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Gaming News Archives - Page 5271Australian Religious Leader:Ban Poker Machine Ads1 June 2001
News Brief: Sydney's new Catholic Archbishop George Pell says a ban on poker machine advertising should be part of a stronger approach to problem gambling.
Ringside Predicts A Knockout At It's First National Tournament31 May 2001
Ringside will throw its biggest punch yet by unveiling the
first-ever 2001 Ringside National Labor Day Championships.
Littlefield Corporation to Open New Texas Bingo Hall31 May 2001
Littlefield Corporation has leased Triple City Ballroom near McAllen, Texas for the Company's second foray into bingo in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
Littlefield Corporation Opens Three Bingo Halls In South Carolina31 May 2001
Littlefield Corporation will open a new hall in Charleston and another in Columbia.
Kismet Releases Online Backgammon Gambling31 May 2001
Players can now gamble on backgammon against live opponents at
Kismet's showcase site.
Dot-Com Con Man Scams California Investors31 May 2001
News Brief: Investors were scammed into sinking $4 million into a company that said it was putting high-tech gambling machines in the hottest Las Vegas casinos and hooking those machines up to gamers on the Internet.
Boyd Gaming Completes Delta Downs Acquisition31 May 2001
Boyd Gaming plans to immediately continue the refurbishment of the casino facility and expects to open late this summer or early fall.
GameTech Releases Q2 200131 May 2001
GameTech reports net income for Q2 2001 was $1.0 million, equal to $0.09 per diluted share, compared with $1.9 million, or $0.16 per diluted share for Q2 2000.
CSFB Raises Park Place, Cuts Mandalay Rating31 May 2001
Credit Suisse First Boston upgrades Park Place to buy from hold and downgrades Mandalay Resort Group to hold from buy.
GTECH Signs New Contract with Totalizator Sportowy31 May 2001
Totalizator Sportowy a government-owned lottery organization in Warsaw, has signed a new long-term contract with GTECH's Polish subsidiary, Grytek, to provide online lottery and instant-ticket services.
Hollywood Casino Shreveport and Shreveport Capital Sell Senior Secured Notes31 May 2001
Proceeds from the sale of the notes will be used to refinance $27.5 million in outstanding debt.
Non-gaming California Tribes Await Trust-Fund Money31 May 2001
News Brief: California Indian tribes without casinos would get an additional $14.8 million from gaming tribes under a proposal by state gambling officials.
California Bill Targets Companies Offering Internet Gambling31 May 2001
A bill making Internet gambling a crime both for Californians and for online companies targeting them was approved by the California Assembly in Sacramento.
Park Place Takeover of Claridge Approved31 May 2001
News Brief: New Jersey casino regulators cleared the way for Park Place Entertainment to take over its bankrupt neighbor, the Claridge Casino Hotel.
British Entertainers Push to Change Casino Law31 May 2001
News Brief: The British entertainment industry is canvassing the Government’s Gambling Review Body to change the law that bans casinos from offering its punters live entertainment.
Ameristar's Plan to Combine Casinos Stalled31 May 2001
News Brief: Ameristar will have to wait another month to know whether it can combine its dual Kansas City casinos into one large gambling boat.
Quebec's Cutting of VLTs Criticized31 May 2001
News Brief: Critics say that Quebec’s chopping of the number of video lottery terminals to attack compulsive gambling is a desperate and toothless political response to a situation spiralling out of control.
Quarter Horses Will Race Thoroughbreds in the Summit of Speed at Calder Track30 May 2001
`Quarter Horse vs. Thoroughbred Challenge,' a half-mile race pitting
four Thoroughbreds against four American Quarter Horses in a
$25,000-guaranteed race, is scheduled for Calder's second running of the Summit of Speed on July 14.
Bellagio, Mirage Poker Rooms Going Smokeless30 May 2001
Smoking is coming to an end at two of Las Vegas' busiest poker rooms, in the Mirage and Bellagio megaresorts.
Louisiana Official Accused in Theft30 May 2001
A state Office of Motor Vehicles supervisor was arrested Tuesday, accused of taking $5,600 in cash from an office safe and losing it all at riverboat casinos over the weekend.
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