Pennsylvania Down to the Wire
As lawmakers pushed to vote a budget for the new fiscal year by Friday’s deadline, Pennsylvania state senators were still at odds over major portions of the gaming expansion...
Gaming News
Hard Rock Atlantic City Plans Memorial Day 2018 Opening
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City expects to have a complete renovation of the former Trump Taj Mahal (l.) ready to go by Memorial Day 2018....
Feds Threaten DraftKings, FanDuel Merger
The Federal Trade Commission is challenging the announced merger of DraftKings and FanDuel, saying it will lead to a company dominating 90 percent of the daily fantasy industry. The...
New Jersey Regulators Approve Caesars Board Members
The New Jersey Casino Control Commission has approved the appointment of five directors of Caesars Entertainment Corp., including CEO Mark Frissora, as part of Caesars ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
Ivey Must Wait on Borgata Appeal
A federal court has ruled that poker pro Phil Ivey must wait to file an appeal of the $10 million judgment against him in a case brought by the...
The Sports Betting Push
The American Sports Betting Coalition will bring government, law enforcement and business leaders together in a campaign to repeal the 25-year-old federal ban on sports betting. Created by the...
Pennsylvania House Passes Gaming Expansion Bill
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed its version of the omnibus gaming expansion bill, including controversial expansion measures that create an uncertain future in the Senate. Philadelphia Rep. Madeleine...
Atlantic City Awarded Grants to Complete Boardwalk Connection to Gardner Basin
Atlantic City has been awarded a grant to complete the bike and pedestrian connection to Gardner Basin.
Hard Rock Ups Investment in Atlantic City Taj Mahal
Speaking at a local gaming conference, Jim Allen (l. at center), chairman of Hard Rock International, said the company may pump as much as $500 million into the recently...
Atlantic City Casino Revenue Rebounds in May
Atlantic City casinos saw a 4.3 percent increase in revenue over May 2016 with one less casino operating. If the figures from the closed Trump Taj Mahal casino are...
Lawmakers: PA VGT Law Would Help Nuisance ‘Stop-and-Gos’
Opponents to the bill now before the Pennsylvania Senate say the House VGT proposal would help the controversial liquor-licensed “stop-and-go” convenience stores. The 12 state casinos say VGTs would...
NIGC Shuts Down Washington Casino
The National Indian Gaming Commission, the organization that oversees Indian gaming in the United States, has ordered the Northwood Casino, operated by the Nooksack Indian tribe of Washington state...
New Connecticut Casino Could Ruin OTB
The decision that the Connecticut legislature recently took to allow the state’s two gaming tribes to build a third casino will help the tribes fend off competition from the...
Struggling N.Y. Racino Facing Closure
New York’s increasingly crowded casino market may be claiming its first victim before the year is out. Unless tax relief is granted soon, the owners of Vernon Downs say...
MGM Grand Adding More Convention Space
A 250,000-square-foot addition to the Strip resort’s convention center is now under construction. When it’s completed in late 2018 the property will have more than 850,000 square feet of...
Girders Rise in Wynn Boston Harbor
Once the site of a former toxic chemical factory, the land adjacent to the Mystic River in Everett, Massachusetts is witnessing the rise of the first girders (l.) of...
Rhode Island Tribes Want to Search Casino Site for Burials
Two Rhode Island tribes want work to halt temporarily on the new Tiverton casino. They want to use radar to see if their suspicions are correct that the building...
Bill Would Ban Smoking in PA Casinos
A bill in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives would ban smoking in casinos by removing the casino exemption from the state’s Clean Indoor Air Act.
