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Howard Stutz Gaming Guru - Page 111Ultimate Gaming cuts deal to enter New Jersey2 July 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas-based Ultimate Gaming signed a partnership agreement with the company that operates the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City to bring pay-to-play regulated Internet wagering to New Jersey. In a deal to be announced today , Ultimate Gaming, which is majority-owned by Station Casinos, will ... (read more)
Announced departure of Sands CFO doesn't faze Wall Street1 July 2013
LAS VEGAS -- The announced departure of Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s chief financial officer hasn’t concerned Wall Street. The stock price is up and analysts passed off Tuesday’s announcement that CFO Kenneth Kay was leaving the casino operator on July 31 as “just another negative headline.” A source familiar ... (read more)
Las Vegas-based SK+G opening Hong Kong office1 July 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas-based marketing and communications firm SK+G Advertising is opening an office in Hong Kong. The firm, which was founded in 1999 and has worked with various gaming development projects over the years including Aria at CityCenter and the Borgata in Atlantic City, will form SK+G Asia Pacific in partnership with The Tank, a Hong Kong based advertising and marketing firm. ... (read more)
Rebound anticipated in locals casino market1 July 2013
LAS VEGAS -- The locals gaming market has suffered enough. Gaming revenues produced by casinos in North Las Vegas, along the Boulder Strip, in Henderson and throughout unincorporated Clark County are down a collective 2.6 percent through April. By comparison, during the first four months of 2013, gaming revenues have climbed 4.7 percent on the Strip and 1.8 percent statewide. ... (read more)
Indiana regulators sign off on Pinnacle-Ameristar deal28 June 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Indiana gaming regulators signed off on Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.’s $2.8 billion buyout of Ameristar Casinos, Inc. on Thursday, putting the deal a step closer to completion. The merger of the two Las Vegas-based regional gaming giants would give Pinnacle ownership of two Indiana casinos; ... (read more)
Poker tourney at M Resort offers $500,000 prize pool27 June 2013
LAS VEGAS -- The Hollywood Poker Open at the M Resort this weekend is not about competing with the World Series of Poker. The event guarantees participants a prize pool of $500,000 — not much when compared with standards set by World Series of Poker, which is more than halfway through its six-week run at the Rio. ... (read more)
Caesars Entertainment cutting ties with Paula Deen Enterprises27 June 2013
Caesars Entertainment Inc. is dropping its relationship with the company operated by troubled celebrity chef and southern food connoisseur Paula Deen. In a statement Wednesday, Caesars said it reached “a mutual agreement” with Paula Deen Enterprises not to renew the two companies’ business relationship. ... (read more)
CFO for Las Vegas Sands leaving, but will remain as consultant26 June 2013
LAS VEGAS -- The chief financial officer for Las Vegas Sands Corp. is leaving the company but will stay on as a consultant over a six-month period until a replacement is named. The casino operator announced the departure of Kenneth Kay in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday. ... (read more)
Bally Technologies revs up NASCAR slot machines complete with surround sound26 June 2013
LAS VEGAS -- It took a diehard NASCAR fan to create a slot machine based on the popular sport. Now, other fans of the stock car racing circuit can play the slot machines nationwide. Bally Technologies, Inc. is rolling out its NASCAR slot machines throughout the U.S. starting this week. The games were ... (read more)
Caesars exec Batjer leaving for California government post26 June 2013
LAS VEGAS -- A Caesars Entertainment Inc. executive is leaving the casino company to return to government work in California. Marybel Batjer resigned last week as Caesars’ vice president of public policy and corporate social responsibility to become California’s Secretary of Government Operations. Batjer, 58, was named to the position by Gov. ... (read more)
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