News - Page 1791

News Brief: The Great Canadian Gaming Corporation is backing an initiative to allow the expansion of slot machines in Washington state.

News Brief: Executives of the MGM Grand Detroit Casino have warned the majority owners of Greektown Casino that they will sue if plans to develop a $350 million casino in Romulus are not dropped.

News Brief: Governor Bill Owens rejected a proposal from two American Indian tribes to build a Denver-area casino.

ews Brief: The Rincon Indian band is suing San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister in federal court, seeking to halt the county's efforts to collect $1.6 million in room taxes on the hotel at Harrah's Rincon Casino & Resort.

News Brief: Campaigners from both the pro and con side of the slot issue debated the controversial measure at a Chamber of Commerce event.

News Brief: Attorneys for the general manager of the now-closed Kansas City, Kansas, Indian casino filed a motion Tuesday to have two gambling-related charges against him dismissed.

News Brief: Female problem gamblers deal with many issues that male gamblers deal with, such as shame and serious financial problems. But in many cases, the issues become much harder for women.

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. has completed the sale of the Las Vegas Hilton to an affiliate of Colony Capital, LLC, a Los Angeles-based international private investment firm, for approximately $280 million.

No one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing, so the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $47 million.

New Brief: Members of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians have put a casino project on hold after an investor pulled out of the venture.

News Brief: A New York Supreme Court justice ruled Wednesday that if a casino is built by the Seneca Nation in Erie County, it must be built in Buffalo.

As the proposed merger of MGM Mirage and Mandalay Resort Group advances, industry watchers are beginning to wonder what the unified company could do to the big Las Vegas convention industry.

News Brief: For the last five months, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's emissaries have convened with an attorney for several Indian tribes and has fashioned a way to get a bigger share of tribes' gambling revenue.

News Brief: The Michigan Senate has rejected doubling the tax on Detroit casinos.

News Brief: MGM Mirage Inc. plans to sell MotorCity Casino as soon as its $7.9 billion purchase of MotorCity Casino’s current owner Mandalay Resort Group Inc. is finalized early in 2005.

News Brief: The blockbuster deal involving MGM Mirage and Mandalay Resort Group will not need regulatory approval in New Jersey despite MGM's half ownership of the Borgata Casino Hotel & Spa here.

News Brief: Operators of Celebration City amusement park have removed three arcade games that authorities say may have been illegal gambling devices.

News Brief: Myriad Botanical Resort, a $900 million, 540-acre development in Tunica County, was approved by the Mississippi Gaming Commission today.

News Brief: South Carolina Republican hopeful, David Beasley, is drawing criticism for making exaggerated claims about expanded bingo operations.

News Brief: Budget negotiators have already seized on the potential new tribal gaming revenue as the possible bridge between California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democrat-controlled Legislature.