31st
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Officials
propose instantly adjustable slots
31st
May
Atlantic City
Source: The Press of Atlantic City
Borgata
to start taking reservations for July 11
31st
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Anti-Money
Laundering rule: Criminal case may threaten settlement
31st
May
Las Vegas Source:
San Diego Union-Tribune
Las
Vegas politics mirrors culture - Campaign game is unique in freewheeling
'Sin City'
31st
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Aladdin
Gaming Files Proposed Plan of Reorganization and Accompanying Disclosure
Statement
31st
May
Illinois Source:
Reuters.com
Illinois
house passes casino tax, stocks hit
The top rate of tax for
the 9 Riverboat casinos will move up to 70% and entrance fees will range
between $4 & $5.
30th
May
Vancouver, B.C. Source:
Canada.com/CP
B.C.
Liberals lift cap on slots in casinos
30th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Mandalay
Resort Group income slips - Company says Mandalay Bay helps revenue rise
30th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Casino's
short life belies storied history
30th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Orange County Register/AP
Fire
claims Vegas landmark - Moulin Rouge was the first of the city's casinos
to welcome black guests along with whites.
30th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire, Dow Jone & Reuters
Mandalay
Resort Group Reports First Quarter Results
Mandalay
Resort's 1st-Quarter Net Fell 9.8%
Mandalay
Profit Off but Las Vegas Humming
30th
May
San Diego Source:
Yahoo UK/Business Wire
International
Thunderbird Gaming Corporation: Message to our Shareholders on 2003 First
Quarter Results
30th
May
Carson City, Nevada
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Bill
would require state certification of gambling counselors
30th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Expert:
Casinos need to improve online security
Gaming
executives face technology issues - Mandalay chief: IT departments key
to growth
30th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
N.
Vegas casino moves ahead
Coast Casinos Inc.'s plans
for a future casino to be named the North Coast Hotel & Casino.
28th
May
Las Vegas & Bristol, UK
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
MGM
Mirage will buy stake in British casino developer
28th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
Global
Cash Access Signs New Contracts with 16 Casinos
28th
May
Las Vegas & Telford, England
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Alliance
Gaming Announces Acquisition of UK-Based Honeyframe Systems Company
27th
May
Deadwood, South Dakota
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal/AP
Increase
in bet limit brings benefits to Dakota town
Slots
drive betting dollars in Deadwood
27th
May
Atlantic City Source: The
Press of Atlantic City - May 25th &
24th
The
casino success that almost wasn’t - AC Coin and Slot got start with industry
Casinos
all in family - Second generation now joining casino work force
27th
May
Deadwood, South Dakota
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal/AP
Increase
in bet limit brings benefits to Dakota town
Slots
drive betting dollars in Deadwood
27th
May
Atlantic City Source: The
Press of Atlantic City - May 25th &
24th
The
casino success that almost wasn’t - AC Coin and Slot got start with industry
Casinos
all in family - Second generation now joining casino work force
27th
May
Las Vegas & Bristol, UK
Source: Las Vegas Sun
MGM
MIRAGE entering U.K.'s casino market
MGM's plans to enter the
UK market could be hindered if the story in the Liverpool Echo (see link
below) about a delay in the deregultion timetable is proved correct.
27th
May
Washington Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Gamblers
more frequently misstating results, IRS says
27th
May
Biloxi, Mississippi Source:
NewsAlert.com/Biloxi Sun Herald
The
Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss., Inside Gambling Column
Could Park Place be about
to sell any or all of its Mississippi casinos?
27th
May
Las Vegas Source:
NewsAlert.com/Philadelphia Inquirer
Vegas
casino-hopping via monorail
Update on the Las Vegas
monorail system that will take visitors between Tropicana and Sahara. The
fare will be $3 with an opening date scheduled for early 2004.
