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Dangerous complacency in New York
Casino advocates and New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) are making a risky wager regarding November’s ballot question that would dramatically expand gambling in upstate New York. They’re playing it cool, keeping most of their chips off the table. … Continue reading
Posted in Boyd Gaming, Current, Election, Foxwoods, Hard Rock International, Harrah's, Massachusetts, MGM Mirage, Politics, Sheldon Adelson
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Gomes out, Adelson in, Japan on the fence
Take a good look at that flapper-era costume. It’s not long for Resorts Atlantic City. Now that the Mohegan Gaming Authority has well and truly taken the reins of the property, the late Dennis Gomes‘ Prohibition Era theming is on … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Dennis Gomes, International, Louisiana, Marketing, Mohegan Sun, Sheldon Adelson, Wall Street
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Better times are here
Las Vegas remains lumbered with journalistic dinosaur Sherman Frederick, a grumbling, blogging old fussbudget who predicts doom and gloom as he tucks into his stewed prunes every morning. I’ve never run across anybody who rooted against their home town so … Continue reading
Trouble in another paradise; Sheldon’s sex shoppe
Overruling Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D), a Bay State court has issued an injunction allow signature-gatherers to keep collecting voters’ John Hancocks on a petition to repeal 2011’s casino-enabling legislation. Considering the land purchases, to say nothing of the … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Entertainment, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Politics, Regulation, Rhode Island, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn, The Strip
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Trouble in paradise; Eight isn’t enough
That rising clamor you hear along the Strip isn’t just from weekend picketers at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. No, the Culinary Union has significantly ratcheted up the rhetoric against Strip operators MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment, and against … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Boyd Gaming, Current, Harrah's, MGM Mirage, Tribal, Wisconsin
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Motivated in Massachusetts; Naked at Horseshoe
If there’s anything to be learned from this week’s Hard Rock International face-plant in West Springfield, it’s not to take anything for granted. HRI made the mistake of believing its own poll, indeed, venerating it like holy writ, and got a … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Foxwoods, Hard Rock International, Harrah's, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Regulation, The Strip, Tribal
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Next Stop: Sri Lanka; Terra incognita
Launching a pre-emptive strike on the Indian subcontinent, the government of Sri Lanka has gone into casino gambling in a big way. It’s approved a $350 million “mixed development” (that’s what casino-hotels are called over there) by James Packer‘s Crown … Continue reading
Posted in Bally Technologies, IGT, International, Internet gambling, James Packer, Phil Ruffin, Regulation, Scientific Games, Taxes, Wall Street
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Quote of the Day
“It’s still a $3 billion market. It’s still a lot. Not as big as it used to be, but sizable.”– Rick Mazer, newly approved to run Harrah’s Marina, where a new convention center is being built. Parent company Caesars Entertainment … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Current, Harrah's
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Tilman impresses again; N.Y. nudges casino question
You have to hand it to Tilman Fertitta: He keeps reinvesting in his casino properties, unlike some people we could name. (*cough*Gary Loveman*cough*) Although “high roller” and “Laughlin” seem oxymoronic, that hasn’t stopped Fertitta from dropping a bundle on the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Election, Laughlin, New York, Tilman Fertitta
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Massachusetts: One win, one loss, one surrender
In a real shocker, residents of West Springfield rejected Hard Rock International — and $18 million a year. Local media obligingly regurgitated over and over again Hard Rock-sourced poll numbers that showed the casino eking out a narrow win. When … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Hard Rock International, Massachusetts, MGM Mirage, Mohegan Sun, Neil Bluhm, Penn National, Regulation
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Revel resurgent; MGM, Sands to Japan
For all the flack that it’s taken for its misleading “refund” on losses promotion, Revel Resort continues to woo customers back. Its revenues rose 2% in August, pushing the megaresort ahead of Showboat and into the middle tier of Atlantic … Continue reading
Upturn in Illinois, blindsided in Indiana
Could we finally be seeing “green shoots” in Illinois, up 5% last month? Maybe, although such recovery as there was consisted of the force that is Rivers Casino, up 36%. Penn National Gaming‘s three casinos posted a feeble $29 million, … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Economy, Harrah's, Illinois, Indiana, MGM Mirage, Neil Bluhm, Ohio, Penn National, Pinnacle Entertainment, Racinos, Regulation, Slot routes, Wall Street
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Lady Unlucky; Struggling in Ohio; Big deal at MTR
Isle of Capri Casinos appears to have laid an egg with Lady Luck Casino at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and is now having to lay off 15% of the workforce. Much of the blame properly goes with the State of Pennsylvania‘s … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Harrah's, Isle of Capri, MTR Gaming, Ohio, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Racinos, Regulation
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Quote of the Day
“What we don’t need in Vegas is more hotel rooms and more casino capacity.” — Caesars Entertainment CEO Gary Loveman, currently the only major CEO adding hotel and gambling capacity along the Strip.
Boston capitulates, Wynn wins (for now)
It was eyeball-to-eyeball and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino just blinked. Threatened with the termination of Steve Wynn‘s Everett project were Boston to be deemed a host community, Menino’s administration folded like a pup tent. “Based on the new information provided … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Harrah's, Massachusetts, Penn National, Racinos, Regulation, Steve Wynn
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Quote of the Day
“We remain deeply close friends and incredibly proud parents and our children are our priority going forward” — James Packer, managing to make the announcement of his second divorce sound like an earnings call.
Posted in Current, James Packer
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Linq looking good & other Case Bets
You can’t drive around the Vegas Valley these days without having a clear view of the Las Vegas High Roller, the Ferris wheel that is Caesars Entertainment‘s would-be tourism magnet, which seems to grow overnight. It’s an impressive sight, one … Continue reading
Beantown Brawl: Wynn vs. Menino
It wasn’t exactly a Profile in Courage day for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission yesterday. It told the cities of Everett and Boston to work out their feud over a proposed Steve Wynn casino between themselves. Now what do you think … Continue reading
Massachusetts: Carlino’s Way
Penn National Gaming‘s bid to get into Massachusetts is taking a turn for the bizarre. In a surrealistic proposal, it has taken out an option to buy on Plainridge Race Course. But … the option is condition on Penn being … Continue reading
Posted in Harrah's, Massachusetts, Mohegan Sun, Penn National, Racinos, Regulation
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