Gaming
MGM, AEG to develop 20K seat Las Vegas Strip arena
Years of talk about building an arena capable of hosting professional sports and big-name concerts yielded an announcement Tuesday that casino giant MGM Resorts International and entertainment company AEG will build a privately financed 20,000-seat indoor venue on the Las Vegas Strip. Construction on the $350 million arena should start ...
Dayton racino clears another hurdle
The new racino being built in Dayton has cleared a financing hurdle. Dayton-Montgomery County Port Authority directors voted Monday to authorize the issuance of $65 million in bonds to finance construction of the 119-acre harness-racing track that will also feature video slot machines. Jerry Brunswick, executive director of the port ...
Correction: Editorial Rdp story
In the South Carolina editorial roundup for June 11, The Associated Press reported erroneously that an editorial about the Legislature was by the Aiken Standard. It was The State newspaper. A corrected version of the story is below: South Carolina editorial roundup Summary of recent South Carolina newspaper editorials By ...
SW Ohio attorney with gambling problem suspended
A Cincinnati attorney who has acknowledged a longtime gambling problem was suspended from practicing law by the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday. The court said in a 7-0 ruling that Thomas Leksan could seek reinstatement in two years under conditions including completion of a recovery contract with the Ohio Lawyers ...
Former Miami officer sentenced for taking bribes
A former Miami police officer has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for taking bribes to protect an illegal Liberty City gambling parlor. While sentencing 42-year-old Nathaniel Dauphin on Wednesday, a federal judge said his cooperation with an FBI investigation of police corruption surrounding the gambling operation was "admirable." ...
Indiana's 1st riverboat casino has new name
Indiana's first riverboat casino has changed its name to match that of its corporate owner. The Evansville riverboat known as Casino Aztar since it opened in late 1995 started operating Tuesday as Tropicana Evansville. It has been owned since 2007 by Las Vegas-based Tropicana Entertainment, which owns or operates eight ...
New tax break reduces Ind. share of casino revenue
The state's portion of gambling revenue slumped last month as Indiana's 13 casinos took advantage of a new law that allows them to reduce their tax burden. Total tax receipts from casinos fell nearly 18 percent last month compared with May of last year, according a report released Monday by ...
MTR Gaming allows betting from mobile devices
MTR Gaming Group Inc. is letting customers use their smartphones and iPads to place bets on horse races. MTR says it now has the mobile betting platform at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in Chester, Scioto Downs in Columbus, Ohio, and Presque Isle Downs & Casino near Erie, Pa. When ...
American conference women's tourney at casino
The new American Athletic Conference will hold its first women's basketball tournament at the Mohegan Sun casino. The conference announced Monday that the 2014 tourney would be played at the resort in southeastern Connecticut, which includes a just-under 10,000-seat arena that is home to the WNBA's Connecticut Sun. The tournament ...
Mohegan Sun ups ante in Mass. resort casino bid
Mohegan Sun has upped the ante in its drive to win a Massachusetts license to operate a resort casino. The Connecticut casino has announced new features in its proposal for Palmer that will increase the project to nearly $1 billion. The adventure-themed park and resort hotel will include an indoor ...
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