27th
May
Atlantic City
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Casino
Data Imaging Announces Sale of CasinoCAD Millennium to Borgata Hotel Casino
& Spa
27th
May
Pennsylvania
Source: Yahoo/Investors Business Daily
The
Financial Stakes Are High As States Consider Gaming Bills
27th
May
Reno & Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Mandalay
Resort Group Signs Ticket-In Ticket-Out Machine Purchase Agreement With
IGT
27th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Homeland
Education Resource Organization, LLC (HERO) Hosts 'Gambling with Security:
Hospitality and Gaming Face High Stakes'
26th
May
Indiana Source:
Indianapolis Star
State's
casinos unfazed by fake $100 bills
26th
May
Atlantic City
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer - May 24th
Starting
soon, slots are no longer small time - The $1,000 slot machine will have
its Atlantic City debut at the Borgata
26th
May
Atlantic City
Source: The Press of Atlantic City
Press
Editorial: 25 years of casinos - The region wins
Readers
view the casino scene - in 1978
A.C.’s
next 25 years More casinos, competition, technology in Atlantic City’s
future
26th
May
Las Vegas Source:
The Mercury News/AP
Mirage
to pay $5 million in state fines
25th
May
Las Vegas & Cyberspace
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Web
casinos thorny issue
From
$40 to Moneymaker - Binion's poker win is Cinderella story for Tennessee
man
WSOP
- World Series Poker Faces
- Two excellent pictures of the winner and runner up
25th
May
Canada Source:
Canoe.ca/London Free Press
A
safe bet - Those who have gambled and won in the U.S. see some of their
winnings held back by the U.S. tax officials, but some of that money can
be relaimed.
25th
May
Las Vegas Source:
New York Times
A
Player Called 'Money' Wins World Poker Title
25th
May
Atlantic City Source:
The Press of Atlantic City
Good
or bad, gaming impact inescapable
Our
celebrities
A.C.
casinos brought progress, but at a price
Atlantic City celebrates
25 years of casino gaming on Memorial Day.
25th
May
Las Vegas Source:
The Miami Herald/AP
Web
player wins $2.5 million poker championship
Amazingly of the 839 players,
only 63 paid the buy-in price of $10,000
24th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire & Las Vegas Sun
MGM
MIRAGE Statement on Resolution of 6A Matter
Regulator
calls Mirage case a wake-up call
The company will pay a fine
of $5 million for the non-filing of 15,000 cash transaction reports.
24th
May
St. Louis, Missouri
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
President
Casinos, Inc. Announces Bid Process for Sale of St. Louis Casino
24th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Source: PokerPages.com
May 24th - World
Championship Event No Limit Hold'em Final Day
Winner Chris Moneymaker
winning the $2.5 million first prize. Sam Farha coming second and picking
up $1.3 million.
24th
May
New Orleans Source:
UPI/Joe Bob Briggs
The
Vegas Guy: Harrah's New Orleans
24th
May
Atlantic City Source: 1010wins.com/AP
Casino
to Offer Atlantic City's First $1,000 Slots
When the Borgata opens in
the Summer it will have 3,640 slots, including 2 x $1,000, 2 x $500, 10
x $100 and 16 x $25.
24th
May
Carson City, Nevada Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Gaming
panel shelves ATM slots
Station
urged to consider Northern Nevada needs
23rd
May
Las Vegas - WSOP
Source: PokerPages.com
& Others.
May 22nd - World
Championship Event No Limit Hold'em Day 4
Day
5. Friday 23rd May 14.00 PST (22.00 UKT). Down to the final table
and just 9 players left chasing after the record first prize of $2.5 million.
The final table action can be watched live at www.binions.com
for $29.95 (complete with a bunch of freebie offers). Betfair.com
has betting in running.
Player profiles: www.pokerpages.com/pokerinfo/tournamentgallery/wsop/gallery2003-finaltable.htm
Further updates from: www.pokerpages.com/interactive/pokerforum/viewforum.php?f=17
& www.gutshotwsop.co.uk
23rd
May
Atlantic City - 25 Years
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
A.C.
casinos 25 years: An era of mixed payoffs
"But I've been here since
casino gambling first came, and there's not one black millionaire in town
here."
