Indiana Casino Workers Challenge Pinnacle Entertainment Casino Sale

by November 12, 2015

An Indiana-based branch of a casino workers union is opposing the proposed sale of gambling venues owned by Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. to Gaming & Leisure Properties Inc. The casino employees are also planning to ask the Indiana Gaming Commission to turn down the plan, argui ...

Carl Icahn to Sell Unfinished Fontainebleau Las Vegas

by November 12, 2015

Billionaire investor and casino owner Carl Icahn said on Wednesday that he had hired Los Angeles real estate company CBRE Group to sell Fontainebleau Las Vegas, an unfinished hotel and casino resort located on the northern part of the Las Vegas Strip.Fontainebleau Las Vegas w ...

Sportech Racing and Digital to Deliver Desktop and Mobile Betting Solutions to Penn National Gaming

by November 11, 2015

Sportech PLC’s racing and digital division Sportech Racing and Digital announced earlier today that it will supply its latest pari-mutuel betting solutions for both desktop and mobile devices to a Penn National Gaming Inc. affiliate.At present, Sportech is the official ...

Greentube and Circus Group Ink Content Agreement

by November 11, 2015

Developer of online casino product offering Greentube announced earlier today that it had penned an agreement with Belgian online gambling company Circus Group. Under its terms, the gaming supplier will provide the operator with a selection of its most popular gaming titles.G ...

Bloomberry’s Jeju Island Casino Suspends Operations for a Month

by November 11, 2015

Philippine gambling operator Bloomberry Resorts Corporation announced earlier today that its only overseas casino – Jeju Sun, located on the South Korean Jeju Island, is to be suspended for a one-month period. The suspension comes as a penalty imposed by the local gambling regula ...

Grand Korea Leisure Abandons Plan for Yeongjong Island Casino

by November 11, 2015

Gambling operator Grand Korea Leisure Co. announced earlier today that it had decided against applying for a casino license to operate an integrated resort on the Yeongjong Island. The South Korean state-run company cited the Mainland China anti-corruption campaign as one of the ...

New Jersey Governor Vetoes Greater Part of Atlantic City Rescue Plan

by November 10, 2015

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed on Monday a set of proposed measures aimed at stabilizing Atlantic City’s struggling casino industry, saying that those would not bring “economic revitalization and fiscal stability” to the city.Instead of signing the package of bil ...

City of Dreams Manila COO Leaves Post

by November 9, 2015

Melco Crown Philippines, a Manila-based subsidiary of international gambling operator Melco Crown Entertainment, which is in control of City of Dreams Manila, announced that its Chief Operating Officer Kevin Sim has decided to leave his post.Mr. Sim said that his departure wa ...

Euro Games Technology Expands Presence in Georgia Casinos

by November 9, 2015

Bulgarian gaming machine manufacturer Euro Games Technology (EGR) announced that it had placed more than 130 of its gaming machines across a number of Georgia-based casinos. The sited devices include the company’s Premier series P-24/24 Up and P-24/24 St Slim, as well as it ...

New South Wales Government Bans Live Odds Betting Advertisements

by November 9, 2015

The government of New South Wales announced that live odds advertising during sports broadcasts will be banned within the state’s borders. The ban will be effective as of March 2016 and comes as local officials’ response to the increasing popularization of online spor ...

Tribal Casino to Open Doors in Texas Early in 2016

by November 8, 2015

The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas is planning to launch a casino on a 10,000-acre parcel of reservation land not far from Livingston, Texas early in 2016. The tribe received federal approval to provide Class II gaming late in October.Carlos Bullock, a spokesperson for the ...

Tohono O’odham Glendale Casino Clears Another Legal Hurdle

by November 7, 2015

The Tohono O’odham Nation cleared on Friday another legal hurdle on its way to opening a casino in Glendale, Arizona. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that state legislators acted unconstitutionally back in 2011 when they gave the nod to a measure, under which Glendale ...

Scientific Games to Supply Integrated Lottery System to Arizona Lottery

by November 6, 2015

Internationally recognized lottery supplier Scientific Games Corp. announced on Thursday that its subsidiary Scientific Games International, Inc. had signed a new contract to provide the Arizona Lottery with its integrated lottery system.Under the terms of the contract, the g ...

Missouri Company to Cover Cherokee County Casino Legal Costs

by November 6, 2015

Commissioners for Cherokee County reached an agreement with a Missouri-based company, under which the latter would finance the county’s bills related to its legal fight against the potential construction of a casino in neighboring Crawford County.Under the terms of the agreem ...

MGM Springfield Expects Fewer Visitors Due to Project Reduction

by November 5, 2015

The proposed changes in the original plan for the construction of the $800-million MGM Springfield would have a negative effect on the number of visitors traveling to the casino resort, gambling operator MGM International Resorts said in its application for a Massachusetts Enviro ...