31st March
Las Vegas Yahoo/Business
Wire
Paul-Son
Gaming Corporation Reports Operating Results for the Fourth Quarter and
Year Ended
31st March
Atlantic City
The Seattle Times/AP & Las Vegas Sun/AP
Trump
casinos dangerously low on luck, auditors warn
Trump
Casinos' viability questioned - Stock falls 11 percent
31st March
Cripple Creek, Colorado & Miami
The Seattle Times/AP
Century
Casinos Announces Casino Opening
30th March
Las Vegas USA
Today/AP
Planned
casino will have highest rooms in Las Vegas
Sheldon Adelson intends building
a 43 story hotel casino tentatively called The Palazzo between the Venetian
and Steve Wynn's Wynn Las Vegas.
30th March
Las Vegas & U.K.
Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
Brokerage
sees Vegas company expanding in U.K.
More pie in the sky figures from
analysts about the potential the U.K. market has for U.S. gaming companies.
30th March
Las Vegas Yahoo/PRNewswire
Harrah's
to Reopen Binion's Horseshoe April 1; Property Gears Up for the World Series
Of Poker
30th March
Chicago Yahoo/Reuters
Illinois
lawmaker's bill would add two casinos
29th March
Reno Sacramento
Bee
While
Thunder Valley thrives, Reno keeps its seat at the table
29th March
Nevada Yahoo/PRNewswire
Wheel
of Fortune® Just Keeps Spinning on Sunday!
IGT's Wheel of Fortune was the most
popoular and profitable slot in the U.S during 2003 for the 4th consecutive
year.
29th March
Cripple Creek, Colorado
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Century
Casinos Announces Opening of Casino Aboard Silver Cloud
28th March
Dania, Florida
The Miami Herald
Poker
is king and winning hearts in South Florida
28th March
Atlantic City
Biloxi Sun-Herald/AP
Table
games make comeback with new generation of gamblers
27th March
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Review-Journal
Cashless
slots becoming more popular - Survey shows 77 percent of casinos use them;
not everyone thinks they're so great
26th March
Biloxi, Mississippi
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Isle
of Capri Casinos, Inc. Issues Statement
26th March
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Sun
Caesars,
MGM MIRAGE eye opportunity
26th March
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Review-Journal
Staff
steps lively toward return to Horseshoe - Workers participate in meeting,
march
26th March
Rosemont, Illinois
CNN.com/AP
Casino
deal threatened over mob allegations
26th March
Atlantic City
New York Post & Delaware News Journal
Casino
Sex ring busted in N.J.
Prostitution
charges at N.J. casinos
26th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Review-Journal
Four
Gaughan casinos pass to Barrick
25th March
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Sun - Jeff Simpson
Barrick
takes over downtown casinos
Gaughan
changeover leaves workers a little melancholy
Barrick Gaming Corp. are the new
owners of the Plaza, Las Vegas Club, Western and Gold Spike.
25th March
Gaming Equipment
International Herald Tribune
Technology
lets casinos find the jokers
Mindplay's MP 21 and Mikohn Gaming's
Casino Link systems.
24th March
Las Vegas Yahoo/Business
Wire
Mikohn
Reports Fourth Quarter 2003 Operating Results
24th March
Illinois Miami
Herald/Chicago Tribune
Gaming
Board Not Fit to Decide Rosemont, Ill., Casino Issue, Governor Says
An unusual twist - A Gaming Board
being declared not fit and proper!.
24th March
Gaming Investments
Business Week
Tougher
Odds Ahead for IGT
24th March
Las Vegas Yahoo/Business
Wire
Mikohn
Awarded Additional TableLink Chip Tracking Contracts
Mikohn's TableLink CT uses of patented
casino chips embedded with RFID microchips. Website link: www.mikohn.com/systems/tablelink.cfm
24th March
Chicago, Illinois
Biloxi Sun-Herald
Isle
fires back at ex-Illinois official
23rd March
Vancouver CBC
News
Wall
places 40% bet as Great Canadian Gaming buys Hastings thoroughbred track
23rd March
California & Alderney
PRNewswire
Harrah's
Chooses Quova
Harrah's Online Ltd's subscription
site www.luckyme.com
is using Quova's GeoPoint software.