23rd
May
Atlantic City
Source: The Press of Atlantic City - Joe Weinert
CCC
lets casinos make free cash valid only for play
23rd
May
Louisiana Source:
Las Vegas Sun/AP
Harrah's
temporary slot casino opens at racetrack - Officials hope to turn around
poor racing attendance
22nd
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Mirage
probe 'embarrassing' to company, chief executive
MGM
Mirage eyeing new casino in Las Vegas or Atlantic City
22nd
May
Biloxi, Mississippi
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Jeopardy®
Progressive Slot Machine Sets Record High at Isle of Capri Casino Biloxi
The $13,789,894.29 MegaJackpot™
is the largest ever won outside of Nevada.
22nd
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
Shuffle
Master Announces 2nd Fiscal Quarter 2003 Results
The company now has over
10,000 shuffling machines installed world-wide. Shuffle Master has also
aquired from Sega the Royal Ascot multi-player horseracing machines.
22nd
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Cooper
Levenson to Present Regulatory Seminar at Inaugural Gaming Technology Summit
22nd
May
Atlantic City
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Borgata
Hotel Casino & Spa to Open with Global Cash Access Products and Services
22nd
May
Atlantic City
Source: The Press of Atlantic City - Joe Weinert
Casino
successes abound
A look at the casino career
of Steve Callender, senior vice president of table games operations at
Bally's.
22nd
May
Atlantic City
Source: The Press of Atlantic City
There
she is … at a slot machine
Gormley
attacks McGreevey over casino taxes
The Miss America pageant's
change of policy on gambling & Casino tax raising critism from the
Mid-Atlantic Gaming Summit.
22nd
May
Louisiana Source:
Nola.com/AP
Slot
casino opens at Bossier City racetrack
The slots at Louisiana Downs
is part owned and will be managed by Harrah's.
22nd
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Anti-Money
Laundering Rules: Violationprompts charges - Former MGM Mirage official
arrested for failing to file forms
22nd
May
Springfield, Illinois
Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP
Gambling
advocates vow to push expansion
22nd
May
Louisville, Kentucky
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
International
Wagering on Kentucky Derby 129 Continues Uptrend
22nd
May
Las Vegas - WSOP
Source: PokerPages.com
May 21st - World
Championship Event No Limit Hold'em Day 3
WSOP results so far - www.pokerpages.com/pokerinfo/tournamentgallery/wsop/wsop-events-2003.htm
Names still very much in
contention include Phil Hellmuth JR , Jeff Shulman (Card Player) &
Stuart Wheeler (IG Group).
22nd
May
Las Vegas - WSOP
Source: PokerPages.com
May 20th - World
Championship Event No Limit Hold'em Day 2
May 19th - World
Championship Event No Limit Hold'em Day 1
Prize Pool: $7,802,700
Number of entries: 839
22nd
May
Las Vegas Source:
International Herald Tribune
At
poker's World Series, even Little Leaguers get a shot
The $10,000 No limit tournament
this year drew 839 players for a total prize pool of $7,802,700 with
$2.5 million to the winner.
22nd
May
Chicago Source:
CNN.com/AP
Chicago
mayor aims to gamble on casino
22nd
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Ex-casino
official arrested
The arrest is in connection
with the Mirage's failure to file thousands of cash transaction reports.
22nd
May
Hauppage, New York
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Global
Payment Technologies, Inc. Has Received a One-Year Extension of Its Supply
Agreement with Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
21st
May
New Jersey
Source: NJ.com/Star-Ledger
Governor
a no-show at casinos' key event - Industry hoped he would address tax issue
The Mid-Atlantic Gaming
Congress being held in Atlantic City today.
21st
May
Chicago Source:
Chicago Business & Chicago Daily Herald
Guv
nixes gaming expansion to cure budget ills
Gambling
decision hits nerve
In a move sure to hurt U.S.
casino stocks today, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has ruled out allgambling
expansion in the state.
21st
May
Harvey, Louisiana
Source: UPI - Joe Bob Briggs
The
Vegas Guy: Boomtown Casino
Another excellent article
looking
also at the history of Pinnacle Entertainment.
