Technology Reports Quarterly and Year-To-Date Financial Results
Revenue's totaled $222.4
million versus $222.7million last year. Domestic sales were 17,600 and
internationally 13,700.
23rd
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Station
Casinos Announces Second Quarter EPS of $0.18 Prior to Non-Recurring Items;
$0.13 After Non-Recurring Items
23rd
July Nevada
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Opposition
expected for antimonopoly rule
Not surprisingly, Station
Casino's that presently operate 10 Las Vegas area casinos mainly catering
to locals are opposed to any restrictions upon casino ownership. The Strip
is dominated by just 4 companies - MGM Mirage, Park Place, Mandalay Group
and Harrah's.
23rd
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
& Las Vegas Review-Journal
Station
Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Summerlin Land
Station
Casinos to enter Summerlin - Owners to build their top resort
23rd
July Sparks,
Nevada Source: Reno Gazette Journal
Witness
says casino heist was fast
Four armed men dressed as
Ninja's robbed the Western Village Casino in Sparks, Nevada on Saturday
21st.
22nd
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Employees
remain loyal to Lady Luck after sale
22nd
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Gambler's
trial postponed
22nd
July Missouri
Source: Kansas City Star/AP
Casino's
first year gets mixed results
The Mark Twain Riverboat
is the newest & smallest in Missouri, but in it's first fiscal year
of operation still had nearly 500,000 admissions.
22nd
July Reno,
Nevada Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Famed
Chicken Ranch Brothel Honored as Nevada's 'Brothel of the Year'
The establishment is located
in Pahrump, 55 miles southwest of Las Vegas. There are 33 legal licensed
brothels in Nevada.
22nd
July Georgia
Source: The Macon Telegraph
Sell
those confiscated machines
The Macon Telegraph's editorial
ponders what to do with 620 video slots seized by the Georgia police. No
mention of ebay however.
21st
July Atlantic
City Source: The Press of Atlantic
City
Markets
weak, gambling strong - As Wall St. crumbles, A.C. busier than ever
21st
July US
Politics Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Betting
issue turns political - With midterm elections nearing, legislative debates
over wagering's value intensify
In 2002, 7 states voters
have said no to slots at racetracks and 7 more have rejected proposals
to legalize casinos.
21st
July New
York & Atlantic City Source:
The Miami Herald/New York Times
Frugal
day-trippers test their welcome at Jersey casinos
The $11 bus ticket from
New York's poorer neighbourhoods means that with a $20 casino gift many
of those who make the trip each day have no intention of playing.
20th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Lanni
backs up promise - MGM Mirage cites progress on diversity
20th
July Atlantic
City Source: The Press of Atlantic
City - Joe Weinert
Hilton
pays $25,000 to CCC for running DGE-failed slot
The Division of Gaming Enforcement
failed a nickel Yahtzee slot machine in October 2000 because it recorded
16 credits when 20 coins were deposited.
20th
July Detroit
Source: Detroit Free Press - Andrew N.S.Glazer column
6-5
rule hurts blackjack odds
20th
July Iowa
Source: Des Moins Register
Casinos
fined for age violations
19th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Lady
Luck sold
Isle of Capri Casinos has
announced an agreement to sell the Lady Luck hotel-casino in downtown Las
Vegas to AMX Nevada LLC.
19th
July Chicago
Source: Yahoo/Chicago Daily Herald
Donald
Trump of Chicago behind casino
19th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun & LVRJ
Hard
Rock fined for allowing sex acts in public
Casino
facing fine of $100,000 - Board takes dim view of lewd acts
19th
July Las
Vegas Source: Northern Light/PRNewswire
Station
Casinos Orders More Acres Bonusing™; Latest $1.5 Million Order an Addition
to Previous Contracts
19th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
May
earnings flat for resort
Aladdin hotel-casino on
the Las Vegas Strip reported a loss of $423,369 for May.
19th
July New
Orleans, Louisiana Source: Biloxi
Sun Herald
Casino
revenue up in La.
Total win in Louisiana state's
15 regulated casinos and slots at Delta Downs race track was $1.95 billion
in the last fiscal year a rise of 8% over the previous period. The State
receiving almost $400 million in taxes.
18th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Harrah's
casinos generate strong profit growth
18th
July Las
Vegas Source: Northern Light/Business
Wire
More
than 50 Million U.S. Adults Make Casino Gambling Entertainment Choice;
Player Characteristics and Demographics Revealed in New National Survey
Harrah's have decided to
spam the newswires with 9 different versions of the Press release detailing
the survey's results.
