Century Downs Racetrack and Casino Opens Doors in Calgary

by April 2, 2015

Century Downs Racetrack and Casino officially opened doors in the Canadian city of Calgary on April 1. The first horse races are set to begin on April 25.The venue is located not far from the Calgary International Airport and the CrossIron Mills mall, which is known to be one ...

Brockton Officials Urge MGC to Further the Southeastern Casino Project

by April 2, 2015

Brockton officials announced that they want the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to take imminent actions towards approving one of the three proposals related to the casino establishment in Brockton, New Bedford or Somerset. They also demanded a license to be granted as soon as po ...

AC Casinos Submit Tax Appeals Due to PILOT Legislation Uncertainty

by April 1, 2015

Atlantic City-based casinos have a few more hours to appeal their tax assessments for the current year. Borgata as well as the other casinos were given until 5 pm, April 1st, to file their petitions.According to estimates, casinos tax appeals cost the city the sum of $400 mi ...

GTECH Completes Merger with IGT

by April 1, 2015

Italian gaming company GTECH S.p.A. announced earlier today that all preconditions related to the completion of its merger with Nevada-based International Game Technology into International Game Technology PLC have been fulfilled.GTECH is currently among the world’s lea ...

Ohio Might Cut Non-Taxable Gaming Credits

by April 1, 2015

Ohio Sen. Bill Coley argued that the state’s gambling venues have failed to deliver on the initially promised tax revenue and due to this, they need to have their non-taxable gaming credits capped or even nullified.Ohio’s gambling industry was legalized in 2009 af ...

City Planning Commission Approves Schenectady Casino Project

by April 1, 2015

During a meeting of the Schenectady Planning Commission, investors willing to establish a casino venue in the city provided more details about the design of the Rivers Casino & Resort. However, no imminent actions are expected to be taken before the fall.As previously rep ...

Icahn Blames Local 54 for AC Casino Closures

by April 1, 2015

Businessman Carl Icahn said on Tuesday that work rules and benefit costs for members of the UNITE HERE Local 54 labor union were among the main reasons for the closure of four of Atlantic City’s twelve casinos.Mr. Icahn’s comments came only a day after Local 54 P ...

High-Net-Worth Investors Propose $88 Million for Revel Casino

by April 1, 2015

As previously reported, it is still uncertain whether Glenn Straub is to acquire the shuttered Revel casino or not because prominent real estate investors are expected to propose a bid higher than the $82 million offered by Mr. Straub.A court filing, submitted mere hours ago, ...

Betting Companies Demand Abolishment of OPAP Monopoly

by March 31, 2015

Leading betting companies insisted at a Monday press conference that gambling officials need take measures towards reducing the influence of OPAP and eventually ending its monopoly on the local gambling market.According to several prominent companies, the presence of OPAP has ...

Brockton Casino Zoning Proposal Submitted to City Council

by March 31, 2015

Developers of the proposed $650-million hotel and casino property in Brockton, Massachusetts announced that certain changes have been made to the initial zoning plan.An updated zoning ordinance submitted to city authorities last week suggests that the multimillion project wil ...

Penn National Gaming Exits Lawrence County Casino Project

by March 31, 2015

Penn National Gaming has decided to walk out of Lawrence County casino project. Company officials said that the reason that has led to that decision was the increased competition from casinos located in the western part of Pennsylvania.Mere hours ago, Penn National representa ...

Japan Casino Bill Submission Postponed

by March 31, 2015

Proponents of the bill that would legalize casinos in Japan decided to postpone its submission to the country’s legislature, due to the fact that some members of the governing coalition are not particularly keen on such an expansion of the gambling industry.Last week, l ...

Spain to Impose Online Gambling Advertising Restrictions

by March 30, 2015

Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego, the Spanish gambling regulator, announced that stricter measures have been taken towards the implementation of new advertising regulations.To be more precise, the aforementioned restrictions are related to the ban that is to be impo ...

Presque Isle Downs & Casino Seeks Approval to Introduce Amenities

by March 30, 2015

Officials of Presque Isle Downs & Casino submitted a request for reducing the number of slot machines and table games they currently have. The request comes at a time when casino executives are planning to invest the sum of $5 million into certain property improvements....

Lawrence Downs Racino Application to Be Reviewed in April

by March 30, 2015

Hollywood Gaming of Mahoning Valley Race Course, the latest racino in Ohio, has recently released its financial report for the first six months of its operation. The Youngstown property opened doors in September 2014 and according to Michael Galle, General Manager and Vice Presid ...