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Howard Stutz Gaming Guru - Page 193Nevada Gaming Control Board reaches deal with Alderney28 January 2011
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Online gambling publications are reporting an agreement between the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the British-based Alderney Gambling Control Commission, an Internet gambling regulatory body for the British Channel Islands.
The agreement would lay the framework for cooperation between the two regulatory bodies. ... (read more)
American Gaming Association hires Boehner aide28 January 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. The gaming industry's Washington D.C. lobbying group has hired a longtime aide to Speaker of the House John Boehner as the organization's vice president of government affairs.
In a statement Friday, the American Gaming Association said Whitaker Lee Askew would work to expand gaming's support in Washington D.C. ... (read more)
Penn National starts work on New Orleans casino27 January 2011
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- Penn National Gaming isn't waiting for Louisiana authorities to decide the winner of the state's 15th casino license.
The casino operator began preliminary work on a site the company has proposed for new casino in New Orleans along the Harvey Canal.
According to New ... (read more)
Stanley Ho ends feud with family27 January 2011
MACAU -- After two days of back and forth charges, Hong Kong billionaire Stanley Ho put an end his family feud.
In a televised broadcast in Hong Kong Wednesday, the 89-year-old Ho, reading an off-camera cue card from a reclining chair as his daughter held a microphone, said he was transferring ownership of his Macau casinos to several of his 17 children and his third wife. ... (read more)
Lawyer says Stanley Ho doesn't want to lose casinos26 January 2011
MACAU -- The transfer of Stanley Ho's Macau casino holdings to family members has turned into a soap opera.
A day after it was announced that the 89-year-old Hong Kong billionaire had moved nearly his entire Macau casino ownership stake to several of his 17 children, a Hong Kong lawyer said the transfer took place without Ho's consent. ... (read more)
Pennsylvania helps lift Las Vegas Sands24 January 2011
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Investors and Wall Street have taken notice of the results coming from the casino in Bethlehem, Pa., owned by Las Vegas Sands Corp. The addition of table games in July fueled Sands Bethlehem to a 101 percent increase in gaming revenue in 2010. The expected opening in May of a 300-room hotel tower will keep the casino in the upper tier of the state's 10 gambling halls. ... (read more)
Woman hits $12.8 million jackpot in Vegas24 January 2011
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- An anonymous gambler hit the Megabucks jackpot Friday at CityCenter's Aria, winning almost $12.8 million. The winner had played $6 in a Megabucks slot machine at Aria when the jackpot hit. The slot machine is linked to similar slot machines in casinos throughout Nevada, which make up the Megabucks network. ... (read more)
Arizona proposal might introduce racinos24 January 2011
PHOENIX, Arizona -- Nevada casinos, which have faced a challenge over the past decade by the growing Indian gaming market in California, could see competition from another neighboring state.
Arizona, facing a $1 billion budget shortfall next fiscal year, could see casinos pop up at the state's racetracks. ... (read more)
Duke, Pollack to lead new poker league24 January 2011
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A professional poker league that will begin play in Las Vegas this year is taking its cue from the PGA Tour. The yet-to-be-named league, the brainchild of former World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack and professional poker player Annie Duke, is geared toward the big names on the professional poker circuit. ... (read more)
Macau authorities halt work on Caesars golf course24 January 2011
MACAU -- Macau authorities have halted construction by Caesars Entertainment on a private road to connect the company's golf course with one of the main roads on the Cotai Strip.
MacauBusiness.com reported the action earlier this week.
Caesars Entertainment, formerly known as Harrah's ... (read more)
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