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Revel Buyer Bails Over Energy Costs in Atlantic City, as Trump Taj Mahal Standoff Worsens
More misery for the shuttered Revel Casino in Atlantic City, as Brookfield Asset Management, the company that successfully bid to buy the property for $110 million at bankruptcy auction, has backed out of the deal. The Toronto-based company planned to reopen it...
First New Jersey $1 Million Online Casino Prize Gets Paid Out
The very first New Jersey $1 million online casino prize has now made history, as a Garden State woman took home a prize of over $1.3 million, becoming the first person in the state to win a seven-figure payday in the New...
Live! Hotel and Casino Wins South Philadelphia License
Live! Hotel & Casino has been awarded Philadelphia’s second casino license. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board awarded the license on Tuesday. A joint project between Cordish Companies and Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment Inc., which owns the Parx Casino in Bensalem, the proposed...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Pushing for Legal US Sports Betting
Can legal US sports betting, across the board, ever be a thing? A surprising proponent has emerged in the form of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. Commissioner Silver penned an op-ed for The New York Times recently, stating that he believes it's time to...
Revel to Reopen Under New Owners, While New Jersey Showboat Goes Collegiate
The new owners of Atlantic City's Revel Casino, Toronto-based asset management firm Brookfield Asset Management Inc., have announced they will invest $200 million to redevelop the formerly swank property, with the aim of reopening it once more next year. Brookfield bid $110 million...
Mohegan Sun Looks to Expansion as Connecticut Takes on Massachusetts
Mohegan Sun is now steeling itself to take on Massachusetts, rather than beating a humiliating retreat after losing the bid for an east Massachusetts casino license this year. The Sun wants to build a new casino in north Connecticut to compete with...
Trump Taj Mahal to Close in New Jersey, Union Demands at Fault, Say Owners
It's not looking good for the Trump Taj Mahal right now, as the Atlantic City casino stands to be the next brick-and-mortar outfit to fall in the beleaguered resort town's tumbling domino effect of gambling properties this year. The stand-off between Trump...
Ultimate Poker Shuts Down Nevada Online Poker Site for Good
Ultimate Poker has shut down its Nevada online poker site, ending a 19-month run after becoming the first regulated Internet poker site in the United States. The company has now also become the first to end operations in Nevada, leaving just two...
Legendary Gambler Archie Karas Sentenced as Blackjack Cheat
Archie Karas, the gambler and poker player who in the 1990s went on perhaps the most famous winning streak of all time, has been sentenced to three years’ probation, having been found guilty of cheating at blackjack. Karas, real name Anargyros Karabourniotis,...
NJ Senate President Steve Sweeney Says Atlantic City Will Not Be Next Detroit
New Jersey State Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) has announced that he will introduce legislation designed to keep Atlantic City from "becoming Detroit." The idea is to stabilize the city, an important goal following the closure of at least four major AC...