21st March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Review-Journal
INSIDE
GAMING: Wynn hits trifecta with date
28th April 2005 is also Elaine Wynn's
Birthday and 55 years after the original opening of the Desert Inn.
21st March
Biloxi, Mississippi
Yahoo/PRNewswire & Chicago Daily Herald
Statement
from Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.
Isle
of Capri casino chief addresses past violation
21st March
Las Vegas Daily Herald/AP
- Adam Goldman
Fugitives
flock to Las Vegas -- only to get caught in most cases
20th March
California Santa
Rosa Press Democrat
Slots
seized at Moose Lodge
20th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun
Fight
over Strip casinos' parking spaces breaks out
With over a year to go before opening
Wynn Resorts and the Venetian are already in a dispute over parking.
19th March
Carson City Las Vegas
Review-Journal & Las Vegas Sun/AP
Regulators
approve Venetian fine - Officials criticize other agencies in investigation
Nevada
gambling regulators criticize casino contest probe
The rigged Mercedes Benz drawing
took place at the Venetian during Chinese New Year 2002. No criminal charges
have been brought against those responsible.
19th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Review-Journal
High-profile
fugitives have come to hide out in Las Vegas for years
Chance
meeting puts amateur detective on trail of suspect
- Great reading!
19th March
Chicago Chicago Sun-Times
Earliest
date for Rosemont casino opening: May 2005
19th March
Mississippi Biloxi
Sun-Herald
Mardi
Gras, Strait, snowbirds are winning hand for casinos
Mississippis's 12 coast casinos
won
$114.4 million in February, an 18.4% increase from 2003.
19th March
Chicago Forbes.com/Reuters
& Yahoo/Reuters
Isle
of Capri not rushing on Chicago casino debt
Court
to take up Illinois casino plan May 17
18th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Review-Journal
Barrick
Gaming moves closer to owning Gaughan properties - Council unanimously
approves transfer of gaming, liquor licenses
18th March
Windsor, Ontario
The Windsor Star
Staff
at casino vote to strike if talks cave in
1,800 of the casino's 3,400 unionized
workers voted, 98% are in favour of strike action at Casino Windsor.
17th March
Feature Article Card
Player - I. Nelson Rose
Playboy
and the Past and Future of Gambling
A look at Playboy's casino owning
past and the power of their brand.
17th March
Chicago, Illinois
Yahoo/Reuters
Illinois
governor calls for casino auction review
17th March
Chicago CBS 2 Chicago
Company
that won Illinois' 10th casino license under scrutiny
17th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun & KRNV.com/AP
Wynn
sets opening date for new resort
Wynn
settles dispute with Vegas homeowners
28th April, 2005 is the date set
by Steve Wynn for the opening of Wynn Las Vegas.
17th March
Minneapolis Yahoo/Business
Wire
WORLD
POKER TOUR Events Continue Dramatic Growth
546 players signed up for the PartyPoker
Million being held this week onboard the Holland America ship "Ryndam".
The total prize pool is $3,847,000.
17th March
Atlantic City Yahoo/Reuters
Harrah's
mulls more Atlantic City hotel rooms
17th March
Chicago Yahoo/Reuters
Illinois
Atty. Genl. wants more info on casino auction
16th March
Las Vegas & Oklahoma
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Alliance
Gaming Announces Bally Unit to Supply Systems Solution for Oklahoma's Cherokee
Nation Enterprises
16th March
Chicago Biloxi Sun-Herald/AP
Casino
selection needs bankruptcy court OK
Isle of Capri's bid has a clause
where the company will pay the state a fine of $500,000 a day up to $105
million if the casino is not open 8 months after final approval.
