Gaming leaders are looking at leveraging the release of a feature film that depicts the seedier side of illegal Internet poker to raise awareness of the need for proper regulation of online wagering.
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Four state regulatory bodies have signed off on Penn National Gaming’s plans to separate the company into two publicly traded entities, including a real estate investment trust.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — State police say a New York man had to forfeit a slot machine jackpot at a casino in eastern Pennsylvania because he wasn’t legally old enough to gamble.
Record sales in the company’s systems division, coupled with expansion into new gaming markets, helped slot machine manufacturer Bally Technologies reach overall revenues of just under $1 billion in the company’s recently completed fiscal year.
Galaxy Gaming Inc. on Thursday posted a modest quarterly profit as the company continues to do business in California despite the state’s gaming commission upholding a judge’s ruling that its chief executive is unsuitable to do business there.
Pinnacle Entertainment completed its $2.8 billion acquisition of regional casino rival Ameristar Casinos Wednesday, a day after the Federal Trade Commission approved a consent package to avoid any antitrust issues.
The Culinary union is becoming more aggressive in its campaign to unionize The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
The Federal Trade Commission approved plans by Pinnacle Entertainment to sell a St. Louis casino and Lake Charles, La., project, allowing the Las Vegas-based gaming operator to move forward with the acquisition of Ameristar Casinos.
Casino operator Affinity Gaming said Tuesday it reversed a second quarter net loss, due in part to a full quarter of results from the Las Vegas-based company’s three casinos in Colorado.
The company that owns the Stratosphere and Arizona Charlie’s said Tuesday it reversed a net loss in the second quarter.
Joingo LLC, a San Jose, Calif.-based technology company with offices in Las Vegas and Incline Village, has developed a mobile application menu allowing casinos to customize smartphone apps, as well as target and interact with loyalty club members.
William Hill U.S., the Las Vegas-based subsidiary of Britain’s largest bookmaker, is pleased with its sponsorship and the July 28 outcome of the 46th running of the $1 million William Hill Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in New Jersey.
After gaining experience in other management roles with the company, including as assistant general manager at the Santa Fe Station and Red Rock Resort, Stacy Stagg returned to Sunset Station this year.
Having navigated MGM Resorts International through almost four years of turbulent economic waters, Jim Murren has grown used to hearing negative comments from haters and detractors.
A company owned in part by retired tennis star Andre Agassi has agreed to pay a $15,000 fine for violating state gaming regulations.