Once again, internet gambling has made the difference between an up month and a down one for Atlantic City casinos. Figures released Monday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the seven casinos won ...
13 March 2017
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
A New Jersey developer who has long wanted to bring a family water park to Atlantic City plans to build one at a former casino. Ronald Young's R&R Development Group said Monday it has bought the former Atlantic Club casino and plans to turn it into a non-gambling family resort. He told The Associated Press his group ...
13 March 2017
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
The Silverton sportsbook was robbed at gunpoint Sunday night, according to Metro Police. It is the second time in two months the sportsbook at the casino off of ...
13 March 2017
By Jesse Granger
March Madness is here, and casino owner and sports bettor Derek Stevens is at it again. Two years ago, Stevens, owner of the owner of The D Las Vegas, came ...
13 March 2017
By Jesse Granger
Massachusetts' highest court ruled Friday that a lawsuit challenging Wynn Resorts' gambling license can move forward. The Supreme Judicial Court decision sends back to a lower court a lawsuit alleging the state Gaming Commission violated the ...
10 March 2017
Associated Press
In what would be the biggest deal since Pennsylvania legalized casino gambling in 2004, Las Vegas Sands Corp. has reached an agreement in principle to sell Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem to ...
9 March 2017
By Matt Assad, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. (TNS)
The casino industry is asking Congress to uphold gambling disorders as a serious public health matter in any changes it makes to President Obama's signature health care law. Industry representatives sent a letter Tuesday to ...
7 March 2017
Associated Press
For years, politicians in the Sunshine State have struggled over whether they want to let glitzy Las-Vegas style casinos sprout beside Florida's sugar-white beaches ...
5 March 2017
By Gary Fineout, Associated Press
The sale of Trump Taj Mahal casino to Hard Rock International has left some winners and losers in Atlantic City. The winners included a union whose members were willing to lose their own jobs to stand up to ...
3 March 2017
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Employees have been told that an eastern Pennsylvania casino may be sold. The (Allentown) Morning Call first reported that employees of Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem were told about the sale in ...
3 March 2017
Associated Press
The company that bought Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino still wants to build a $1 billion casino in northern New Jersey just outside New York City. Hard Rock International CEO Jim Allen tells The Associated Press his company ...
2 March 2017
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
A federal judge has rejected Las Vegas gambler William "Billy" Walters' bid to dismiss criminal insider trading charges after an FBI agent admitted to leaking details about ...
2 March 2017
Reuters
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reached a deal Wednesday to sell the shuttered Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City to Hard Rock International and ...
1 March 2017
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
A report released Monday states Pennsylvania can rake in more than $400 million by 2022 if lawmakers legalize online gambling. The 14-page white paper comes as state legislators prepare to open hearings about how to use expanded gambling statewide to help fill a multibillion-dollar hole in the state budget for 2017-18. Lawmakers will view the report with ...
28 February 2017
By Matt Assad and Steve Esack, The Morning Call, Allentown, Penn. (TNS)
Nevada gaming revenue saw a sharp increase in January, up 12 percent compared to the same month last year, with Clark County seeing a 14.3 percent jump, state regulators reported. Statewide, nonrestricted casinos — those with table games and ...
28 February 2017
By Mick Akers
