Rising water of Mississ...

The owner of the President Casino, Pinnacle Entertainment, initially decided to close it by July this year. However, the rising waters of the Mississippi River forced the casino to close earlier than expected. The casino will still reopen when the flooding stops. According to Chris...

Louisiana’s gambl...

After a full year of seeing revenue drop on a monthly basis, casinos around the country may finally start seeing some improvement within their industry. Evidence of this theory exists in the state of Louisiana where revenue was up ten percent in February. In January, revenue from the...

Hard Rock Hotel exec di...

The death of Randy Kwasniewski, the executive of the Hard Rock Hotel who was found dead in his home Tuesday, was ruled to be caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head, according to the Clark County coroner’s office on Wednesday. The Metropolitan was called to Kwasniewski’s...

Icahn is the next owner...

Billionaires Carl Icahn and Donald Trump had been battling for the ownership of Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City during the past days. Icahn emerged as the winner and now has the rights to buy Tropicana. The Casino Control Commission saw Icahn’s plan as more superior than that...

Nonstop snow causes Atl...

Just when everyone thought Atlantic City casinos have already suffered enough from big losses during the global recession, winter snow has been pounding the region nonstop which causes the city’s revenue to fall down even further. The Northeast has experienced an unusual number of...

No gambling at all for ...

Hawaii may just all sand and no games at all as lawmakers in the Aloha State rejected a plan that would allow gambling on the sunny shores of the state. Waikiki would have been the first location to boast a casino in this Pacific state but legislators discarded the bill that would have...