30th
June Atlantic
City Source: The Press of Atlantic
City
Union
argues to keep casino drinks in cups
30th
June Downtown,
Las Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review
Journal
Negotiators
race clock; strike looms - Pickets march to put pressure on 12 casinos
30th
June Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
Gaming
Chips - Last call: Poker Digest folds hand
CSP maintains it's reputation
as the worst casino game for players - holding 28.9% in Nevada over the
last 12 months.
29th
June Chicago
Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Illinois
Gov. Signs Riverboat Casino Tax Increase
28th
June Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review
Journal
LV
visitor count expected to jump for July Fourth - Longer weekend may help
overcome labor, terror woes
28th
June Dallas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Hollywood
Casino Announces It Has Been Exploring Strategic Alternatives To Maximize
Shareholder Value
28th
June Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Casino
Journal Publishing Group and Card Player Magazine Reach Agreement
Poker Digest magazine will
be acquired by Shulman Media, LLC who are owners and publishers of the
magazine Card Player.
28th
June Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Alliance
Gaming Announces Nationwide Rollout For First in a Series of New Playboy
Slots
28th
June Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun - June
27th & Reuters Company News
Culinary
Union officials predict strike downtown
Strike
deadline looms for downtown Las Vegas casinos
28th
June Dallas
& St. Louis Source: Las Vegas Sun
Speculation
arises over casino gambling merger possibilities
Further consolidation in
the US casino industry could be underway as Hollywood Casino Corp. and
President Casino's are both reportedly up for sale.
27th
June Las
Vegas Source: Northern Light/Business
Wire
Mikohn
Gaming Licenses Gamecraft, Inc.'s Award Winning Heads Up Poker and Will
Develop and Market First "Intelligent'' Video Poker Game throughout the
United States
27th
June Niagara
Falls and Rochester New York Source:
Hartford Courant
Driver
Spent 38 Hours In A Casino - Police Say He Went Without Sleep, Refused
To Pull Over Bus
Tragic story of the death
of five members of a church group after their coach driver apparently fell
asleep.
27th
June Atlantic
City Source: Yahoo/Business Wire & AP
Gordon
Group, Park Place to Give Atlantic City's Million Dollar Pier Monopoly
Makeover
Atlantic
City Gets Monopoly Theme
The original Monopoly game
was invented by Charles B. Darrow of Germantown, Pennsylvania and used
the streets and neighborhoods of Atlantic City.
26th
June Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun & LVRJ
Station
denies talk of locals' gambling shops in Britain
Station
eyes British neighborhoods
25th
June Massachusetts
Source: Voice of America News
Casino
City Press Publishes 2002 Nevada Gaming Almanac
24th
June Indiana
Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP
Casino
loan to city raises eyebrows - Hammond, Ind., borrows $3 million from riverboat
24th
June Gaming
Investments Source: Yahoo/Reuters Company
News
Indiana
casino shares gain on tax compromise
Indiana riverboats that
cruise look likely to be paying a tax rate of 22.5% whilst those that choose
to remain docked will pay a graduated scale up to 35%.
23rd
June Illinois
Source: Yahoo/Chicago Tribune
Emerald
back to gaming board with offer
22nd
June Atlantic
City Source: The Press of Atlantic
City
Methodist
forum focuses on ills of A.C. casinos
22nd
June St.
Louis, Missouri Source: KansasCity.com/AP
Despite
one bankruptcy, Missouri casinos in good financial health
23rd
June Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP
FBI
calling off Vegas threat probe after man fails polygraph
22nd
June New
Orleans Source: Yahoo/AP
New
Orleans Casino Still Struggling
"What we've probably learned
is that if you want to legalize gambling because you want it to be economic
development, you're probably making a mistake,"
21st
June Las
Vegas & Alaska Source: Las Vegas
Sun & LVRJ
Licensing
for Ritz-Carlton approved
Panel
votes to let Alaskan Indians profit from casino
Las Vegas's latest casino
the 350-room Ritz-Carlton will have a 40,000 sq ft casino and is scheduled
to open early 2003.
21st
June Atlantic
City Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Borgata
Tops-Off $1 Billion Atlantic City Resort; Atlantic City's First New Casino
Hotel in 13 Years Begins Countdown
The $1 billion resort due
to open in 2003 is a partnership between Boyd Gaming & MGM Mirage it
will have 2,010 hotel rooms and a 120,000 sq ft casino.
20th
June St.
Louis Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
President
Casinos, Inc. Voluntarily Files for Chapter 11 Reorganization
20th
June Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Fortune
Magazine Ranks Shuffle Master as One of America's 100 Fastest Growing Small
Companies
20th
June Nevada
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Casinos
'strongly support' new tax revenue in Nevada
19th
June Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
Creditors
letting markets decide pace of Aladdin sale
19th
June Biloxi,
Mississippi & Miami Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Isle
Of Capri Casinos, Inc. Sets Sail With Isle Miles And A Strategic Marketing
Partnership With Carnival Cruise Lines
19th
June Chicago
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Wells-Gardner
Receives $4 Million Monitor Orders for the Canadian Gaming Markets
19th
June Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Mikohn
Gaming Receives Nevada and GLI Approvals For CLUE Winning Solution Video
Slot Game
18th
June Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Wynn's
$2.5 billion Le Reve price tag raises eyebrows
Figures and statistics related
to the development of Le Reve are revealed by the Sun as part of Wynn REsorts
IPO filing.
