News - Page 1139

When Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville opens its doors on September 29th, it will no longer be necessary to travel any further than Mohegan Sun to be transported to the tropics.

News Brief: Calder Race Course has asked the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering for permission to hold live racing four days a week, rather than five.

Southwest Airlines will eliminate nearly 200 flights -- including some from Las Vegas -- early next year as it struggles with high fuel costs and a weakening economy.

A committee from the official booster board for Las Vegas would freeze the pay rate for its chief executive under a recommendation approved Tuesday.

Trevi Architectural, provider of fountains, sculptures, columns and moldings to many resorts, is closing Friday.

News Brief: Coast casinos are chartering flights to get the best players to Biloxi, Mississippi.

News Brief: Two Reno casino dealers were arrested during the weekend on suspicion of cheating, authorities said.

News Brief: For the second week in a row, Mount Airy led all Pennsylvania casinos in weekly gains, continuing a strong summer performance by the state's only stand-alone slots parlor.

News Brief: A defiant Seneca Nation of Indians vowed to fight a U.S. District Court Judge's ruling that seeks to close the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in downtown Buffalo.

The brand new Taj Mahal - Chairman Tower will open to customers on August 29.

The Original Stars of American Bandstand hosted by Fabian and Bobby Vee with special guest stars The Chiffons and Brian Hyland will be performing live at Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis.

CasinosTakingUSAPlayers is pleased to announce the launch of its brand new site, Casinostakingusaplayers.com.

The 4th annual Florida Gaming Summit will welcome keynote speakers James F. Allen and Steven A. Geller when it convenes October 6-7 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

The casino will open in November, bringing 202 hotel rooms, a 650-seat concert venue, six restaurants and 16 movie screens to an area that three years ago was undeveloped desert.

News Brief: Even with the rising cost of gas and slowing of the economy, the Mississippi Coast casinos held relatively steady in the number of visitors and gross casino revenue in the first half of 2008.

News Brief: Attorneys for Arkansas lottery foes are trying to paint an amendment as casino-prone as the Nov. 4 election draws nearer.

News Brief: Atlantic City casinos are comping less, and when they do, it is happening for the high-roller slots players and far-more-profitable table-game gamblers.

News Brief: The top executive with Pinnacle Entertainment says work will begin in a few weeks on the first phase of the $350 million Sugarcane Bay casino resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Lawyers for the state Gaming Control Board would be prohibited from working for casinos for one year after leaving the board under legislation proposed Monday.

News Brief: The Mohegan Sun will pull the wraps off the first phase of its $925 million Casino of the Wind expansion.