16th March
Chicago & Mississippi
Biloxi Sun-Herald/AP
Rosemont
to get another chance at a casino
16th March
Chicago Chicago Sun-Times
Rosemont
wins state's 10th casino
16th March
Chicago & Mississippi
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Isle
of Capri Casinos, Inc., Selected as Successful Bidder for the 10th Illinois
Casino License
16th March
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Ledger/AP
Casinos
pull in $189.7 million in February
16th March
Chicago Las Vegas
Sun - Wire reports
Harrah's
loses Illinois casino bid
16th March
Tallahassee, Florida
Miami Herald
Mini-casinos
targeted in proposed crackdown
The slots have another button to
stop the reels that apparently qualifies them as "skill machines". Players
can win vouchers but not cash.
15th March
Las Vegas Yahoo/Edgar
Online
Wynn
Resorts Ltd. - Annual report summary
15th March
Las Vegas & Detroit
Yahoo UK/PRNewswire
Rio
Enters Marketing Alliance With Greektown Casino
15th March
London & New Jersey
Yahoo UK/PRNewswire
ISWI
to Expand Distribution Into Betting Shops
15th March
Las Vegas Yahoo/Business
Wire
Caesars
Entertainment Launches ''Best Rate Plus Guarantee''
The press release gives a full rundown
of Caesar's websites for their U.S. properties.
15th March
Connecticut The Day
Welcome
To Casino TV - First There Was Televised Poker, Now Comes Blackjack
Tonight GSN, formerly called the
Game Show Network begins broadcasting the "World Series of Blackjack" which
was filmed at the Mohegan Sun in January.
15th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Review-Journal
Caesars
takes on travel sites - Company offers to beat any Web price for rooms
15th March
Illinois Chicago
Daily Herald
When
casinos pay for people's gambling habit
The Illinois Gaming Board has fined
the Grand Victoria Casino $60,000 for extending credit to a player in 2000
who still had an unpaid casino debt of $40,000.
14th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Business Press
Nugget
owners make it official
Tim Poster and Tom Breitling's plans
for the Golden Nugget now that the purchase from MGM Mirage has been formally
completed.
14th March
Las Vegas KLAS-TV.com
Lost
Vegas Historic Gambling Museum Opens
13th March
Gary, Indiana Indianapolis
Star
8
face charges in casino scam
Trump Indiana's refer-a-friend programme
being somewhat abused.
13th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Business Press
Harrah's
Horseshoe deal is finally rescued -- again
13th March
Mississippi Biloxi
Sun-Herald
Biloxi
poker expert deals advice in hot-selling books
Ken Warren, author of 'The Big Book
of Poker' and "Winner's Guide to Texas Hold'em Poker".
13th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun - Jeff Simpson
New
Binion's owner plans to target 'hard-core' gamblers
Binion's on opening is planned to
have some 800 slots and 40 table games. Harrah's Entertainment will manage
the property on behalf of new owners MTR Gaming Group.
13th March
South Carolina The
State
Nevada
judge upholds jury award in video gambling suit
- IGT
12th March
West Virginia Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Powerball
Winner Robbed Twice in a Week
Jack Whittaker won the $314.9 million
Powerball jackpot in December 2002 but appears now to be having a spot
of bad luck!.
12th March
Carson City, Nevada
Las Vegas Review-Journal
State
gaming win up in January - Baccarat winnings fuel increase in month marked
by downtown LV casino closings
Baccarat win at the 23 Nevada casinos
with the game was $68.2 million in January up 128.5%.
12th March
Nevada Yahoo/Reuters
Nevada
casino revenue up 4.4 pct in January
12th March
New York USA Today
Trump's
gamble not paying off at casino
A detailed look at Trump Hotels
& Casinos - a company that has not made a profit in 10 years.
12th March
Las Vegas Business
Wire
Global
Cash Access Signs Contracts with 30 Gaming Properties; Casinos Take Advantage
of Latest Cash Access Technology
12th March
Missouri Kansas City
Star
KC
casinos hit the jackpot - Gamblers' losses added up to record revenue in
February
"We've had a dramatic increase
in table game play". Win at Missouri's 11 Riverboat casinos grew 16.9%
in February to a record of $123.1 million.
