Financial Times Rank to acquire Gala casinosFinancial TimesBy Roger Blitz Rank is to pay Gala Coral £205m for 26 of its casinos, making it the biggest UK casino operator. The proposed deal was confirmed in statements released on Saturday. Rank, owner of the Mecca Bingo clubs and Grosvenor Casinos, …Rank buys Gala casinos for £205mTelegraph.co.ukGala [...]
Plain Dealer Cleveland casino to mark Ohio gambling debutChillicothe GazetteAP CLEVELAND — The opening of the first of four Ohio casinos will test the promise of new jobs, a tax windfall and urban revival in the heart of the Rust Belt. New signs are up to direct visitors, the sidewalks have been power-washed, crosswalks have [...]
Newsday AC casinos down 10 pct. in April; Revel places 8thBusinessWeekBy WAYNE PARRY Revel, the $2.4 billion casino resort widely seen as Atlantic City's best hope of survival, trailed most of its competition in its first month of operation, placing 8th out of the city's 12 casinos. The resort opened April 2 in a preview [...]
Toronto Star Toronto casino is a bad idea, even if it's called an 'integrated resort'Toronto StarTorontonians are about to get a lesson in three-card monte as part of the debate over whether to build a waterfront casino. And just as in the notorious hustle — where a quick-fingered dealer challenges players to keep their eye [...]
MassLive.com Springfield Casino Site Committee hopes to have input on gambling pactMassLive.comMeara is chairwoman of the Springfield Casino Citing Committee. SPRINGFIELD – The new 15-member Casino Site Committee appointed here may have no legal power or authority over whether Springfield becomes home to a resort casino, but its creator, …
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com US casinos slowly coming back from recession woesWall Street JournalAP ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — The nation's commercial casinos continued their slow-but-steady comeback from the recession last year, with revenues up 3 percent nationwide and jobs holding nearly steady, according to a report released Wednesday.Comeback may be in the cards for commercial [...]
Plain Dealer Phantom money flowing at Ohio's soon-to-be casinoBusinessWeekBy THOMAS J. SHEERAN The phantom money was flowing Wednesday at Ohio's first casino, with cashiers practicing for next week's opening and no one going home a loser. Developers of Horseshoe Casino Cleveland opened the doors for a media tour, …Countdown to casinoCleveland Jewish NewsDevelopers Offer Sneak [...]
Boston Globe Foxboro vote seen giving Suffolk casino edgeSouthCoastToday.comBy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — The suspension of efforts by business heavyweights Robert Kraft and Steve Wynn to locate a resort casino in Foxboro takes a major competitor to Suffolk Downs out of the running for a casino license, although there …Vote Spurs Massachusetts Casino [...]
Toledo Blade Wide-ranging gambling bill clears Ohio SenateBusinessWeekBy ANN SANNER Just days ahead of the opening of Ohio's first casino, state senators on Wednesday passed a wide-ranging gambling bill that aims to sort out the regulations governing casinos, racetracks and new video lottery terminals.Ohio Senate scheduled to vote on gambling billWSLSOhio Senate to vote on [...]
Wall Street Journal Hotels & CasinosWall Street JournalMr. Torres took the top ranking among hotel and casino analysts in his first year covering hotel stocks, which averaged a 16.4% drop last year as investors reined in expectations amid concerns about national debt in Europe and the US Casino stocks fell …
