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.
Two hot-button issues in the United States right now - the legalization of marijuana and the expansion of gambling - are likely to be on the docket for New Hampshire lawmakers in the near-term, this according to Valley News, which reports that new land-based casino legislation is set to include
In a move that if not unthinkable was at least highly unlikely, a Chicago area casino was forced to close its doors because it was just too cold outside. Hollywood Casino located in Joliet, Illinois, decided that it could not remain open due to the intensely cold weather resulting from
It's no secret that one of the cities that was particularly hard-hit by the recession and the lingering weak economy was Las Vegas. With its reliance on visitors spending excess cash and its real estate boom - and then bust - Las Vegas was in prime position to take a
The deadline to submit casino license applications in the state of Massachusetts may have passed when the calendar flipped from 2013 to 2014, but Caesars Entertainment is clearly still smarting from its own failure to stay in the race there. This week the company filed additional complaints in its lawsuit
Anyone paying attention to U.S. casino news in 2013 no doubt followed the ongoing story of American casino proliferation, a race that is particularly hot and heavy in the eastern part of the nation. One state that garnered its fair share of attention last year was Massachusetts, where some of
In a new blog post released Tuesday, the world's largest online poker room PokerStars says that it is "saddened" by the impending closure of the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel, a property it attempted - and failed - to purchase earlier this year. The Atlantic Club, which filed for bankruptcy protection