21st
May
Biloxi, Mississippi
Source: HoumaToday.com/AP
Mississippi
casinos' ad campaign to oppose tax increase talk
21st
May
Indiana Source:
Indianapolis Star
Casinos
generate $182M in April revenues
April
was a loser for the riverboats
20th
May
Chicago Source:
Yahoo/Reuters
Illinois
gov. nixes expanded gambling for budget
20th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Study:
Indian casinos win $14.1 billion in 2002 - Total surpasses Nevada take
According to the study
221 tribes operated 348 gaming clubs in 30 states in 2002. They had 206,000
slots and 4,500 table games.
20th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun & LVRJ/AP
Mandalay
Resort Group awards bonuses to execs
Mandalay
Resort Group pays bonuses to executives
President and CFO Glenn
Schaeffer appears to have made a cool $17 million during 2002.
20th
May
Kansas City, Missouri
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal - Gaming Wire
Judge
orders seized slot returned to Ameristar
20th
May
Vancouver. B.C.
Source: Vancouver/Canadian NewsWire
Gateway
Casinos Income Fund Reports Strong First Quarter 2003 Results, Meets All
Cash Distribution Targets
20th
May
Atlantic City
Source: The Press of Atlantic City - Joe Weinert
A
brutal winter for A.C. casinos - First-quarter profit down 12% citywide
20th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Global
Gaming Business Debuts 'World of Gaming' Map Series
20th
May
South Carolina
Source: TheState.com
Ban
gets credit for steep drop in gambling addicts
Video
Poker History - Highlights of video poker's history in South Carolina
Video Poker was banned in
South Carolina in 2000. At the time of the ban it was a $3 billion per
annum business.
19th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
iGames
Entertainment Inc. Enters Distribution Agreement For Table Game 'Table-Slots'
For California Indian Casinos
19th
May
Atlantic City & Sunnyvale, Calif
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Borgata
Hotel Casino & Spa and Blue Pumpkin Take Customer Service Beyond the
Gaming Floor
19th
May
Newton, Massachusetts
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
The
Casino & Gaming Market Research Handbook is now Available Through Casino
City Press
19th
May
Chicago Source:
Las Vegas Sun/AP
Daley
wants Chicago to own casino - Mayor eyeing ways to boost city's economy
19th
May
Mississippi
Source: Biloxi SunHerald
April
casino winnings
Mississippi's casino win
was down from $234.5 million in April 2002 to $226.6 million - a drop of
3.4%.
19th
May
Louisiana Source:
Houma Today/AP
Louisiana
casino winnings down 8.6 percent from year ago
19th
May
Atlantic City
Source: The Press of Atlantic City
Yes
to gambling
The POAC looks back at 25
years of legal gambling in New Jersey. The state's first gambling referendum
on November 3rd, 1974 failed to pass despite the Press's editorial support.
19th
May
California & Mississippi
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
1,000th
MegaJackpot™ Won on Sodak/IGT's Native American Linked Progressive Systems
Megabucks®
Hits at Grand Casino Biloxi
The first story is a fact
filled look at IGT subsidiary Sodak Gaming and operation of the Native
American MegaJackpots systems.
19th
May
Atlantic City & Ohio
Source: Canton Republic - Editorial
Mixed
results in gambling mecca
18th
May
Nevada Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nevadan
At Work: Jim Murren, President and Chief Executive Officer, MGM
Mirage
18th
May
Chicago, Illinois
Source: Chicago Herald Tribune
Mayor
says casino would boost city's economy
Gambling:
Is it the only answer?
Gambling
critics decry video poker as 'crack cocaine'
18th
May
Gaming History
Source: SaukValley.com
The
big game: Lotteries have history in first century B.C.
18th
May
Atlantic City
Source: Newsday.com/AP
New
AC Casino hires farm to provide vegetables
18th
May
Indiana Source:
Courier-Journal
Indiana
casinos weigh staying open 24 hours a day
18th
May
Atlantic City
Source: The Press of Atlantic City
Cleaning
house of panhandlers Gaming halls here find homeless not easy to keep out
17th
May
Nevada - Health & Safety
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Money,
chips a concern after fires in casinos
17th
May
San Diego Source:
Yahoo/CCN Mathews
Thunderbird
Announces Fiscal 2002 Results
17th
May
Monticello, New York
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Empire
Resorts Affiliate Plans Implementation of up to 1,800 VLTs
17th
May
Toronto Source:
Canadian Press
U.S.
firm files RICO allegation against Great Canadian Gaming over lust boat
The China
Sea Discovery now based in Taiwan was originally the Cunard lines
Carinthia. Later operating as Sitmar Cruises "Fair Princess".