18th
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Boyd
Gaming Reports Second Quarter Results
17th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Source:
Offers made for resort - Aladdin sale may come by October, party says
17th
July Detroit
Source: Detroit News & Detroit Free Press
Revenue
slows at Casinos
Gamblers
slowed their roll in June - Casino revenues slip but overall activity is
still strong
Greektown, MGM Grand and
MotorCity casinos reported combined June revenues of $88.5 million. A total
of $7.16 million in state taxes and nearly $8.8 million in city taxes were
paid during the month.
17th
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/Reuters Company
News
Park
Place not interested in Hollywood - source
17th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Top
Vegas executives must now vouch for numbers
17th
July Las
Vegas Source: Northern Light/Business
Wire
Harrah's
Entertainment Reports Second-Quarter Records In Revenues, Property EBITDA,
Income From Operations, Earnings Per Share
17th
July Las
Vegas Source: Northern Light/Business
Wire
Aristocrat
Selected to Install OASIS At Ameristar Casinos Properties
16th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Tropicana
dealers vote to drop TWU
Dealers have voted to kick
out the TWU after just 18 months and are unhappy about the contract negotiated
at the Frontier that froze wages.
15th
July Las
Vegas Source: The Independent
& Las Vegas Sun
Vegas
resort gambles on pandas
Casino
plan for panda exhibit draws fire
15th
July Denver
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Ten
Stix,
Inc., Acquires Exclusive Rights to 'Bonus 6' Poker
15th
July Mendeville,
Louisiana Source: Las Vegas
Sun/AP
Building
said to be birthplace of craps hit by blaze
14th
July Michigan
Source: Mlive.com
Hooked
on luck Casino growth ups the ante for addiction
14th
July Reno
Source: Reno Gazette Journal
Eastern
Europeans staffing area casinos
John Ascuaga’s Nugget in
Sparks has 120 polish students and Harrah's Reno have 135 students from
Poland, Russia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia who are on the casino payrolls
for the summer on temporary working visas.
14th
July Las
Vegas & China Source: Washington
Post
Casino
Bets Pandas Will Be a Giant Draw - Some Outraged at Bid to Make Endangered
Pair a Las Vegas Showpiece
13th
July Atlantic
City Source: The Press of Atlantic
City - July 11th
Trump
pays $2.3M. for 9.8% of Riviera
13th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Caesars
Palace fires 45 dealers - Many had been working four-day weeks since 9/11
13th
July Las
Vegas Source: EuropeMedia.net
Paul-Son
Gaming Announces Fourth-Quarter and Year-End Results and Schedules Stockholder
Meeting
13th
July Minneapolis
& Los Angeles Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Lakes
Gaming, Inc. Announces The World Poker Tour Comes to Los Angeles
12th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
May
gaming revenue off slightly - Drop in midweek business blamed for statewide
decline in gambling win
12th
July Chicago
Source: Chicago Sun Times
Daley
won't bet on casino
12th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Horseshoe
overstaffed - Most agree property's staffing problem has little to do with
new union contract
Staff
cuts likely for downtown - New contracts have properties scrambling
Downtown Las vegas casinos
share of statewide casino win dropped to 7.2% in 2001 from 13.9% in 1988.
12th
July California
& New York Source: Forbes.com/Reuters
& Quicken.com
PayPal
gets subpoena from NY Attorney General - WSJ
PayPal
Is Asked for Information on Online Gambling by Spitzer
10th
& 11th July
Las Vegas & Detroit Source: Las
Vegas Sun
Regulators
OK private salon for MGM Grand - Caesars Palace also looking to open private
gambling area
MGM
MIRAGE expands gamblers' card program
The "International gaming
salon" at the MGM Grand will have a live video feed to the Nevada Gaming
Board. Minimum bets will be $500 on table games and slots.
12th
July Reno
Source: Reno Gazette Journal
Gaming
revenue suffering
May Reno-Sparks and Tahoe
gaming revenue declined substantially from 2001. The region is suffering
from a post September 11th slowdown as well as increased competition from
Indian gaming in California.
12th
July Dallas
Source: TheDeal.com
Hollywood
Casino draws 3 suitors
11th
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/Reuters Company
News
Las
Vegas Strip casinos tighten slot payouts
Strip casinos held onto
6.67% of all monies wagered on slots during June. This figure has been
increasing since 1996 when the average win was 5.53%. Operators maintain
that the reason for the increase is due to the popularity of Multi-line
nickel slots.
