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Tropicana Online Sites’ Revenues Increase by 60% in February 2014
Tropicana’s Numbers Were Boosted by iOS Apps The Tropicana Atlantic City Casino reports a 60% increase in its monthly revenues from February 2014. The number is a positive sign for the growth of New Jersey gambling after weeks of negative signs. It also contradicts...
New York Senate Approves Video Lottery Terminals for NYC Airports
Video Lottery Terminals Play Much Like Slot Machines The state senate of New York is backing a proposal to allow video lottery terminals in airports around the state, according to the AP. The video kiosks would be placed in the departure terminals at select airports...
Casino Owner Jackie Gaughan Dies at 93 and Is Buried in Las Vegas
Jackie Gaughan Once Owned 25% of Downtown Las Vegas Gaming Las Vegas casino owner and legend, Jackie Gaughan, died this week at the age of 93 and was laid to rest on March 17, 2014. Jackie Gaughan was a casino owner in the city since the 1950’s. At one time...
Florida Lawmakers Debate the Merits of a Gambling Amendment
Disney Is against Integrated Casinos If some Florida legislators have their way, the state constitution will be changed in order to give voters and not legislators the sole authority to change gambling laws. Under the new amendment, the Florida Congress would be...
Massachusetts Gaming Commission Weighs Pros, Cons of iGaming
Stephen Crosby Suggests the Slow Institution of Online Gaming Laws The Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s chairman has asked the state legislature to withhold a decision involving online gambling until their panel awards casino licenses. Stephen Crosby, who...
State Panel Recommends Fee Changes to Help Delaware Casinos
Dover Downs Would Be Helped by the Proposed Changes A Delaware panel recommended changes to the way slot machine vendor fees are assessed in a decision which would cost the state $9.9 million this fiscal year. If instituted, the changes might cost Delaware taxpayers...
Monmouth Player Wins Largest Online Jackpot in New Jersey iGaming
An Online Player Won $84,000 on Monopoly Slots On March 6, a man from Millstone Township in Monmouth County won the largest IGT jackpot ever in the short history of legal New Jersey online casino gambling. The gambler won an $84,300 jackpot playing online slots...
Former Boxing Champ Antonio Tarver Arrested for Gambling Debts
Antonio Tarver as an Olympian in 1996 Former Light Heavyweight boxing champion and sometime Hollywood actor Antonio Tarver was arrested for crimes related to his gambling debts this past week. After a successful amateur career, Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver...
Pojoaque Pueblo Tribe Loses Gaming Lawsuit against New Mexico
Buffalo Thunder Casino is Owned by the Pojoaque Pueblo Tribe On Friday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Pojoaque Pueblo Tribe against New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez’s administration. The suit came while gaming compact negotiations are...
Boyd Gaming’s Keith Smith Says 85% of Borgata’s Customers Are New
Borgata Leads the New Jersey Online Casinos Prior to the legalization of New Jersey online gambling, opponents of the new law suggested online casinos would cannibalize land-based operations. Keith Smith, CEO of Boyd Gaming, says 85% of his website’s customer...
