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JCM American Targets Table Game Market

LAS VEGAS -- Having conquered the slot machine world, JCM American Corp. is targeting the expanding table game market. The Japan-based manufacturer has placed its currency acceptors -- also known as bill validators -- into 85 percent of all North American slot machines...read more

Union Thinks Bigger After Deals With Wynn Las Vegas, Aladdin

Two new contracts with Strip hotels helped Nevada's largest labor union increase its membership by almost 6,000 workers in the past couple of months. Now, the leadership of Culinary Local 226 is setting its sights on additional growth. The Culinary, an affiliate of UNITE HERE and its partner union, Bartenders Local 165, recently negotiated new contracts with Wynn Las Vegas and the Aladdin...read more

Gambling in Mississippi: Bill OK'd to Allow Casinos on Land

Mississippi lawmakers voted Monday to allow coastal casinos destroyed by Hurricane Katrina to be rebuilt on dry land rather than atop barges floating on the Gulf of Mexico. The bill is expected to be signed by Gov. Haley Barbour, who called a special session of the state Legislature last week to address hurricane relief...read more

Aladdin, Union Agree on Contract

Nearly 10 months to the day after announcing that employees could be represented by Culinary Local 226, the Aladdin and the state's largest labor union have agreed to a new contract covering more than 1,600 workers, Culinary Secretary-Treasurer D Taylor said Monday evening. The agreement would cover wages and benefits for the Aladdins's cocktail servers, bartenders, food servers, cooks, guest room attendants, steward and porters...read more

The Future of Gambling: Innovation is Served

Game change may be just a click away for casino slot operators. Server-based gaming will make it so. At the recent Global Gaming Expo, slot makers previewed the technology that will let casino operators quickly and easily update content on banks of slot machines. But only a select few G2E attendees were allowed to scrutinize the supersecret gaming systems as manufacturers sought to keep rivals away from their products. "It's all brand new, so while everything is being developed, we each have our own idea of what it's going to look like and how it will work," said Kent Young, vice president of marketing for Aristocrat Technologies. For most of the equipment providers, the technology is in its early development stages...read more

Hurricane Damage, Fuel Costs Cause Gaming Stocks to Slide

Two major hurricanes that shut down almost two dozen casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi, along with the subsequent increase in gasoline prices, worked to depress the value of gaming stocks during September. The average daily stock prices of the casino industry's major operators fell between 3 percent and 11 percent during the month, according to the Applied Analysis Gaming Index, a weighted average of nine gaming stocks compiled by the Las Vegas-based financial adviser. Only MGM Mirage went up during the month, even though the company's Beau Rivage casino in Biloxi, Miss., closed Aug...read more

Pinnacle Reopens New Orleans Casino; Sets for Battle with Insurance Company

Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment on Friday became the first gaming operator to reopen a hurricane damaged casino in New Orleans, but a dispute with its primary insurance carrier could affect redevelopment plans for the company's destroyed casino in Biloxi, Miss. Pinnacle, which had three of the company's eight casinos closed because of Gulf Coast hurricanes over the past month, said its primary insurance carrier believes damage at the Casino Magic in Biloxi caused by Hurricane Katrina on Aug...read more

Horoscope for the Week of October 2, 2005

Tip of the week: Few people realize that Numerology is a code for Astrology. This is so because Astrology is cosmic in origin just as we are as souls. Even many numerologists would not recognize these facts. Numbers, like planets, are archetypes...read more

888 Floats

Gibraltar-based I-gaming operator 888 Holdings Plc floated on the London Stock Exchange Thursday morning, raising £147.7 million (US$261 million) through the sale of 84.4 million shares at 175 pence each. "The industry is ready for consolidation...read more

Rebecca's Recommendations - September 29, 2005

Ok. I just saw something that disturbed me greatly. Remember the Platinum Play tournament I informed you of last week? The one that is open to all Casino City, Gone Gambling, Casinomeister, and and Reviewed-Casinos.com visitors? Well, I just received the list of signed up players so far and guess what? Gone Gambling players have taken over the list, and I mean by 95%! This is terrible! Can you guys PLEASE make me proud and sign up here so next time I see Casino City players all over the list? Thanks...read more