Casinos, Sports Betting Pushed in Virginia

Sports betting and casinos will be on the menu for Virginia’s lawmakers next year. That’s the intention of a bevy of lobbyists who have been hired by companies such...

Poll Shows Florida’s Amendment 3 Will Pass

Associated Industries of Florida released a poll showing 70 percent of likely voters support Amendment 3, which would give voters, not lawmakers, the “exclusive right to decide whether to...

Mount Airy Submits Mini-Casino Plan

The Mount Airy Casino Resort (l.) has submitted its plan for a mini-casino and entertainment complex on 100 acres of land in Big Beaver, Pennsylvania, on the Ohio border,...

Lawsuit Dismissal Bogs Down Connecticut Casino

Connecticut’s gaming tribes are trying to find a way to move forward on their third, satellite casino (l.) in East Windsor. While one lawsuit, against the Department of the...

Boston Casino Expected to Impact Local Traffic

Various cities that are impacted by large casinos going up nearby or next door are collected money from mitigation funds handed out by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. One of...

Lucky Dragon Headed for Auction

The principal creditor of the shuttered Las Vegas casino hotel will offer it to the highest bidder later this month. Reports say the off-Strip property, which failed as a...

Massachusetts Agency Seeks Input on Region C License

The agency that oversees gaming in Massachusetts is seeking input from residents of the southeastern part of the state as to whether it should reopen bidding for a casino...

Two West Virginia Casinos to Offer Sports Betting

Two casinos in West Virginia will be offering sportsbook after partnering with Miomni Gaming. The owner of the properties, Delaware North, will use their partnership with Miomni to offer...

FanDuel Opposes Florida Amendment

Fantasy sports operator FanDuel said Amendment 3, which would let Florida voters determine expanded gambling, would impact voters' right to play fantasy sports and make it "impossible to bring...

Springfield Tourism Bureau Proposes Hotel Tax

The tourism bureau of Greater Springfield wants the city of Springfield, Massachusetts to adopt a 1 percent increase to the hotel tax. This would, of course apply to the...

Borgata Atlantic City Seeks Ivey’s Nevada Assets in Lawsuit

Borgata Atlantic City has filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to allow it to seek assets of pro gambler Phil Ivey...

Fertitta Offers Caesars a Merger

Caesars’ stock soared on the news that Tilman Fertitta (l.) was pitching the casino giant on a reverse merger that values it at $13 a share. Caesars would acquire...

Eldorado Resorts Finalizes Tropicana Acquisition

Eldorado Resorts has finished the acquisition of Tropicana Entertainment from Icahn Enterprises and now has full operating rights for the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City (l.). The announcement was...

Deal to Sell Closed AC Casino Falls Through

A potential deal to sell the closed Atlantic Club Casino to nearby Stockton University has fallen through. The university wanted the property as part of a new Atlantic City...

Hard Rock Changes Atlantic City President

Hard Rock International is replacing the president of its Atlantic City casino three months after opening. The casino will replace Matt Harkness with Joe Lupo (l.), a former Borgata...

State Control of Atlantic City Will Continue

A report from New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy's (l.) administration recommends the state continue its economic control of Atlantic City’s municipal government for the time being. The report cited...

States Push Back Against ‘Integrity Fees’

Score one for the bookies as West Virginia approved sports betting rules that don’t include payments to the pro sports leagues for use of their game data. Lawmakers crafting...

One Year Later

The famed neon way went into eclipse on Monday, October 1, at 10:01 p.m. as resorts on the Las Vegas Strip dimmed their marquees. It was one year to...

Third Connecticut Casino Dealt Critical Blow

The chances of a third Connecticut casino (l) jointly owned by the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribe grew much more remote last week when a federal court judge ruled...

Massachusetts Gaming Commission Picks Leader as Wynn Investigation Arrives

Just as the Wynn investigation was about to end, Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby stepped down last month after being accused of favoritism. The remaining members voted to...