17th
May
Illinois Source:
Las Vegas Sun/AP & Yahoo/Reuters
Ill.
House committee approves video poker, new Chicago casino
More
Illinois gaming bills move in legislature
A raft of proposals designed
to increase the size of Illinois casinos and place slots at state racetracks
has been approved by an Illinois House committee.
16th
May
Gulfport, Mississippi
Source: Biloxi SunHerald
Land
casino idea makes waves - Gaming panel chairman defends studying the options
16th
May
Tunica, Mississippi
Source: Clarksdale Press Register
Gunmen
rob Robinsonville casino
The Grand Casino has become
the third Tunica area casino to be robbed at gunpoint in the last week.
The Isle of Capri Casino in Lula was robbed Friday, and Fitzgerald's Casino
in Robinsonville was robbed Saturday.
16th
May
Kansas City, Missouri
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Hearing
set on suit in slot case
The Review-Journal with
a very different story from that appearing in the Kansas City Star. The
chip in the IGT. $1 Red, White & Blue is No: SPLUS8788.
16th
May
Kansas City, Missouri
Source: Kansas City Star & Las Vegas Sun
Gaming
official says 'there's nothing to' suit against slot machine
Disputed
slot to be put back in service
- See earlier stories from the 14th below.
16th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Coast
Casinos reports jumps in earnings, income for quarter
Coast Casinos operates the
Barbary Coast, Gold Coast, Suncoast & The Orleans all in Las Vegas.
15th
May
Kansas City, Missouri
Source: Kansas City Star
Kansas
City casino revenues down again
Interesting stats on payback
rates for different denomination slots at Harrahs. $1 - 94.6%, 5c - 89.2%,
and 1c - 87%.
15th
May
Lawrenceburg, Indiana
Source: Journal-Press
Children
left in casino garage lead to gunpoint arrests
15th
May
Tunica, Mississippi
Source: KATV.com
Robbery
at Grand Casino in Tunica
15th
& 16th May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire & Las Vegas Sun
Paul-Son
Gaming Reports First Quarter Financial Results
Gaming
supplier reports first-quarter loss
15th
May
Vancouver, B.C. Source:
Yahoo/CCN Mathews
Great
Canadian Gaming Corporation: Re-Zoning Approved for New Casino Development
in Richmond, British Columbia
15th
May
Dallas & Taiwan
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Allegiance
Capital Corporation Amends Lawsuit Against Great Canadian Gaming Corporation
to Allege RICO Act Violations
15th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
MGM
Mirage chief looks ahead - Chairman says casino company ready to ride economic
upswing
15th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Wynn
Resorts holds Annual Meeting
14th
May
Missouri Source:
The KansasCityChannel.com - 12th & 13th
May
State
Auditor's Report Warned Of Faulty Slot Machines Before Lawsuit Was Filed
Judge
Orders Slot Machine Pulled From Casino
A single $1 IGT Red, White
& Blue slot has been removed from Ameristar Casino as part of a lawsuit
claiming the casino and the state gaming commission have knowingly allowed
a defective machine to continue to operate.
14th
May
Mississippi Source:
Clarion-Ledger
Weekend
robberies target 2 casinos
14th
May
Waukegan, Illinois
Source: Chicago Daily Herald
A
look at Waukegan's casino license plans
14th
May
Deadwood, S.D. Source:
Las Vegas Sun/AP
Higher
bets help S.D. casino town flourish
Deadwood, South Dakota now
has a $100 bet limit on Blackjack & Slots. It was $5 from 1989 to 2000.
