Okada’s Mississippi License Renewed Despite Bribery Investigation

by March 20, 2015

The casino mogul Kazuo Okada, mainly associated with the ventures of the company Universal Entertainment and the Wynn Resorts issues, has been making the headlines recently.Yesterday, the Mississippi gaming officials settled down around the decision of renewing the license of ...

Senate Committee Approves Connecticut Casino Bill

by March 20, 2015

The Connecticut Public Safety and Security Committee voted in favor of a bill that would allow the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe to establish as many as three new casinos on the territory of the state and to operate those together.Connecticut has not ...

MassGaming Extends Deadline for Southeastern Massachusetts Casino Bidders

by March 20, 2015

As previously reported, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission was supposed to discuss the opportunity for extending the deadline for casino bidders willing to complete the Southeastern Massachusetts project.Mere hours ago, it became clear that the developers that proposed proje ...

Carl Icahn Rants about Trump Taj Mahal Workers’ Continuing Unrest

by March 19, 2015

Billionaire Carl Icahn wrote an open letter to Local 54 of the UNITE HERE labor union, which was released to media earlier today. The investor suggested that the union resorts to tactics that are usually preferred by mobsters, in order to achieve its goals.Last week, it becam ...

Gulfport Harbor Casino to Be Launched in 2016

by March 19, 2015

Rotate Black MS, LLC, the company which is in charge of the construction of a $170-million casino resort in Gulfport, Mississippi, announced that the venue is currently being under construction and will be completed in the fall of 2016.In fact, the company missed its deadline ...

Quapaw Tribe Walks Out of Emerald City Casino Project

by March 19, 2015

The Chairman of the Quapaw Tribe, which manages the Downstream Casino, announced that casino executives have decided to abandon their plans for submitting a proposal for establishment of a casino near Pittsburg, Kansas.Actually, the casino owner Phil Ruffin and the Quapaw Tri ...

MassGaming to Discuss Deadline Extension of Casino Applications

by March 19, 2015

Two major real estate executives have joined the team that had proposed the construction of casino in Somerset, a town in Southeastern Massachusetts. However, it was announced that the bid would need a bit more time and this is why its development team asked the state Gaming Comm ...

Indiana Casino Bill Advances in Senate

by March 19, 2015

The Indiana Public Policy Committee voted in favor of House Bill 1540, which is intended to help the state’s gambling industry. Last year, committee members rejected a similar proposal.The bill, which was proposed by Rep. Tom Dermody (R-LaPorte), would allow Indiana’s t ...

Alberta Expands Online Gambling to Fund Rural Charities

by March 19, 2015

Authorities of the Canadian province Alberta revealed that they are considering expanding the local gambling market and limiting the inequity between casinos in rural and urban areas. That was the information announced by Robin Campbell, the Finance Minister of Alberta.During ...

Genesis Gaming Obtains UK Remote Gambling Software License

by March 18, 2015

A representative of the popular developer of hardware and software casino solutions, Genesis Gaming, announced that the company has obtained a Remote Gambling Software License, which, therefore, makes the availability of its products on the gambling market of the United Kingdom p ...

WPT Inks Partnership Agreement with Holland Casino Amsterdam

by March 18, 2015

An agreement between the World Poker Tour officials and the popular Amsterdam-based Holland Casino was signed mere days ago. According to the clauses the agreement contains, WPT and Holland Casino will work in collaboration for the next four years. The annual WPT Main Tour as ...

Gaming Commission to Be Established in Idaho

by March 18, 2015

Idaho gambling regulators have recently decided that they will supervise the gambling machines available on the territory of the state and as a result, the idea for establishment of a new committee whose members will be responsible for thoroughly monitoring all forms of gambling ...

Connecticut Tribes Ask for New Casinos

by March 18, 2015

Officials from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe, the two federally recognized tribes on the territory of Connecticut, attended a hearing held by the Public Safety Committee on Tuesday concerning the state’s gambling industry.Tribal leaders dis ...

Twin River Casino Allowed to Build a Hotel

by March 18, 2015

Members of the Rhode Island House Finance Committee have announced their final decision related to the request, made by the executives of Twin River Casino in Lincoln. They submitted a proposal for being allowed to expand their business by building a hotel located on the Twin Riv ...

Atlantic City Focuses on Providing Non-Gambling Facilities

by March 17, 2015

It is a common knowledge that the closure of the four Atlantic City-based casinos led to serious economy issues and left hundreds of people unemployed. Local officials have been trying to relief the situation but their efforts were not quite successful.Meanwhile, a proposal ...