MGM Resorts International and its partners Monday were deemed suitable to operate a casino in Massachusetts, a crucial ruling by the state’s gaming commission that brings MGM’s $800 million resort in Springfield one step closer to reality.
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CAMDEN, N.J. — A slowdown brought on by the rapid proliferation of casino gambling in the northeastern United States claimed its first victim in New Jersey on Monday when a federal bankruptcy judge approved the sale and shutdown of Atlantic City’s Atlantic Club Casino Hotel.
Retired soccer star and sometime underwear model David Beckham has signed on to help promote Las Vegas Sands’ properties in Singapore and the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.
Rather than having only International Game Technology executives tout the company’s products to the investment community, the company put its customers on the hot seat.
MGM Resorts International won a license for a new casino near the nation’s capital in Maryland on Friday. A state commission voted 5-2 in favor of MGM’s proposal to build a $925 million resort near the Potomac River at National Harbor.
Two days after national retailer Target said credit and debt card information for some 40 million customers was stolen in a security breach, casino operator Affinity Gaming said Friday it suffered a similar episode.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday approved a gaming license for Nevada Restaurant Services Inc., which is remodeling the Hacienda into a national park-style lodge called the Hoover Dam Lodge overlooking Lake Mead outside Boulder City.
Caesars Entertainment announced Thursday that Live Nation Entertainment will oversee booking the remodeled theater at Planet Hollywood, reopening as The Axis on Dec. 27 with the first date in Britney Spears’ exclusive concert run, “Britney: Piece Of Me.”
Former Golden Nugget owner Tim Poster decided late Wednesday evening not to appeal his rejection by the Gaming Control Board for a preliminary finding of suitability.
Former Golden Nugget owner Tim Poster is appealing the Nevada Gaming Commission decision that blocked his chance to take the position of chief operating officer at Wynn Las Vegas. (File, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Workers and officials are putting the finishing touches on O’Shea’s ahead of the casino’s upcoming grand reopening.
The Washington D.C.-based American Gaming Association announced Tuesday it would add three new members, including Wynn Resorts Ltd. and Station Casinos.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts announced a partnership Tuesday linking the two chains’ customer loyalty programs.
Zombies will soon be chasing Pat Sajak and Vanna White, Dorothy and the Oompa Loompas across casino floors.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s investigative bureau has found Wynn Resorts suitable to open a resort casino in Everett.