12th March
Las Vegas Yahoo/Business
Wire
MTR
Gaming Group Acquires Binion's Horseshoe Hotel & Casino and Enters
into Joint Operating Agreement with Harrah's
MTR have purchased Binion's Horseshoe
for $20 million and Harrah's will manage the property for at least 1 year.
The WSOP will commence on the 22nd April.
12th March
Las Vegas Yahoo/PRNewswire
MTR
Gaming Unit Completes Purchase of Binion's Horseshoe; Harrah's to Operate
Las Vegas Property, Host World Series Of Poker
11th March
Chicago Yahoo/Reuters
Harrah's,
Isle are top bidders for Ill. casino
Harrah's have made a bid of $520
million and Biloxi, Mississippi-based Isle of Capri have offered $518 million.
11th March
Chicago Chicago Sun-Times
Waukegan
leads Rosemont for casino prize
Bidding for the 10th and final Illinois
license went on all night Wednesday with the three companies involved hitting
the magical $500 million mark.
10th March
New York Stockhouse
canada
CIBC
World Markets'13th annual Gaming, Lodging and Leisure Conference to be
held on March 16th, 2004 - Website: www.cibcwm.com/conferences/gaming04
10th March
Las Vegas & Mexico
Las Vegas Sun/AP
Source
of video shot in Bellagio at issue - Corruption alleged in Mexico City
government
10th March
Las Vegas Yahoo/Business
Wire
Caesars
Raises Guidance for First Quarter of 2004
10th March
U.S. Poker St. Petersburg
Times - 22nd February
Moneymaker
has lived up to his name
A look at what has happened to Chris
Moneymaker in the year after winning the WSOP.
10th March
Colorado Yahoo/PRNewswire
Century
Casinos Reports Earnings for the Fourth Quarter and the Year Ended December
31, 2003
9th March
Vancouver Canada.com/Vancouver
Sun
Record
profits, revenues for Great Canadian
9th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun - Jeff Simpson
Golden
Nugget owners say TV show cameras draw gamblers
"Casino" a TV reality show featuring
the Golden Nugget and new owners Tim
Poster and Tom Breitling is presently being filmed. Punters being far
from camera shy.
9th March
U.S. Las Vegas Sun
Study
shows industry hiring higher percentage of minorities
9th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun
Former
slot supervisor investigated in thefts
9th March
Kentucky Cincinatti
Enquirer/AP
Casino
gambling not likely in Kentucky, backer says
9th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun - Jeff Simpson & LVRJ
Harrah's
confident deal will close
Harrah's
confident purchase of Horseshoe will go through
8th March
Las Vegas Yahoo/PRNewswire
New
Mexico Woman Wins $8 Million On Megabucks(R) At Palms
7th March
Texas & Oklahoma
Star-Telegram/AP
Texas
gaming supplier giving millions to Oklahoma casinos
7th March
Detroit Detroit Fee
Press/AP
Man
dies in fall from Detroit casino parking structure
7th March
North Carolina News
Record
Video
poker or bust? Man tries to make it - legally
7th March
Atlantic City WNBC
News/AP
Man
Pleads Guilty In Atlantic City Casino Chip Heist - More Than $180,000 Stolen
From 2 Casinos
6th March
Illinois Chicago
Sun-Times
Harrah's
Waukegan casino offers highest bid for license
The operator
for the 10th and final Illinois casino license will be announced on the
15th March.
6th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun
World
Series of Poker to remain at Horseshoe
6th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun - Liz Benston
Harrah's
named leading bidder for Illinois license
6th March
Las Vegas & Illinois
Las Vegas Review Journal
Board
recommends Harrah's for final gaming license in Illinois
6th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun - Jeff Simpson
Room
rates, occupancy drive Mandalay earnings
Schaeffer
defends share sales
5th March
New York Yahoo/Business
Wire
Trans
World Corporation Announces Profits for 2003 and Reverse Stock Split
Trans World
Corp. operate 3 casinos in the Czech Republic under the American Chance
brand.
