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Could Sports Bets Save Caesars Windsor?

A Canadian lawmaker is pushing single-event sports betting as a solution to slumping revenues at Caesars Windsor in Ontario, one of the region’s largest employers. Last October, Caesars laid off 120 employees, citing a “softening of business,” and union officials fear more losses if […]

About-Face in Florida

Whether you see her as fickle, pragmatic or politically opportunistic, it’s been fascinating to watch the evolution of Florida Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff. The Fort Lauderdale Republican, who campaigned alongside former Governor Jeb Bush on an anti-gaming platform, is today working alongside Las Vegas Sands CEO […]

Taking It To The Streets

In the last year, we’ve seen gaming disappear from Russia and Ukraine. Tough anti-gambling laws were enacted in Poland that dramatically shrunk the size of the gaming industry there. And in Bulgaria, the tax rate was raised.
        
While there are multiple reasons for these […]

Wynn Bows Out of Aqueduct Race

The effort to bring a slot casino to Aqueduct Racetrack has just hit another speed bump, and Steve Wynn is the first in a pack of six bidders to bow out of the race.
Wynn cut his losses this week after New York Governor David Paterson announced he would seek a guaranteed $200 million in initial […]

Are Dealers Really That Stupid Or That Unhappy?

Last week, the dealers at Caesars and Bally’s in Atlantic City voted to strike the two casinos for failing to reach an agreement with their union, the United Auto Workers (UAW). My first reaction was that they must be incredibly stupid to vote to strike in this economic environment. But then my second thought was […]

30 Years

I had a meeting with Dan Nita this week. Dan is the chief of the four Harrah’s properties in Atlantic City, and he mentioned that it was 30 years this week since Caesars opened. I was surprised but I guess I shouldn’t have been. After all, last year we did a complete story about the […]

Motown Madness

There are a few gambling jurisdictions that are close to my heart. First, there’s my hometown of Atlantic City. Then there’s Mississippi, which I visited long before gaming and feel like it’s my second home. And then there’s Detroit.
The first time I went to Detroit was in 1994. It was for a casino opening, but […]

Carrot-and-stick game with South Florida Seminoles

Last Tuesday, a sweeping majority in the Florida House voted to approve legislation that would limit expansion of gaming at seven Seminole tribe casinos, expand gaming somewhat outside South Florida, and also give a few much-needed breaks to the parimutuel industry.
The next day, the Seminoles, arm-in-arm with their business partner, Governor Charlie Crist, dropped a […]

Tribes look to Obama for policy shift

The St. Regis Mohawk tribe of New York State spent more than a decade planning a casino for the Catskill Mountains. But  in 2008, just as George W. Bush prepared to leave office, the project was deep-sixed by then-Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. Kempthorne, like George W., opposed off-reservation gambling.
Now that Dirk and W. have left […]

Not So Super Sunday

The Super Bowl is coming up this weekend, in case you’ve been living under a rock. And the outcome could deliver yet another painful blow to Nevada’s struggling gaming industry.
While it might seem unlikely that the Cardinals will actually win, if they do sports books are going to be paying a lot of winners, and […]