News - Page 1305

News Brief: A major upgrade is in the cards for Ameristar Council Bluffs, a hotel and casino property in Council Bluffs, Iowa

News Brief: Today is the first day you can reserve a room at the MGM Grand's permanent Detroit hotel, which opens in October.

News Brief: Boomtown Casino representatives will ask the Biloxi City Council today to rezone 11.25 acres surrounding its Back Bay property from single-family residential to general business waterfront.

News Brief: Concerned that its annual jackpot from the Caesars casino could disappear some day, Harrison County's commissioners are taking steps to sock some of it away.

News Brief: The three Clinton County commissioners say at this point they're suspending judgment on a possible casino in Clinton County, but they all seem to agree the main advantage is the prospect of an influx of money to the county General Fund.

News Brief: Another expansion of the Cache Creek Casino Resort is planned by the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians.

News Brief: Tigua tribal leaders and El Paso legislators are regrouping after efforts to allow gambling to resume at the Tigua's Speaking Rock Casino failed this Legislative session.

TVG.com is the exclusive wagering partner of Belmont Park, home of the third leg of the horse racing Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes.

A raffle conducted by the World Poker Association and the Corps of Compassion, an organization that feeds needy children in the Las Vegas community, have joined forces to offer a raffle drawing.

D-Link has teamed with Honeywell to implement a fail-safe video surveillance infrastructure for the $550 million post-Katrina renovation of the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.

The Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association released figures today showing a 26.3 percent decline in live horserace betting at Philadelphia Park for the month of April.

Our daily World Series of Poker roundup features an Irishman who made his first WSOP cash a big one and some big names who will play at final tables today.

The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Can Internet Gambling Be Effectively Regulated to Protect Consumers and the Payments System?” on Friday, June 8 at 10 a.m.

Harrah's Entertainment officials don't expect the 38th World Series of Poker to attract the record-shattering number of players reached a year ago.

Southern Nevada golf course owners received tax breaks worth $4.4 million in 2006.

Bellman Terry Getler isn't disappointed a new collective bargaining agreement has yet to be reached between the hotel and the Culinary Workers Union Local 226.

Gaming analysts believe four proposed casinos in Kansas could provide operators with a steady flow of gaming revenue although the potential figures won't be a trip down the Yellow Brick Road.

News Brief: Sean Sullivan is the new general manager of Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa.

News Brief: Pro Casino Adams County offered a piece of history to the Adams County Historical Society this week when they donated memorabilia from the proposed casino clash.

News Brief: Mississippi coast casino owners are hoping for a quiet hurricane season like last year, but are planning for the worst.