18th
June Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Las
Vegans warming up to coinless slot systems
A survey of 300 local slot
players reveals that 59% prefer the coinless systems, that print a ticket
at the machine to traditional coin-in/out slots. 9 of the top 10 games
preferred were from IGT.
18th
June Mississippi
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Mississippi
gambling regulators tour Biloxi Queen riverboat
18th
June Missouri
Source: KansasCity.com
Casino
deals a set of new rules in heat of the game
Interesting story. Management
at the Isle of Capri casino apparently lowering a BJ table maximum because
a player was winning $14,000. Card counting has been legal in the state
since March 1999.
18th
June Biloxi,
Mississippi Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Isle
Of Capri Casinos, Inc. Announces Record Fourth Quarter Results
18th
June Illinois
Source: Chicago Sun Herald
Attorney
general investigates casinos - Antitrust issue: Concerned with meeting
of gaming operators
17th
June Illinois
& Las Vegas Source: Yahoo/Reuters Company
News & Las Vegas Sun
Ill.
attorney general supoenas casinos over meeting
Illinois
begins probe of LV execs
17th
June Las
Vegas Source: Yahoo/Business Wire &
Las Vegas Sun & Yahoo/Reuters
Wynn
Resorts Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
Wynn
details $2.5 billion plan for Le Reve in IPO
Casino
mogul files for IPO of new dream resort
17th
June Las
Vegas Source: Northern Light/Business
Wire
Aristocrat's
Cash Express Has Slot Floors Steamin' Into The Copper Rush; Highly Successful
Progressive Slot Now Available In Penny Denomination
17th
June Detroit
Source: Yahoo/Dow Jones Newswires
U.S.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Detroit Appeal in Casino Flap
17th
June Missouri
Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP - June 14th
Former
Station employees plead guilty in theft case
17th
June Weat
Virginia Source: Post-Gazette.com
W.
Virginia casinos continue to grow
The casinos in West Virginia
are what are known as "Racinos" - no table games and located at the State's
racetracks. There is also no limit on the number of slots at each location.
17th
June Seattle
Source: Seattle Business Journal
Opponents
deal new casino a losing hand
17th
June Missouri
Source: CNN.com/AP
Casino
lab helps cops catch cheaters
More on the mock casino
run by the Missouri Gaming Commision.
14th
June Las
Vegas & Illinois Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Company News
Mandalay
sees $40 mln annual hit from Ill. tax hike
14th
June Missouri
Source: KansasCity.com/AP
Five
plead guilty to stealing from Lake Charles casino
14th
June Detroit
Source: Detroit News
Casino
revenues up in May - MGM, Motor City and Greektown post gains as patrons
stay away from Windsor site
The three casinos won $95.3
million in May, up 19% from 2001.
14th
June Illinois
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Hollywood
Casino Corporation Announces Opening of New Aurora Dockside Casino
14th
June Las
Vegas Source: Las Vegas Sun
Las
Vegas Sun Photo - Phylis Diller against Ginger the Chicken
Ginger, the Tic Tac Toe
(Noughts and Crosses) playing chicken is the latest attraction at the Las
Vegas Tropicana. She was only beaten five times at the Tropicana, Atlantic
City the winners taking home a $10,000 prize.
13th
June Minnesota
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Midwest
Gaming & Travel Announces 2002 Readers' Choice Awards for Native American
Casinos
12th
June Las
Vegas & Puerto Rico Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Global
Gaming Business Magazine Launched at Caribbean Gaming Conference
12th
June Gaming
Investments Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Company News
Casino
shares drop on Indiana gaming tax concerns
12th
June
Las Vegas Source: Las Vegas Review
Journal
Allegations
could threaten gaming's image - Experts say rigged giveaways would cast
doubts on industry integrity
12th
June
Las Vegas Source: Hoovers.com/LVRJ
Las
Vegas Casino Job Losses Prompt Nevada Gaming Control Board Investigation
12th
June
Minneapolis Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Table
Trac, Inc. Signs Contract With Shooting Star Casino, Hotel & Event
Center
12th
June
Illinois Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Market News
Argosy
to replace leased slot machines in Illinois
12th
June
Atlanta Source: Yahoo/Reuters
An
Old Vice Draws Fire in the New South
11th
June
Missouri Source: Yahoo/AP Photos
A selection of interesting
photos from the mock casino operated by the Missouri Gaming Commisssion
that is used train field operatives and staff.
Counterfeit
tokens, Surveillance
monitors, Slots
mainboards
11th
June
Reno Source: Reno Gazette Journal
EZ
is just the ticket for slots
Ticket-in/Ticket-out slots
are gaining an ever increasing share of the slots floor. For operators
the various systems offers the potential for considerable labour savings
and increased security.
