31st
March New Jersey Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Casinocareers.com and Playsys.com
Strike Strategic Alliance
31st
March Ontario, Canada Source:
Northern Light/PRNewswire
Casino
Windsor Workers and Management Reach a Tentative Deal, Closure Averted
31st
March New Orleans Source:
Northern Light/PRNewswire
JCC
Holding Company Emerges From Bankruptcy; Casino Remains Open
31st
March Detroit Source:
Northern Light/PRNewswire & Detroit Free Press
MGM
MIRAGE to Develop Riverfront Site
Only
MGM will move to Detroit riverfront
30th
March Missouri Source:
Yahoo/Kansas City Star - Mar 28th
Missouri House rejects proposal
to eliminate casino loss limits - The $500 a day loss
limit wil stay for customers of the states 10 Riverboat casinos.
30th
March Computer Games Source:
MaCNN.com
Monopoly
Casino - An Interactive CD Rom casino version
with Mr Monopoly taking over as dealer. $29.95.
30th
March Ontario Source: NJ.com/AP
Strike
may idle Casino Windsor - Windsor has over 100
table games and 3,000 slots and is in direct competition with the three
Detroit casinos. www.casinowindsor.com
29th
March Louisiana & Pennsylvania
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Penn National Gaming Licensed
by Louisiana Gaming Control Board
29th
March Atlantic City Source:
Yahoo/AP
Regulators
OK Firm's Casino Purchase - Colony Capital has
been given regualatory approval to buy Resorts Atlantic City from Sun International
for $140 million. The property was the first AC casino to open on May 26,
1978.
29th
March Mississippi Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Isle's Goldstein Celebrates
Riverboat Gaming's 10-Year Anniversary - The 86 casinos
in the six US states with dockside/riverboat gambling have revenues of
$8.6 billion and pay $2 billion in local & state taxes.
28th
March Connecticut & Atlantic
City Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
It's More Than a Roll of
the Dice - It's a Done Deal: `Gaming Industry Observer' Partners with Global
Gaming Expo as an Official Media Voice
28th
March Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
VendingData Corp. Announces
Acquisition of Assets of Spintek Gaming Technologies Inc.
28th
March Las Vegas Source:
PRNewswire & Business Wire
Mikohn Comments on Jury
Verdict in Patent Litigation With Acres Gaming
Acres Gaming Bonusing Patents
Validated by Jury Verdict
28th
March Los Angeles Source:
Yahoo/Reuters
Bonuses slashed by two thirds
for Harrah's top execs
28th
March Nevada & California
Source: Wall Street Research Net/PRNewswire
International
Game Technology Announces Consummation of Merger With Silicon Gaming
28th
March Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Testimony
details Wynn's interest in casino numbers
27th
March Florida Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Author's ''Great American
Casino Tour'' Set to Begin March 29 in Mississippi
- Steve Bourie author of the American Casino Guide planning to visit every
casino across 33 States.
26th
March Las vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Casino Journal Reports 2000
Results
26th
March Connecticut & Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
G2E to Showcase New '3-P'
Approach
26th
March Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Constitutionality
of gaming regulations to be challenged by denied applicant
25th
March Atlantic City Source:
PressPlus - Mar 23rd
10 Showboat pit bosses dismissed
in reshuffling
25th
March Bismark, North Dakota
Source: Minot Daily News
Maximum
bet may be raised to $25
25th
March Washington/Michigan/New
York Source: Seattle Times/Lansing State Journal/New York Post
Vegas
man plans casino for Kelso
Planned
casino just a dice toss from Lansing
Chips
down for Catskills casino plan
For Michigan, the Huron
Band of Potawatomi Indians are proposing to invest $60 million and expecting
3 million visits per annum.
23rd
March Louisiana Source:
Yahoo/Reuters
Louisiana laws provide mixed
bag for casino operators
24th
March Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
Acres Gaming Reports Order
for Sixth MGM MIRAGE Property
23rd
March Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review Journal
Panel
denies developer's gaming license request
23rd
March Canada Source: National
Post - OPINION
Heads
they win, tails we lose
23rd
March Mississippi Source:
Picayune Item/AP
Mississippi
casino revenue down slightly in February - The
states 30 regulated casinos won $228 million down less than 1% on 2000.
23rd
March Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Mikohn Gaming Announces
Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2000 Financial Results,
Including Major Strategic Repositioning and Related Charges
22nd
March Atlantic City & Mississippi
Gaming shows Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
American Gaming Association
President Frank Fahrenkopf to be Honored At Mid-Atlantic Gaming Congress
Mississippi Governor, Top
Industry Experts to Address Southern Gaming Summit; Glenn Schaeffer, Terry
Lanni, Phil Satre to Address General Assembly
22nd
March Canada Source: National
Post
Casino
staff more likely to gamble: expert
This was the view of a speaker
at the Candian Gaming Summit being held at the Congress Center, Ontario.