5th March
Las Vegas Yahoo/Business
Wire
Station
Casinos, Inc. Announces Partnership with the North Fork Rancheria of Mono
Indians
5th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun - Jeff Simpson
MTR
Gaming OK'd for Binion's purchase - Property slated to reopen April 1
5th March
Carson City & Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun - Jeff Simpson
Barrick
Gaming bullish on downtown
The Nevada
Gaming Board has voted 3 - 0 to license Barrick Gaming. The company is
purchasing 4 downtown Las Vegas casinos from Jack Gaughan.
5th March
Las Vegas & New York
Reuters.com
Alliance
Gaming seen benefitting from Sierra buy
5th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun/AP - Adam Goldman
Mandalay
Resort posts strong fourth-quarter earnings
5th March
Las Vegas Yahoo/PRNewswire
Mandalay
Resort Group Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results
5th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun - Jeff Simpson
Hard
Rock challenging gaming board complaint
4th March
Waukegan, Illinois
Chicago Daily Herald
Study:
Gambling, sailors don't mix
4th March
Dodge City Wichita
Eagle/AP
Dodge
City is gunning for a new casino
4th March
South Dakota Keloland.com
Pair
Of Criminals Arrested For Royal Flush Robbery
Casino
Workers Glad Suspects Are Arrested
4th March
Rhode Island & Las Vegas
Woodsocket Call
Harrah’s
plans stepped-up campaign for R.I. casino
4th March
Kentucky Louisville
Courier-Journal
House
reviews plan for 9 casinos - Committee could act on Clark's bills next
week
4th March
Las Vegas & New Orleans
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Harrah's
to Build 450-Room Hotel Tower in New Orleans
3rd March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun - Jeff Simpson
April
1 target for opening Horseshoe
3rd March
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Reno Gazette-Journal
Diaz
agrees to pay casino $675,000 in restitution
Dealer Patricia
Gail Diaz has pleaded guilty to stealing over $800,000 in $500 chips from
Harrah's Lake Tahoe over a 4 year period from 1999 to 2003.
3rd March
Las Vegas Yahoo/PRNewswire
Alliance
Gaming Announces Completion of the Acquisition of Sierra Design Group
3rd March
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls Review
Attractions
will be delivered: Casino
3rd March
New York Yahoo/Reuters
Court
rule seen raising gaming machine maker revenues
The U.S. Supreme
Court has let a stand an earlier appeals court ruling allowing Indian casinos
to install Class II slots.
3rd March
Las Vegas Yahoo/Dow
Jones
Shuffle
Master CEO Selling 20% Of Shares,Options
3rd March
Las Vegas & Los Angeles
ABC News/Reuters
L.A.
Gambler Sues Las Vegas Casino for Barring Him
The lawsuit
is being brought by an Los Angeles Lawyer against MGM Mirage.
3rd March
London & Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
U.S.
casino giants OK so far with British rules
British Government
officials are apparently discussing a tax rate of between 15 and 20% for
new developments. A rate at which American operators are comfortable with.
2nd March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Review-Journal
Longtime
MGM executive Fred Benninger, 86, dies - Successful businessman friend
and partner to Kirk Kerkorian
2nd March
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Daily Herald
Who
has the best casino proposal?
2nd March
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Sun-Times & The News Sun/AP
Casino
finalists lay out their proposals
Casino
companies emphasize benefit to communities
2nd March
Las Vegas Atlanta
Constitution-Journal/AP
Ex-Gambling
Executive Benninger Dies
1st March
Chicago Yahoo/PRNewswire
Midwest
Gaming Unveils Bold Plan for Des Plaines Casino
1st March
Rochester, N.Y. Rochester
Democrat & Chronicle
School
cashing in on casino careers - Former dealer bets on a local boom in gambling
industry jobs - Miguel Brache who was formerly
at the Turning Stone Casino.
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