11th
July Missouri
Source: Kansas City Business Journal
Customer
numbers keep falling at KC-area casinos
Despite the fall in visitor
numbers in June for the 4 casinos in the Kansas City market the figures
still make impressive reading. A win of $49 million from 911,634 admissions,
an average of 30,380 per day.
11th
July Las
Vegas Source: The Nando Times/AP
Executives
betting nuclear waste won't hurt gambling industry
11th
July Las
Vegas & Atlantic City Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Company News
Trump
takes 9.8 pct stake in Riviera Holdings
11th
July Detroit
Source: Yahoo/Reuters Company News
Ruling
paves way for new Detroit casinos - analysts
11th
July Nevada
Source: Yahoo/AP
Nev.
Regulators OK High Stakes Casino
Previously Nevada's law
stated that gaming may only be conducted in areas that were fully accessible
to the public.
10th
July Nevada
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Stock
boosts pay for Station execs - Satre tops LV list
Listings of executive salaries
compiled by In Business Las Vegas reveal that 5 of the top 10 highest paid
executives in 2001 were from Station Casinos. Harrah's Phil Satre tops
the list with a cool $7.8 million.
10th
July Indiana
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Seven
Indiana casinos to offer dockside gambling - Operators must pay higher
taxes
10th
July Los
Angeles Source: Yahoo/Reuters Company
News
Nevada
May casino revs flat in post-Sept recovery
U.S.
casinos seen with better luck than hotels
10th
July Aurora,
Illinois Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Illinois
Casino Employees Unite to Help the Hungry
10th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Nevada
gamblers lost less in May, mid-week casino activity still soft
Nevada casinos won $838.9
million in May, down 0.6% from 2001. Tables were off 6% and slots 2.1%.
10th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Regulators
to vote on private casino application - MGM Grand seeks state's first site
The MGM Grand's application
to open Nevada's first "International gaming salon" will be heard by the
Gaming Control Board today.
10th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Gaming
magazine to close
Casino Journal Publishing
Group sold Poker Digest to Schulman Media LLC publishers of Card Player
magazine. The former will now cease publication.
10th
July Las
Vegas Source: Northern Light/PRNewswire
Wing
Design Announces Release of Table Slot Game
10th
July Las
Vegas Source: Boston.com/AP & Las
Vegas Review-Journal
Las
Vegas union reaches strike-ending pact with last hotel-casino
Golden
Gate work stoppage over - Unanimous vote at downtown property ends eight-day
ordeal
10th
July Detroit
Source: Detroit Free Press & Detroit News
Casinos
survive challenge - Lac Vieux tribe fails to change Detroit preferences
Judge
denies tribe request on casino bids - But he concedes process was flawed
In 2001, the city's three
casinos MGM Mirage Detroit, Motor City and Greektown won over $1 billion
between them.
10th
July St.
Louis, Missouri Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire & Biloxi Sun Herald
President
Casinos, Inc. Continues Its Reorganization
President
Casino added to bankruptcy
The company has announced
that its wholly-owned subsidiary, President Riverboat Casino-Mississippi,
Inc., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
10th
July Detroit
Source: The Guardian/AP
Licenses
For Detroit Casinos Upheld
10th
July Las
Vegas & St Charles, Missouri
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Ameristar
Casinos Seeks Candidates for Key Positions
9th
July Atlantic
City Source: The Press of Atlantic
City
July
Fourth pays off for A.C. casinos Revenue exceeds estimates while the expressway
reports record volumes
9th
July Pennsylvania
& Dallas, Texas Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Market News
Penn
in talks to buy Hollywood Casino - source
9th
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Alliance
Gaming Announces Regulatory Approvals For SDS® Coupon™, SDS Ticket
Cashiering™
8th
July Henderson,
Nevada Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Casinos
hit by string of robberies - Police suspect incidents related; businesses
heighten security
8th
July Las
Vegas & Rhode Island Source: Las
Vegas Sun/AP
Boyd
backs out of deal to build Rhode Island casino - State not likely to legalize
gambling soon, company spokesman says
8th
July New
York & Las Vegas Source:
Northern Light/Market News Publishing
Coinless
Master Signs Licensing - Agreement With Shuffle Master
7th
July Atlantic
City Source: The Press of Atlantic
City - Joe Weinert
Sands
pulls liquor ads from blackjack tables
7th
July Georgia
Source: Augusta Chronicle
Police
seize video poker stash - 4,000 machines found in warehouse
Georgia General Assembly
voted for a statewide ban on video poker machines in 2001. The law came
into effect July 1st.