22nd
March New Jersey Source:
Hotel-Online.com
Atlantic City, N.J., Casino
Will Keep Its Name, Despite Double Meaning - The Borgata
Casino scheduled to open in 2003.
22nd
March Mississippi Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Poker Takes Over the Mid
South; Presented by Horseshoe Casino and Gold Strike Casino Resort
21st
March Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review Jornal
Panel
to consider Black Book nominee - The Nevada Gaming
Control Board list of excluded persons can be found at http://gaming.state.nv.us
21st
March New Orleans
Source: The Advocate Online
Casino
bailout gaining ground in committees, despite objections
21st
March Georgia Source:
PRNewswire
Leisure
Time Casinos & Resorts, Inc. Announces Chapter 11 Reorganization
20th
March Louisiana Source:
Education Week
Louisiana
Wants Casinos To Ante Up For Teacher Raises
19th
March Nevada Source: Las
Vegas Sun
Evolving
industry: At 70th anniversary of legalized gaming, casinos are more diverse
than ever
Gambling
was legalized in Nevada on 19th March 1931. The first gaming licence cost
$1,410 for three months.
Top
gamers, gamblers helped shape industry
Judge
allows D.I. demolition work to continue
17th
March Scottsdale, Arizona
Source: PRNewswire
Atronic
Announces Premiere Appearance at Canadian Gaming Summit
17th
March New Orleans
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
HARRAH'S
NEW ORLEANS: Casino, city reach deal - The $100
million annual payment to the city being cut to $50 million.
17th
March Mexico City
Source: Northern Light & El Economista/Infolatina
Investors
Ready To Leap If Mexico Legalizes Casinos
17th
March Central City & Black
Hawk, Colorado Source: Northern Light/AP
Jury:
Gambling Town Abused Power
16th
March Non Gaming Source:
Oregonlive.com - Yahoo/Reuters - SFGate.com
Las
Vegas area leads soaring Nevada population
Over
the last 10 years the Nevada population is up by 66% to 2 million.
Theme weddings all the rage
in Las Vegas
With 122,000 marriages and
a variety of unusual packages available, the business was worth an estimated
$690 million to the city in 2000.
Defiant
and violent, Las Vegas casino robber sentenced to 52 years
16th
March Las Vegas & Connecticut
Source: Alliance Gaming
Alliance
Gaming Signs Contract With Foxwoods To Provide Bally's New SDS(R) Slot
Management System
16th
March Detroit Source:
Hotel-Online
Detroit Casino Business
Shoots Up in February
The figures for February
show the three casinos won $75.7 million. $6.1 million was paid in state
& city taxes. MGM & MotorCity holding approx $1 million & Greektown
$700,000 per day.
15th
March Florida Panhandle
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
SunCruz Casino Sets Sail
in Panama City; New Management Launches SunCruz IV
Website - www.suncruzcasino.com
15th
March Nevada Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Nevada
companies report strong profits to Wall Street, plead poverty to Legislature
15th
March Detroit Source: The
Detroit News
Problem
Gamblers prefer State lottery
14th
March Quebec Source:
Ottawa Citizen
'Addictive' craps OK'd for
Hull Casino
"Until April 1999, dice
games were banned in Canada under laws that went back 600 years in English
legal history"
14th
March New Orleans
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
Workers
confident casino to stay open - Employees unfazed
by possible March 31 closure of bankrupt Harrah's New Orleans
14th
March Detroit Source:
Detroit Free Press
Most
want 3 casinos to stay put
14th
March Canada Source: Canada
Newswire
Canadian
Auto Workers Union files second application at Casino Niagara
13th
March Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Union
performance debated after votes - Strip casino dealers explain their decisions
13th
March Atlantic City Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Bill
would let gambling addicts ban themselves from casinos
13th
March Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
GEM Communications Announces
Plans For 8th Annual Southern Gaming Summit; Largest
Gaming Conference Held Outside Las Vegas Slated for May 9 & 10
13th
March Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
Acres Gaming Reports Order
for Another MGM MIRAGE Property
13th
March Canada Source:
Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council.
