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Baha Mar Casino Resort Ready to Open 12 Years After Initially Envisioned
Baha Mar is finally ready to welcome guests. After more than a decade of construction delays, bankruptcy drawbacks, and legal disputes, the $4.2 billion, 1,000-acre resort says it's opening its doors to the general public on April 21. The massive property features...
IGT to Sell Double Down Social Casino to DoubleU Games in $825 Million Deal
Multinational slot and lottery giant IGT has announced the sale of its social casino subsidiary Double Down to South Korean games developer DoubleU Games in a deal worth $825 million. The sale will mark the establishment of a strategic partnership between the...
MGM Resorts Ramps Up Fight Against No-Bid Connecticut Tribal Gaming Expansion
MGM Resorts is in Connecticut this week trying to make its case against the state giving the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Native American tribes permission to build a satellite casino in East Windsor. The tribal partnership is justifiably concerned that MGM's $950 million...
Massachusetts’ Proposed Casino Liquor License Extension Causes Hangover
In Massachusetts, a proposal to extend casino liquor licenses to 4am is wetting no one’s whistle. In fact, no one even seems sure where it came from. The proposal has been written into the House budget plan but by whom is unclear....
Late Las Vegas Pioneer Kirk Kerkorian Fulfills “Promise” to Expose Armenian Genocide
The estate of late billionaire Kirk Kerkorian is staying true to the businessman and philanthropist's promise to bring the disputed Armenian genocide to the big screen. Kerkorian, one of the most important figures in developing Las Vegas as it's known today, died...
Caesars Interactive Exec Mitch Garber Beat the House for $210 Million in 2016 Compensation
Montreal-based Mitch Garber is paying a boatload of taxes this tax season to Canada's government, but that's the price one has to pay for making $210 million in a single year. The CEO of Caesars Acquisition Company and Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE),...
Texas Casino Cruise Ship Runs Amok, “Captain’s Error” Blamed
A Texas casino cruise ship named "Jacks or Better" crashed during a weekend evening run, with the accident coming just a little more than a week after the party boat had its grand opening. Docked in Galveston, Texas, the Jacks or Better Casino...
India’s Casino Hub State, Goa, to Impose Locals Ban on Sector
Goa’s Chief Minister has announced that a full ban on locals gambling in the Indian state’s casinos would be implemented in “the days to come.” "I sincerely believe that gambling is not good,” Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told India’s DD News in...
Seton Hall Poll Shows Nearly One in Two Believe NFL Players and Refs Will Bet on Games in Las Vegas
A Seton Hall poll shows that the NFL's apprehensions of allowing a franchise to call Las Vegas home are more than warranted. The Seton Hall Sports Poll, conducted under the university's Stillman School of Business, says a recent survey found that nearly...
Hard Rock Atlantic City Between Rock and a Hard Place Over Casino Workers Union
Owners of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, the new name of the former Trump Taj Mahal, are currently mulling whether the property should welcome back the service workers union that engaged in a strike with the resort's previous owner. Billionaire Carl...
