California is known for having high-priced beachfront real estate. But even $4.9 billion might not be enough of a payment to let a Canadian gaming company settle into the neighborhood.
Casinos & Gaming
In honor of gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan’s passing, a casino memorabilia exhibit was created.
BOSTON — Casino opponents said Tuesday they’ve collected more than double the number of signatures they need to ask voters in November to repeal the state’s 2011 casino law.
MGM Resorts International and Prince George’s County signed a community benefits agreement on Tuesday that ensures 50 percent of the jobs slated for the $925 million MGM National Harbor will go to local residents.
Caesars Entertainment Corp., extended by more than a week an offer for investors to purchase $791.8 million in the company’s long-term debt.
The countdown has begun. Operators of the SLS Las Vegas said the $415 million hotel-casino will open at midnight Aug. 23.
ATLANTIC CITY — About 12 percent of New Jersey gamblers would take their business to one or more of the four new casinos being built in New York, according to a new poll.
Slot machine giant International Game Technology all but confirmed the company is up for sale Monday, saying in a statement it was “currently” exploring “a broad range of strategic alternatives.”
It’s a good thing John Vandemore spent several years as the chief financial officer for Imagineering, the theme park development arm for the Walt Disney Co. His tenure as CFO of International Game Technology has been one roller coaster ride after another.
Lawmakers spent all of 15 seconds discussing technology at the final three-hour session of the Committee to Conduct an Interim Study Concerning the Impact of Technology Upon Gaming.
Anton Nikodemus never visited Las Vegas until he came to town for a job interview with the MGM Grand. That moment took place in 2005, when Nikodemus was well into his career as a hotel and hospitality executive.
A Canadian online gaming company has agreed to acquire the parent firm of PokerStars in a $4.9 billion transaction, but there are several hurdles to climb before Nevada gamblers could see the popular Internet wagering site on their computer screens.
A lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in damages on behalf of thousands of employees at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno claims its parent company intentionally deprived workers of wages and overtime they were entitled to by repeatedly requiring them to complete assigned chores off the clock.
An Atlantic City casino does not have to pay $1.5 million won by a group of gamblers who realized the cards had not been shuffled, and can move to recover more than $500,000 it already paid them, a judge ruled Friday.
MGM Springfield has been named state’s first official casino operator, capping a more than two year process that saw at least four rival plans in western Massachusetts fall by the wayside.
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