Occupational
Standards for Casino Dealer and Casino Slot Attendant Available
12th
March Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Reuters
Deck stacked against union
in Las Vegas casino dealers drive
12th
March Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review Journal
DEALERS
ELECTIONS: Union turns to negotiations - Transport Workers Union loses
final vote at Treasure Island by 4-to-1 margin
12th
March Hawaii Source:
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Cruise
line switching to ship with no casino
12th
March Louisiana Source:
The Dallas Morning News
Louisiana governor urges
using casino funds for schools
12th
March Missouri Source:
Hotel-Online/Kansas City Star
United
Way Organizations Thank Casinos for Contributions
10th
March Las Vegas Source:
LasVegas.com Gaming Wire - Feb 9th
Nevada
might keep public away from high rollers
10th
March Las Vegas & Switzerland
Source: LasVegas.com Gaming Wire - Feb 9th
Owner
of Regent-Las Vegas parent to step away
10th
March Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review Journal
Treasure
Island dealers will vote on union representation
10th
March Las Vegas Source:
Northern Light/PRNewswire
Hard
Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas Reports 4th Quarter Results - Revenues
up 16% and EBITDA up 128%
9th
March Nevada Source: Las
Vegas Review Journal, Reno Gazette Journal, Las Vegas Sun
Casino
Win: Revenue rises in January
Gaming
numbers drop in Reno
Vegas
casinos enjoy strong win in January
Gaming win for Reno in January
was down 11.4% to $54 million. The Las Vegas Strip was up 6.5% to $496
million. Nevada as a whole won a record $897 million for the month.
9th
March Carson City, Nevada
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Legislator
proposes private gaming salons in Nevada
8th
March Texas Source:
Houston Chronicle - Mar 6th & Galveston Daily News
Galveston's
casino ship sails in April
Talisman
set to debut casino ship
The
former Commodore Cruise lines Enchanted Sun. www.talismancruises.com
8th
March Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
MGM
MIRAGE Announces New Management Titles
7th
March Westminster, British Columbia
Source: Edmonton Journal
Casino
king to sell gambling riverboat
The
Royal City Star being bought by Gateway Casinos for C$28 million.
7th
March
Las Vegas Source: MSNBC
In
drive to unionize, casino dealers defy a longtime Las Vegas tradition
- A detailed look at the history of gaming in the city that leading up
to the recent unionisation votes.
6th
March Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Alliance Gaming Announces
Increase in Earnings Estimate and Provides Update on Wide Area Progressive
Games
6th
March Reno, Nevada
Source: Institute
for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming
Designing
Casinos to dominate the competition - The Institute
announce the availability of their latest publication authored by ex Castaways
executive Bill Friedman. 624 pages with 164 colour photos.
5th
March Atlantic City
Source: Press Plus/Joe Weinart
No crime in name of Borgata
casino
5th
March US Gaming industry
Source: International Herald Tribune
Looking at Gaming Stocks?
It's Tough to Beat the House
As the US & world markets
continue to slide, does the Gaming sector offer a safe haven.
5th
March Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review Journal
Excalibur
dealers reject union - 79 votes for and 213 against
joining the Transport Workers Union.
4th
March Canada Source:
Northern Light/Comtex
Great
Canadian Gaming Corp. - Subsidiary Signs Agreement with British Columbia
Lottery Corporation
4th
March US Source: Seattle
Times - From Feb 25th.
High-tech
scams make it easier to beat the house
3rd
March Sparks, Nevada Source: Northern
Light/PRNewswire
Western
Village is First Northern Nevada Casino To Install IGT's EZ Play(TM) Ticket
System Machines
3rd
March Online Gambling
Source: Winner Online/Mark Balestra
Brand
Names are the Safest Bet - A quick rundown of
some of the names from retailing, Bookmaking and the casino business that
now have subsidiaries operating Internet casinos.
3rd
March Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review Journal
Excalibur
dealers will vote on union representation
3rd
March Atlantic City
Source: Press Plus
Casino win fell 1.3 percent
in Feb. - According to the Press of Atlantic City
unofficial figures show slot win was up 0.7% and tables down 6.2%.
2nd
March Atlantic City, Mississippi
& Louisiana Source: MSNBC.com
How
other cities, states have fared
2nd
March Carson City, Nevada
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal & Las Vegas Sun
Bill
would mandate nonsmoking rules in casinos
Casinos
fight bill requiring non-smoking areas
2nd
March Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
The Three Stooges(R) Video
Game Submitted For Approval - Shuffle Master also
revealed contracts for a number of themes including Rubiks Cube & WC
Fields.
2nd
March Las Vegas Source:
LasVegas.com Gaming Wire
Palace
Station targets Asian Gamblers
2nd
March Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Reuters
Nevada casinos face 25%
hike in power costs
2nd
March Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Mandalay
plotting long-term expansion plans for Strip
1st
March Las Vegas Source:
LasVegas.com Gaming Wire
Aladdin
Lays off workers
1st
March Las Vegas & Madrid
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Shuffle
Master Signs Reel Slot Game and Slot Machine Component Supply Agreement
With Recreativos Franco
1st
March Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Mandalay Resort Group Reports
Fourth Quarter Earnings
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