An article that appeared in the New York Times this week asserts that Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn, and a handful of other prominent Republicans have taken up the issue of getting the party to explore the option of letting Las Vegas host its upcoming 2016 GOP Convention. The team behind
Lawmakers in the state of Louisiana - a state with a well-entrenched land-based casino industry - may soon be taking up the issue of the regulation of online gambling, according to the web site NOLA.com. A bill that would have allowed for Louisianans to access betting sites failed to gain
If you happen to have a pocketful of virtual currency burning a hole in your (virtual?) pocket, head to downtown Las Vegas. Customers and visitors to the Golden Gate and D Casino Hotel Las Vegas can now use Bitcoin at the properties, this according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Bitcoins cannot
By now, the dire - and very sad - situation facing the bankrupt city of Detroit is fairly well-known to everyone in America. The city, once home to millions, is now a shell of its former self, with houses being burned down for sport, residents decamping for more solvent parts
Among the biggest - and best-publicized - news stories coming out of the East Coast gambling scene last year was the casino licensing race currently underway in Massachusetts. The attention shined on the Bay State's process was due in no small part to the abundance of big name casino outfits
Players looking forward to the Borgata Winter Open poker tournament - held at the Borgata in Atlantic City, arguably the city's toniest land-based casino property - encountered a situation that was anything but exciting this week. The tournament was put on hold with the discovery of fake poker chips, this
Earlier this week, the number of land-based casinos in long-struggling Atlantic City was reduced by one, when the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel - a fixture along the boardwalk since it was first developed back in the early 1980's by casino mogul Steve Wynn - closed its doors for good. The
In what seems to many like a sudden move, this week the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced that it will be significantly reducing the amount of data contained within its monthly casino revenue reports, this according to the Press of Atlantic City. The DGE has been considering the
Anyone wondering if PartyPoker was really intent on recapturing its once-dominant position in the US online gambling market can set those questions aside, as the company announced a multi-million dollar marketing partnership with professional sports teams the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils today. Full terms of the deal were
Last summer Full Tilt Poker officials said that the company planned to begin offering casino games in addition to its core product, online poker, though at the time no firm date when such games would be on offer was made public. The time is apparently now. PokerFuse.com is reporting that
A part of one of the most recognizable hotels along the Las Vegas Strip is no more. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that earlier this week the sign that has graced the New York-New York Hotel and Casino for more than fifteen years was taken down on Tuesday, but fans
While many parts of the nation saw a traditional "white" Christmas thanks to a very wintry December, in Maryland it was all green. At least for the state's casino properties it was, with the last month of the year rounding out a 2013 that saw a healthy amount of revenue.