14th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
MGM
MIRAGE adjusts to new realities
14th
May
Austin, Texas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
Multimedia
Games and National Indian Gaming Commission Mutually Agree to Extend Review
Period for Reel Time Bingo Version 2.0
14th
May
Gaming Investments Source:
Yahoo/Investors Business Daily
Gambling
Fever Pays Off For Game Maker
- Profile of IGT
14th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Wynn
takes stand in trial of stalking suspect
14th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
'Garfield'
slots face scrutiny
14th
May
Missouri Source:
Kansas City Star
House
rules work against disgruntled gamblers
14th
May
Olympia, Washinton State
Source: The Seattle Times
Gambling
lobby sweetens pot in pitch to lawmakers
13th
May
New York Source:
The New York Times
Pataki
Banks Heavily on Gambling in New Plan to Rescue New York City
13th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
Mikohn
Gaming Reports Results for First Quarter 2003
13th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
Mikohn
Gaming Licenses Casino Rights to Garfield and Plans Development of Slot
Games Based on The World Famous Cartoon Cat Created by Jim Davis
13th
May
Colorado Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Century
Casinos Announces First Quarter Earnings
13th
May
Richmond, B.C. Source:
Yahoo/CCN Mathews
Great
Canadian Gaming Corporation: Financial Results for Three Months Ended March
31, 2003
13th
May
Louisville, Kentucky
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Churchill
Downs Stewards Conclude Inquiry Into Photograph Of Finish of Kentucky Derby
129
13th
May
Las Vegas Source:
USA Today
High
rollers like Bennett get royal treatment at casinos
13th
May
Atlantic City Source:
USA Today & CNN/AP
Mixed
blessings in Atlantic City, 25 years after first casino
Atlantic
City casinos bring mixed blessings
The Haddon Hall hotel re-opened
as Resorts International Hotel Casino on May 26th 1978.
12th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Jeff Simpson
Paintings
art jackpot for Wynn - Developer proud to bring two masterpieces home to
LV
12th
May
Las Vegas Source: Las Vegas
Sun/AP
Two
paintings worth millions on display in Las Vegas
Steve Wynn has wasted no
time in getting the Renoir and Cezanne, bought last week from Sotheby's
and Christies for over $40 million on public display at the Wynn Collection.
12th
May
Illinois Source: Chicago Daily
Herald
Slots
at track - just do it -
Opinion
What
slots at the racetrack could mean
12th
May
Gulfport, Mississipi Source:
Al.com/Mobile Register
Gambling
icon Copa Casino in watery grave
A look at the life of the
Ryndam, Pride of Galveston and later the Copa Casino. The ship built in
1942 and launched in 1951 sank off the coast of the Dominican Republic
March 16th.
12th
May
Wisconsin Source: Wisconsin Rapids
Daily Tribune
Lawmakers
consider legalized video gambling in state taverns
11th
May
Las Vegas Source: Yahoo Singapore/Reuters
Guggenheim
Pop Culture Showcase in Las Vegas Closes
11th
May
Chicago Source: Chicago Daily
Herald & Chicago Business
Blagojevich
now playing 'The Gambler'
Long
odds for mayor's casino play
11th
May
Louiseville, Kentucky Source:
MSNBC/NBC Sports
Horse
racing’s credibility teetering - If Santos broke rules, sport’s integrity
would be rocked again
11th
May
Chicago Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Casinos
run by government?
A comparison of the privately
run casinos in Illinois with those across the border in Ontario, Canada
that are owned by the provicial government.
10th
May
Nevada Source: Las Vegas Sun
Good
news, bad news on Nevada casino win
Nevada's slots had their
best month ever - winning $573 million. Table game win dropped 3.1% to
$256.5 million.
10th
May
Atlantic City Source: Philadelphia
Inquirer/AP
Casinos
join hands in employee-training lab
10th
May
Louisville. Kentucky Source:
Yahoo/AP
Kentucky
Derby Probes Winning Jockey
Yahoo/AP
Photos - Jockey Jose Santos aboard Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide.
10th
May
Louisville. Kentucky Source:
Miami Herald
Photo
of Kentucky Derby-winning jockey raises questions
9th
May
Las Vegas Source: BBC.co.uk
Casino
magnate's £25m art spree
An unusually poor article
from the BBC - complete with spelling mistakes.
