Gaming News Archives » 2007 » August

Bodog.com, the gambling site owned by billionaire Calvin Ayre, was forced to move to a new website address after losing most of the company's domain names to 1st Technology LLC in a legal dispute.

Revel Entertainment, a new casino corporation, revealed plans for their project located north of the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City.

Sheldon Adelson, Chairman of Las Vegas Sands Corp., the biggest casino operator in the world, is interested in opening casinos and resorts in India.

New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Swedesboro man was sentenced today for his role in a multi-million dollar sports bookmaking enterprise.

Saturday August 25th proved to be an unlucky day for the management at the Tropicana Casino and Resort.

Italian speakers and Dutch speakers can now be a part of their own gaming community at 777.com.

A new, privately-Financed indoor venue, will be the largest sports and entertainment arena In Las Vegas.

Responding to Donald Trump’s letter to the mayor and the head of city council a few days ago, the city government fired back strongly worded statements.

Caesars Palace will pay $850,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by kitchen workers in the famous Las Vegas casino resort.

Security at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas has caught a couple who tried to launder $60,000 in counterfeit money playing slot machines.

Trump wrote a letter to Mayor Bob Levy and City Council President Bill Marsh stating the New Jersey casino industry was being hurt with smokers going to other jurisdictions where there are no restrictions on smoking such as Pennsylvania and New York.

Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson is setting up the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS), which aims to create groups in universities and colleges which will use poker as an educational tool

Detroit's casinos, the MGM Grand Detroit, Greektown and MotorCity are spending $1.5 billion to build new hotels in the city to attract tourists and become a srious gambling and entertainment center.

Online gambling group and bookmaker William Hill is moving its operations from the Dutch Antilles in the Caribbean to Gibraltar.

Casino Impresario Steve Wynn announced last week that he would come back to Atlantic City and build a show stopper property. His only condition? That he be given the right to develop the Bader Field property which is the closed city airport.

In what is proving to be a down year for the casino industry net receipts or ‘win’ in July was 469 million dollars down 2.3 % from the same month last year.

Fred Buro, chief executive for the Tropicana Casino and Resort, was dismissed recently. His replacement, Mark Giannantonio, held the position of executive vice-president of operations. He is expected to halt the decline in revenue.

Five Months after voting in representation by the UAW, bargaining has begun between the dealers and management at Caesars Atlantic City. 

WET Holdings, Inc., developer of a 200-plus acre themed resort in Las Vegas, announced today that it will develop both reality-based programs on the development and operation of its new resort as well as documentaries on certain aspects of the project.

Televisions advertisements for the gambling industry during sporting events will be allowed in the United Kingdom, starting September 1. The catch is they will only be allowed after 9 p.m.

Age-verification technologies are effective according to many experts, who believe that regulation can establish a framework to block minors from gambling online in the United States.

The American Gaming Association (AGA), National Center for Responsible Gaming (NCRG) and more than 100 casino and gaming companies across the country are mobilizing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the annual Responsible Gaming Education Week.

888, one of the largest online casinos in the world, is collaborating with fraud-management organization Ethoca Limited, which uses data from its partners to help them avoid fraudulent transactions.

Mark Juliano the interim president for Trump Entertainment has been made the permanent CEO for the ailing casino corporation.

Celebrity chefs and restaurants in one of world's best dining destinations join forces for first time to support local food charity, Three Square.