11th
June
Las Vegas Source: Yahoo/Reuters
& Las Vegas Sun
Venetian
Investigated Over Alleged Promotion Rigging
Gaming
Control investigation of hotel-casino under way
11th
June
New Jersey Source: The Guardian/AP
N.J.
Servers Alcohol Gag May Get Ax
Since casinos were legalised
in 1978, waitresses in Atlantic City have not been allowed to mention any
words referring to Alcohol.
11th
June
Ontario Source: Detroit News
Gambling
rebounds at Casino Windsor - shorter waits at border, promotions lure US
bettors
Casino Windsor is owned
by the Ontario government and managed by Park Place Entertainments. Win
for the 4th quarter ending 31st March was $103 million. Average visitor
numbers are 15,000 a day.
10th
June
Atlantic City & Las Vegas
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Chicken
tic-tac-toe promotion coming to LV
10th
June
Missouri Source: Kansas City
Business Journal
Revenue
rises, patrons fall at four KC-area casinos
10th
June
New Orleans Source: Las Vegas Sun
Harrah's
details takeover plan for N.O. casino
9th
June
Detroit Source: Boston Globe/Los Angeles
Times
Detroit
takes a new look at its mixed casino fortunes
Detroit's 3 casinos now
make an average of $100 million a month. Win per gaming position per day
is $337. Las Vegas averages $204 and Atlantic City $271.
9th
June
Missouri Source: Jefferson City News
Tribune/AP
Regulators
use mock casino to learn how to spot cheaters
The Missouri Gaming Commission's
100 employees take care of 11 Riverboats and have their own small casino
to learn about potential scams.
8th
June
Georgia Source: Augusta Chronicle
Video
poker fans play final hands before ban
Poker machines where winners
are paid in merchandise will soon be declared illegal in Georgia.
8th
June
Reno Source: Reno Gazette Journal
Belmont,
big fight boosting sports books
The Belmont Stakes where
War Emblem is trying to win the Triple Crown will be followed in in the
evening by the Lewis-Tyson fight.
8th
June
Memphis, Tennessee Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Celebrities
Hit Town for Lewis-Tyson Fight
7th
June
Las Vegas Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Russel
McMeekin Named President and COO of Mikohn Gaming
7th
June
Las Vegas Source: Yahoo/Reuters Company
News
MGM
Mirage to reconsider Bellagio expansion
7th
June
Biloxi, Mississippi Source: Las Vegas
Sun
New
casino seeks approval
7th
June
Lake Charles, Missouri Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Ameristar
Casinos to Hire More Than 800-Plus Team Members For All-New St. Charles
Operations
7th
June
New Orleans Source: Yahoo/Dow Jones
& Las Vegas Sun/AP
Harrah's
Entertainment To Raise JCC Hldg Stake To 63% Versus 49%
Harrah's
claims control of New Orleans casino
7th
June
Nevada Source: Yahoo/Reuters Company
News
Vegas
casino workers expected to approve new contract
6th
June
Nevada Source: Las Vegas Sun
McCartney
concert gives Strip gaming win a boost
Casinos in Nevada won $800
million in April up 3%. Table game win rose 8.6% but slot win was just
up 0.8%.
6th
June
Nevada Source: Yahoo/Reuters Market
News
Nevada
casino revenues rise 3.1 pct in April
Casino win for April was
$800 million statewide compared with $776.1 million in 2001. April is the
first month that casino win has risen since September 2001.
6th
June
Minneapolis, Minnesota Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Cash
Systems, Inc. Announces Contracts to Provide Cash Access Services In Twelve
Additional Casinos
6th
June
New Orleans Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
& NJ.com/AP
JCC
Holding Company Announces Automatic Disqualification of Two Directors
Two
Harrah's executives tossed off casino board
5th
June
Las Vegas & Chicago Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Company News
Park
Place still likes Chicago despite tax hike
5th
June
Las Vegas Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Slot
Machine Expert Frank Legato Joins Global Gaming Business Magazine
Global Gaming Business is
a new US based hardcopy trade magazine which will be published twice monthly
beginning 1st July.
5th
June
New York & Ontario Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Scientific
Games and Ontario Lottery Finalize Contract for 8,500 On-Line Lottery Terminals
and Related Software
5th
June
Illinois Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Hollywood
Casino Corporation Announces New Earnings Guidance Due to Illinois Gaming
Tax Increase
4th
June
Gaming Investments Source: Las Vegas
Sun
Gaming
industry comeback confirmed
4th
June
Las Vegas & Illinois Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
& Las Vegas Sun
MGM
MIRAGE Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Emerald Casino
Gaming
giant withdraws offer for Illinois casino
3rd
June
Alton, Illinois Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Argosy
Gaming Company Announces Impact of Illinois Legislative Gaming Tax Increase
3rd
June
Illinois Source: Yahoo/Reuters Company
News
Casino
Shares Off on Ill. Gaming Tax Hike
Illinois
budget would hike casino, cigarette taxes
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