9th
May
Colorado Source: Rocky Mountain
News
Casino
settles lawsuit for $300,000
9th
May
Carson City, Nevada Source: Las
Vegas Sun/AP
Nevada
casinos show 3.4 percent win gain in March
9th
May
Reno Source: Las Vegas Sun
IGT
a sleeping giant in 'Net gaming
IGT, the world's largest
slot manufacturer continues to monitor the potential for allowing the company's
games for use by Internet casinos.
9th
May
Chicago Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Illinois
gaming expansion bill passed by panel
Under the plan the maximum
number of gaming positions will be raised from 1,200 to 2,000 per casino.
Slots may be introduced at Ilinois Racetracks and Chicago will be able
to have a Riverboat operation.
8th
May
Las Vegas Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Vegas
plays high stakes games with SARS
8th
May
Las Vegas Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Mikohn's
Yahtzee Video Slot Receives Approval from Mississippi Gaming Commission
8th
May
Las Vegas Source: Yahoo/Dow
Jones Business News
Court
Approves Bid Procedures For Aladdin Casino Sale
8th
May
Atlantic City Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Industry
Leaders to Headline 7th Annual Mid-Atlantic Gaming Congress
8th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Judge
gives OK to lead bid for sale of Aladdin - Stage set for possible June
20 auction
8th
May
New York Source: CNN Money
& Borsa Italia/Reuters
Casino
magnate buys $17M Cezanne
U.S.
casino magnate nabs another Christie
Steve Wynn was also reported
yesterday to have spent $25.5 million for a Renoir at Sotheby's. A two
day spending spree of over $40 million.
8th
May
Carson City Source: Las
Vegas Review-Journal
Station
Casinos execs lectured on role in California
8th
May
Atlantic City Source: The
Press of Atlantic City - Joe Wienert
CCC
keeps former Caesars exec out of casinos
8th
May
Biloxi, Mississippi Source:
Biloxi SunHerald/AP
Mississippi
casinos watch potential competition in South
Land
casinos next? - Commission: Barges may be thing of past
Cutting
edge casinos - Gaming summit shows new trends
Reports from the Southern
Gaming Summit on Mississippi's Gold Coast.
8th
May
Atlantic City Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Spectrum
Gaming Group, Gaming Industry Observer Announce Merger
8th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
MOON
Resort and Casino: It's Time to Shake Some Sand... Website:
www.moonresortandcasino.com
8th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
2003
World Series of Poker to be Webcast 'Live' for First Time Via Advanced
Internet Media Delivery Technologies
The final table of $10,000
No Limit Hold'Em at the 2003 World Series of Poker Championship Match will
be shown live on May 23rd.
8th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Last
cocktail waitress in weight lawsuit against Mirage settles
8th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Grand
opening set for new Lake Las Vegas casino
Casino MonteLago at Lake
Las Vegas in Henderson will hold it's grand opening this evening.
7th
May
Nevada Source: Las
Vegas Review-Journal
Bennett
case arouses concerns about casino privacy - Ex-Cabinet secretary's playing
habits may have been leaked to reporters
7th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Aztar
considers strategies for developing Tropicana
7th
May
New York Source:
Yahoo/Reuters
Sotheby's
Auction Season Begins Modestly
Steve Wynn has paid $23,528,000
for an 1882 work by French Impressionist Renoir at Sothebys New York. It
will be displayed as part of the Wynn Collection at the new Le Reve. "Dans
Les Roses" Yahoo/AP Photos
7th
May
Carson City, Nevada
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Assembly
panel hears bills revising Nevada gambling laws
7th
May
Wichita, Kansas Source:
Wichita Business Journal
Trump
says he has no interest in developing Wichita casino
7th
May
Atlantic City Source:
FoxNews.com
Casino
Bans Bibles From Rooms
The Borgata Hotel Casino
& Spa scheduled to open in Atlantic City this summer.
7th
May
Las Vegas Source:
KVBC.com
Forgotten
Las Vegas Signs Cleaned Up For Display
7th
May
Chicago Source: Chicago
Sun-Times
Daley
says he's 'reviewing' idea of city-owned casino
7th
May
Atlantic City Source:
The Press of Atlantic City - Opinion
A.C.
