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The historic Tropicana Las Vegas casino and hotel property closed last week after 67 years in operation. The Tropicana was the most expensive Las Vegas resort built to date when it opened in April 1957. The closing of the Tropicana means that the only surviving property on the Las Vegas Strip from the 1950s is the Sahara. The land beneath the site…

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Rock Island agrees to reimburse $4.7M in casino plan

Bally's Casino and Hotel, Rock Island, is planning a $34-million redevelopment, and the city is placing its bets to reimburse a good chunk of that. The former Jumer's Casino and Hotel (bought by Bally's in 2021), at Illinois 92 and I-280, is the oldest of the three Quad Cities casinos, having opened in 2008 and is lagging in market share, said…

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Iris CC Holdings Pty Ltd acquires entire Casino Canberra site for US$42 million

Australia-based Aquis Entertainment has officially announced that it has finalized the sale of its entire subsidiary, Canberra-based Aquis Canberra Pty Ltd, better known as the Casino Canberra site, to Iris CC Holdings Pty Ltd for an irrevocable sale price of AU$63 million, which is approximately US$42.5 million. New purchase: Under the terms of…

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Aquis completes US$42 million sale of Casino Canberra to Iris Capital

Australia's Aquis Entertainment says it has officially completed the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Aquis Canberra Pty Ltd - the operating entity of Casino Canberra - to Iris CC Holdings Pty Ltd for a final sale price of AU$63 million (US$42.5 million). Under the terms of the sale, Aquis has received an AU$60.5 million (US$40.8 million)…

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Bally's finalizes purchase of Tropicana Las Vegas for $148 million

The Tropicana in Las Vegas has changed hands. Bally's Corporation has completed a $148 million agreement to purchase the resort's "non-land assets" from Penn Entertainment and Gaming & Leisure Properties (GLPI). The takeover deal was signed in April 2021, but after a lengthy process that included approval from the Nevada Gaming Control Board…

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Churchill Downs to buy Sioux City casino

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Identity of Casino Canberra bidder revealed

In Australia and casino operator Aquis Entertainment Limited has reportedly revealed the identity of the company that earlier this week lodged an official offer to buy its Casino Canberra property. According to a Wednesday report from Asia Gaming Brief, the Sydney-listed firm agreed a provisional deal in May that was to have seen it offload the…

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Aquis Considering Second Offer on Casino Canberra

Australian company Aquis Entertainment Ltd continues to be courted by investors after the company received a second offer to acquire Casino Canberra. Aquis originally received an offer of AU$52 million ($36 million) to sell the casino to Capital Leisure & Entertainment Pty Ltd. The company signed a share purchase agreement at the time. Now, though,…

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Gravanis brothers buying Casino Canberra

Aquis Entertainment has entered an agreement to sell Casino Canberra to Bill and Mario Gravanis' Oscars Hotels. The $52 million deal is subject to shareholder approval - with the next meeting scheduled in late July or August. The government also needs to sign off on it. ASX-listed Aquis acquired the casino in 2014, later failing to win approval for…

Covid ・ 13 May 2022

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Aquis and Oscars Agree on Casino Canberra Sale Terms

Aquis Entertainment Ltd has signed a deal with Capital Leisure & Entertainment Pty Ltd, an Oscars Group subsidiary, and now, the company is likely to sell Casino Canberra. Regulatory approvals also need to be obtained and the price for which Casino Canberra is sold is AU$52 million ($36 million). As Aquis stated, the company will be able to use the…

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Casino Canberra set to change hands

In Australia and casino operator Aquis Entertainment Limited has reportedly signed an agreement to offload its Casino Canberra property to Capital Leisure and Entertainment Proprietary Limited for approximately $35.85 million. According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming, the Canberra-headquartered firm recently agreed a share purchase deal that…

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IGT capitalizes on strong casino demand in first-quarter earnings report

Strong casino play has prompted operators to upgrade their slot machines, a boon to gaming equipment behemoth IGT. The London-based company with a heavy presence in Nevada reported narrowing net income despite a 3.5 percent increase in revenue in the first quarter of 2022. IGT executives attributed the decline to omicron variant-produced downturns…

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UPDATED: Churchill Downs parent to take over Hard Rock Sioux City casino as part of $2.5B deal

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Gaming Authorities ・ 23 February 2022

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Potential Cedar Rapids casino operator sells some assets to Churchill Downs

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Chicago has five competing casino bids. Here’s what’s proposed.

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Casino Canberra will reopen Friday after more than 60 days of being shut down

With Covid restrictions sloughing away worldwide, a major Australian casino is scheduled to open today after more than two months of being idle in the latest health emergency shut down. Also of note, it is the one-year anniversary of Caesar's Cromwell Las Vegas reopening after a hiatus due to the health emergency. Caesar's Cromwell Las Vegas, the…

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Aquis still interested in pursuing Casino Canberra redevelopment

Speaking during the company's AGM, Fung said redeveloping the casino "still forms part of our longer-term strategy for growth in Canberra", despite talks having stalled due to disagreements over slot machine numbers. "We do remain committed to the redevelopment of the property and we believe that the post COVID- 19 recovery in Canberra is the…

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Playtech's Second-Largest Investor Insists on Buying Gambling Software Firm's Financial Trading Assets

Yesterday, Playtech investor Gopher Investments made a case regarding its proposal to acquire the financial trading division of the gambling software developer. The move comes weeks after Playtech said yes to another group's offer to buy the assets. Now, Gopher Investments, which is the second-largest shareholder of the British gambling software…

Finance ・ 07 July 2021

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Casino Canberra commitment for Aquis Entertainment Limited

In Australia and the Chairman for Aquis Entertainment Limited has reportedly told investors that his firm continues to be interested in redeveloping its Casino Canberra property via a proposed makeover that could run to as much as $256 million. According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming, the revelation came from Tony Fung Wing-Cheung during a…

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Letter to the editor: Casino pact failed Negotiations 101 test

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Casino Canberra bounces back after horror 2020

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