6th
July Atlantic
City Source: Las Vegas Sun
AC
casino's billboards called 'offensive'
6th
July Atlantic
City Source: Yahoo/AP
Casino
to Abandon Blackjack Table Ads
Sands Atlantic City will
begin removing advertising for Remy Martin from table game layouts.
5th
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
& KVBC-TV
Anger
divides workers - Golden Gates' union, nonunion employees both frustrated
by others' stance
Golden
Gate Casino Strike Turning Ugly
4th
July Las
Vegas Source: Ananova.com
Macabre
US fans besiege John Entwistle hotel
The Hard Rock casino has
hundreds of Chipco $5, $25 and $100 chips that have not been issued. If
they are, expect to see them very quickly on ebay.
4th
July Chicago
Source: Chicago Business
City
banishes Trump banner
4th
July Scotsdale,
Arizona Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Atronic
Strengthens Global Focus and Reinforces American Management Structure
4th
July US
Lotteries Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
It's
Still Growing! Mega Millions Jackpot Now at an Estimated $96 Million!
Mega Millions is the new
name for the Big Game lottery that began in 1996 and is presently played
in 9 States. It is considerably more difficult to win the jackpot so top
prizes over $100 million are likely to be a regular occurrence.
Website: www.megamillions.com
Powerball
Jackpot Jumps to $22 Million
Powerball is played in 22
states and the District of Columbia. South Carolina will begin selling
Powerball tickets in October.
Website: www.powerball.com
3rd
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas
Sun
Park
Place weighs Bally's options - Expansion or new attraction likely
3rd
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas
Sun
Fourth
of July will likely be strong for LV resorts
3rd
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Coast
Resorts Announces Name Change
The company that operates
four casinos in the Las Vegas market will now be known as Coast Casinos
Inc.
3rd
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Harrah's
Entertainment Captures Record 413 Awards in Casino Player Annual Readers
Poll
3rd
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas
Review-Journal
Deal
to sell Four Queens terminated - No reasons given for calling off agreement
Western's
fortunes reverse; new five-year pact reached
Las
Vegas boosts security plans - Cooperation key during Fourth of July events
3rd
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas
Review-Journal & Las Vegas Sun
Judge
rules in case of man accused of stalking Wynn - Previous felonies can be
evidence if man takes stand in own defense
DA's
office can try man who says he's Wynn's brother
3rd
July Las
Vegas Source: Reno Gazette
Journal/AP
Downtown
Vegas casino workers picket Fremont Street
2nd
July Las
Vegas Source: Northern
Light/AP
Workers
at Las Vegas Hotel Strike
About 165 of the 330 unionized
Golden Gate Hotel maids, bartenders and bellmen walked off their jobs on
Monday.
2nd
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas
Review-Journal
Golden
Gate workers strike - Five casinos agree on new deals; owner plans to close
Western
Jackie
Gaughan asks son to find way to keep Western open - Casino opened 37 years
ago as bingo hall
2nd
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas
Sun
Key
court decision issued for gaming industry
A lawsuit against more than
60 casinos, slot machine manufacturers and cruise lines that that fist
was filed in Florida way back in 1994.
2nd
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas
Sun
Union
strikes Golden Gate; owner seeks talks
Herbst
Gaming Inc. opens fifth property
Purchase
agreement for Four Queens collapses
2nd
July Missouri
Source: KansasCity.com/AP
Sixth
person pleads guilty in theft from St.Charles casino
Falsification of slot jackpots
between January 1998 and March 2001 is alleged to be for a total of more
than $2 million
2nd
July Gaming
Investments Source: Reuters
Hotel,
Casino Stocks Drop on Concerns
2nd
July San
Diego Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
International
Thunderbird Gaming Corporation: Update Following Annual General Meeting
2nd
July Elgin,
Illinois Source: Suberban Chicago
News
Survey
says residents favor more taxes on smoking, casinos
2nd
July Indiana
Source: Indianapolis Star
Casinos
weighing benefits before going dockside
Indiana's Riverboats are
now allowed open boarding. Top rates of tax are also rising to a maximum
of 35% for the most profitable operations.
2nd
July Chicago
Source: Chicago Business
Gaming
Board OKs deal
The Illinois Gaming Board
has voted to allow a deal that will give investors in the Rosemont Casino
project their money back. A tender for the license will now be held.
1st
July Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Aladdin
bankruptcy issues move closer to resolution
1st
July Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/Reuters Company
News & Las Vegas Review Journal
Downtown
Las Vegas casinos reach deals with union
Five
casinos reach deals - Unions delay calling strike as deadline expires;
seven properties continue negotiations
1st
July Las
Vegas Source: CNN.com/AP
Las
Vegas strike appears averted
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