The Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit is the smallest of the embattled, bankrupt city's three land-based casinos, but it is owned by a man who has big plans not only for the property, but also for the city in which it is located. The Detroit Free Press reported this week that
A land-based casino expansion debate that has been raging in the state of Illinois for several years is sweeping in the four candidates looking to challenge the state's incumbent governor, Democrat Pat Quinn, in the upcoming November gubernatorial race. Though the Daily Herald is reporting that at least two brick
According to an article that appeared Friday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, last week's hack attack that brought down the web operations of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation is now being investigated by the United States Secret Service. The hack attack occurred on Monday, and by Tuesday the Sands Corporation
A new bill introduced in the state of Pennsylvania seeks to establish punishments for playing at online poker and casino web sites. While it is currently illegal to gamble online in the Keystone State, the violation carries no penalty, this according to Philly.com. The site reported that a Republican State
Apparently thanks to Sheldon Adelson's controversial opinions about Iran, the Las Vegas Sands Corporation fell victim to a hack attack this week that saw all of its web sites go down. According to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, its central web operations were unaffected, but as of Wednesday
Last fall casino proponents in the state of New York scored a big win when a constitutional amendment was passed there that will allow for the eventual construction of seven new brick and mortar casino properties. With the application process about to get underway for the first four casinos, which
When you think about Atlantic City, warm sunshine, sand, beaches, the boardwalk - and oh yeah, casinos - probably come to mind. A local group is hoping to change that. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the Atlantic City Alliance, an organization that hatched last summer's "DO AC" marketing
Supporters of expanding brick and mortar casino gambling in the state of Illinois are preparing to do battle once more on the matter, with sponsors of failed past legislation determined to see the matter of increasing the number of land-based casinos in the Land of Lincoln move back onto the
The state of Maryland is one that has received a lot of focus in terms of its gambling industry in the last year or so, partly because it is one of many states along the eastern seaboard of the United States participating in something of a casino expansion race, and
This week Gambling Compliance publicized the results of a survey that quickly swept the poker media and the mainstream media alike. Gambling Compliance is predicting that in 2014, 10 states will consider legalizing access to online poker and other forms of Internet-based wagering. The Washington Post was just one of
A new coalition in favor of online gambling regulation has formed in direct competition to Sheldon Adelson's Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling. The new group, called the Coalition for Consumer and Online Protection, or C4COP, features a couple of prominent GOP names, like Mary Bono (wife of the late Sonny
This week the poker media is abuzz after Wynn Resorts got the green light to begin operating real money online poker and casino games in the state of New Jersey, but Steve Wynn publicly stated that he doesn't see the industry as a good financial bet at this point in
