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Ho family settles casino ownership tiff
A two-month dispute over the ownership of Macau casino company Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau SA between founder Stanley Ho and various family members has finally been resolved.
Push for intrastate online wagering continues despite N.J. setback
Gov. Chris Christie dealt a blow to Internet gaming proponents nationwide when he vetoed a bill that would have legalized intrastate online poker play in New Jersey.
Cambodian casino venture launched
Entertainment Gaming Asia, a provider of electronic gaming machines to the Pan-Asian gaming industry, announced plans to develop a casino in the Cambodian province of Kampot.
Famed restaurant to develop hotel tower at Caesars Palace
Nobu, the high-end Japanese restaurant chain created by Nobu Matsuhisa and his partners Robert De Niro and Meir Teper, has signed a non-binding letter of intent to create a hotel tower at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Florida considers integrated casino resort expansion
A bill has been introduced in the Florida legislature that would clear the way for five destination casino resorts at various cities throughout the state.
Super weekend for Las Vegas
The combination of the Super Bowl and Chinese New Year drew an estimated 275,000 people to Las Vegas, in increase of 8,000 people from last year, according to the city’s Convention and Visitors Authority.
New tribal gaming facility opens in Michigan
Gun Lake Casino, a 76,000-sq.-ft. gaming facility owned by the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, officially opened its doors this past weekend to overflow crowds.
Genting pushes for table games at Aqueduct
Genting New York, operators of a VLT parlor slated to open this summer at New York City’s Aqueduct Racetrack, pressed for the right to offer table gaming while testifying before a state senate committee.
Trump Marina Casino sold, will become Golden Nugget Atlantic City
Trump Marina Hotel Casino, located in Atlantic City’s Marina District, has been purchased by Houston-based Landry’s Inc. for $38 million. The deal is expected to close the second quarter of this year.
Apollo Resorts wins UK casino license
The Hull City Council has awarded its provisional “large casino” license to Apollo Resorts & Leisure, clearing to way for the construction of a £100 million mixed-use gaming, hotel and housing complex in the heart of the city.
Feds say no to Catskills land deal
Will not approve tribal settlement agreement with former N.Y. governor David Paterson
Moody's: Revel will lift A.C.
Says $2.8 billion casino project will boost ailing Atlantic City market but could ignite stiff convention competition
Italy's online market poised to expand
Online poker cash games expected in March and online casinos this summer
Cincinnati casino breaks ground, GM named
$400 million Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati is being developed by Rock Ohio Caesars
Las Vegas Hard Rock avoids foreclosure
Lenders seeking to foreclose reached an agreement with the casino
LV Strip on the mend, loses only $2.5b
Two consecutive years of losses for the first time ever, but results were an improvement over 2009
Ho drops lawsuit against heirs
Lawsuit had accused family members of seizing control of his multibillion-dollar gambling empire
AGA recruits ex-Boehner aide
Whitaker Lee Askew has been appointed vice president of government affairs
