Ruffin to Buy Circus Circus in Las Vegas?

MGM and Phil Ruffin (l.), the billionaire owner of the TI, are said to have a verbal agreement on a deal for Circus Circus, the venerable North Strip resort....

Farewell, Barron Hilton: Vegas Founding Father Dead at 91

With his 1970 purchases of the Flamingo and the International, renamed the Las Vegas Hilton, hotel icon Barron Hilton was a driving force in making Las Vegas acceptable to...

Sacramento Gaming Scene to Get Hard Rocked

The new Hard Rock Sacramento is set to open on October 30 in a region that already has many gaming options. But Hard Rock will be different with a...

VGTs Go Live at Second PA Truck Stop

The Bald Eagle Truck Stop in McElhattan, Pennsylvania (l.) became the second in the state to open a lounge offering video gaming terminals under the state’s 2017 gaming expansion...

Illinois Racing Board Reluctantly Grants Arlington Dates

Arlington International Racecourse's 68 race dates for 2020 were approved—reluctantly—by the Illinois Racing Board. Previously, owner Churchill Downs announced the 91-year old racetrack (l.) would not apply for a...

Blackstone Eyes Bellagio, MGM Grand

Private equity giant Blackstone is looking for marquee hospitality names. MGM Resorts International is looking to fund a mega-casino in Japan. This could be a match made in gaming...

New Day at Delaware Racino

Twin River Worldwide Holdings revives the fortunes of Delaware’s Dover Downs (l.) while continuing a program of expansion that hedges its bets in the company’s home Rhode Island market....

Massachusetts Spurns Bluhm Casino—Again

Neil Bluhm, the billionaire real estate developer who wants to build a casino at the Brockton Fairgrounds in Massachusetts (l.), has lost another bid to do so. Last week,...

AC’s Borgata Launches Another Renovation

The Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa (l.) in Atlantic City will spend $14 million to renovate its lobby and hotel suites. The expenditures come on the heels of a...

PA Casino Auction a Bust

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s latest auction for Category 4 satellite casino licenses drew no takers, leaving the future of the mini-casino program in question.

Cordish Grows Pennsylvania Footprint

Cordish Companies’ Stadium Casino subsidiary is targeting both sides of the state of Pennsylvania with new Live! casino and hotel projects in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The Philadelphia project (l.)...

Blackhurst Joins Caesars Board

Jan Jones Blackhurst has been appointed to Caesars Entertainment’s board of directors. Blackhurst, who has been a senior executive at Caesars since 1999, will continue in her current role...

Waukegan, Illinois Considers Five Casino Proposals

Waukegan, Illinois is one of five suburban Chicago locations authorized to host a casino under the state's expanded gaming bill. Six developers (two working together) have presented five plans:...

Atlantic City YTD Profits Tumble

Second-quarter profits for Atlantic City’s casinos painted a less than rosy picture for six of the seven properties in operation prior to Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City...

Indiana Commission Approves Land-Based Gary Casino

Spectacle Entertainment has been approved by the Indiana Gaming Commission to move its Majestic Star riverboat casino (l.) off Lake Michigan and onto land in downtown Gary. The $300...

Georgia Again Considers Expanded Gambling

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (l.) has asked state agencies to cut their budgets. In response, House and Senate committees will consider casino gambling, horseracing and sports betting as new...

Borgata Grabs Phil Ivey’s Poker Winnings

In June, poker champ Phil Ivey forfeited his winnings from the World Series of Poker Players Championship to the Borgata. According to one report, Borgata effectively “garnished Ivey’s wages”...

Podcast with Robert DeSalvio

A conversation with Robert DeSalvio, President, Encore Boston Harbor

PA Truck Stop Gaming Goes Live

As the first video gaming terminals go live at truck stops in Pennsylvania, regulators are working to approve more licenses—and more communities in Lancaster County are opting out of...

Podcast with Aaron Gomes

GGB Podcast features a discussion with Aaron Gomes, the chief operating officer for Peninsula Pacific Entertainment on how the company is opening the first gaming establishments in the state...