Beach Bars - Shot of excitement
7th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
Herbst
Gaming Reports First Quarter Earnings
7th
May
Biloxi, Mississippi
Source: Biloxi SunHerald
Southern
Gaming Summit to start in Biloxi
A.C.
Coin opens Coast office
6th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Alliance
Gaming Announces Coinless Slots Agreement With Harrah's Entertainment
Harrah's
Entertainment Announces Coinless Slots Agreement With Alliance Gaming
6th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Planet
Hollywood seen as weak link in bid for Aladdin
Bidder
for Aladdin in London Clubs deal
6th
May
Nevada Source: Las
Vegas Review-Journal
Anti-Money
Laundering Laws: Fed role feared after breaches
6th
May
Nevada Source: Nevada
Appeal - Opinion
A
choice for Station Casinos
The writer believes that
Station Casinos Indian Gaming contracts in California could contravene
Nevada Gaming Commission Regulation 5.010.
6th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Cell
phones cost casinos - Industry's revenue for in-room telephone service
plummets as consumers use alternatives
6th
May
Wichita, Kansas
Source: Kansas.com/Wichita Eagle
Kansas
Senate shoots down bill for unlimited casinos
6th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Pinnacle
Entertainment Reports Strong First Quarter 2003 Operating Results
6th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Acres
Gaming Reports Record Financial Results for the Third Quarter and First
Nine Months of Fiscal 2003
6th
May
Las Vegas Source:
Newsday/AP
Las
Vegas Casinos Seeking Racier Image
5th
May
Reno Source: Reno
Gazette Journal
Man
arrested in casino-patron robbery
5th
May
Detroit Source: Las
Vegas Sun/AP
Casino's
ejection of winning gamblers upheld
The Michigan Gaming Control
has deemed that Detroit's Greektown Casino had every right to bar Video
Poker players who were regarded as unprofitable.
5th
May
Deadwood, South Dakota
Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP
Old
mining building to become gaming complex - Theater to be at center of S.D.
Slime Plant conversion
5th
May
Ra'anana, Israel & Atlantic City
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire & Globes Online
Bally's
Atlantic City Implements NiceVision Digital Video Recording Solution
Bally’s
Atlantic City casino buys NICE recording solutions
Bally's intends implementing
a digital surveillance system in the casino that will replace VHS - pending
regulatory approval.
3rd
May
Atlantic City Source:
The Press of Atlantic City
Third
defendant in casino theft gets probation
3rd
May
Atlantic City Source:
Philadelphia Inquirer/AP
Casino
gamble paid off in many ways for Atlantic City
3rd
May
Atlantic City Source:
PhilyBurbs.com/AP
NJ
Casinos' 25th
Quotes
about the 25th anniversary of gambling in Atlantic City
Casino gambling was legalised
in New Jersey in 1976 and Resorts International opened in 1978. Some 45,000
people are presently employed at the 11 casinos. In 2001, $342.4
million was paid in gaming taxes.
3rd
May
Atlantic City Source:
The Press of Atlantic City - Joe Weinert
Casino
win falls for 3rd month - Revenue at A.C. properties declines 4.7%, officials
blame effects of war, economy
Unofficial figures show
Slots declined 3.1% to $261.5 million and Table games down 9.5% to $82.6
million.
3rd
May
Gulf Coast, Mississippi
Source: Biloxi SunHerald
Gaming
summit hits the big time - Show is largest outside of Vegas
2nd
May
French Lick, Indiana
Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP
Lobbyists
realize dream as governor signs casino bill
2nd
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Dow Jones Business News
Harrah's
Entertainment Gets New $1.96 Billion Credit Facility
2nd
May
Connecticut Source:
CTNow.com/The Hartford Courant
State
May Just Say No To 3rd Casino
2nd
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Dow Jones Business News
Aladdin
Gaming Sale Pact Calls For $5M Breakup Fee
1st
May
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Park
Place swings to profit, reduces forecast
1st
May
Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire & Dow Jones Business News
Park
Place Reports Financial Results for First Quarter 2003
Park
Place Meets 1Q Forecast but Lowers Outlook
1st
May
Pennsylvania Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
Penn
National Gaming Reports Record First Quarter Revenue and Net Income
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