A casino located in the near-Chicago suburb of Des Plaines is suing Cook County, the Chicago Tribune has reported. The parent company of Rivers Casino, the newest casino property in Illinois, wants a block a new tax proposed by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on all video poker and
After a gambling measure put forward by Pennsylvania State Representative Tina Davis (D-Bucks County) was shelved earlier this month after a committee chair overseeing the bill decided to stall it until at least 2015, hopes for passage of regulated online gambling in the Keystone State dimmed considerably. Now, a new
After Las Vegas Sands CEO and prominent GOP backer Sheldon Adelson released a scathing opinion piece last week on Forbes.com, in which he minced no words in describing the evils he believes will result from the regulation of online gambling in the United States, those who support online poker and
Four buffets located in Caesars properties will no longer carry Paula Deen's name as a scandal surrounding her racist attitude and remarks continues to unfold, captivating both the mainstream media as well as gossip outlets. The news of Caesars' ousting of the sassy Southerner with the sullied reputation quickly spread
The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel located in Atlantic City has lodged a response to an appeal filed earlier this month by the parent company of online poker web site PokerStars in their ongoing case to sort out an aborted attempt by PokerStars to take over the property. Deal timed out
Last week legislators in the state of New York approved a plan to build seven new land-based casino properties in the Empire State. The plan, which has been heavily endorsed by the state's governor, Andrew Cuomo, will be put to a vote in a November election. New York expansion plan
Facing little opposition to his plan to put a casino in Everett, Massachusetts, a waterfront city located just beyond Boston's borders, Steve Wynn is likely to be a happy man after the outcome of a referendum on the matter to be voted on by residents here today. Wynn plans $1.2
Fresh off an emergence from bankruptcy protection, Revel Casino-Hotel in Atlantic City is poised to make notable changes as it looks toward a future that its operators hope will include profitability, something that has eluded the property in the little more than a year since it has been open to
Today ESPN announced via a press release that they will begin airing coverage of the 2013 World Series of Poker beginning on August 6. Coverage of the Final Table of the Main Event - arguably the most important televised presentation of a poker tournament to happen all year - will
On the eve of a special legislative session that has been called in the state of Illinois to address pension reform, there are many in the state who believe that in the absence of any kind of accord among the two houses comprising the legislature, the session will be little
In an unusual incident, a 23-year-old woman was shot inside a Wisconsin casino over the weekend. At around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, shots rang out on the gambling floor of the Potawatomi Bingo Casino, located near downtown Milwaukee. "We all of a sudden heard a bang," said Milwaukee resident
Putting an end to a long-standing battle, the Seneca Indian tribe reached an agreement with the state of New York this week, with the tribe agreeing to share gambling revenue that was being withheld in protest of the installation of video lottery machines in commercial, non-tribal racetracks in the western
