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A proposal to develop casinos on non-tribal land in rural parts of North Carolina won't be part of the state budget and likely won't get a vote as a standalone measure either, top Republican lawmakers announced Tuesday night. "I do not see us voting on those at any point in the coming weeks," Senate leader Phil Berger said. While the proposal…

On Saturday morning, Chicago will become the largest city in the United States to have a casino within city limits. The Illinois Gaming Board issued a temporary operating permit to Bally's on Friday afternoon to conduct casino gaming at Medinah Temple, and the gaming company will open its doors to the public at the temporary venue at 8 a.m.…

More than three decades in the making, legalized gambling will make its Chicago debut at 8 a.m. Saturday morning when Bally's opens a temporary casino in River North's Medinah Temple. Chicagoans and tourists feeling lucky can play 800 slot games and 56 table games in the century-old Shriner's temple at 600 N. Wabash Ave., with its distinctive domed…

Gambling and children make strange political bedfellows. But Mayor Levar Stoney is placing a bet that child care will be the winning ticket in November's referendum on the rebranded Richmond Grand Resort and Casino. Tuesday morning, Stoney - joined by Richmond City Council members, Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras and business…

The Roanoke Rapids Planning Board and city council this evening put the city in the consideration for a casino in the Carolina Crossroads Music and Entertainment District by approving a land use amendment that would allow gambling in the district. City Manager Kelly Traynham wrote in a memo to both panels that the North Carolina General Assembly…

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, which has long planned to develop a $1 billion resort and casino in Taunton, Massachusetts, is now in discussions about a new proposal for the project. The venture, known as the First Light Resort & Casino, was initially put on hold shortly after the commencement of construction in 2016 due to a series of legal…

TAUNTON - Where does the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe stand regarding building a casino in Taunton? This question may soon be answered. The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Gaming Authority has asked to meet with the Taunton City Council to discuss a new development proposal in connection with the proposed $1 billion First Light Resort & Casino - which was put…

The Wilton Rancheria and its Las Vegas-based partner, Boyd Gaming Corporation, are celebrating the one-year anniversary of Elk Grove's Sky River Casino. Located near Highway 99 and Kammerer Road, the $550 million casino opened on Aug. 15, 2022, two weeks ahead of its scheduled opening. The casino was built on the former site of the "Ghost Mall" -…

First the barbecue, then the baccarat. Chicago's first casino could launch soon after Labor Day, if all goes well during practice gaming sessions set to take place shortly after the holiday at Bally's temporary Medinah Temple gambling hall. Regulators will inspect the River North operation Sept. 5 and oversee practice gaming sessions Sept. 6-7,…

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WNCN) - Old Carriage Road in Rocky Mount is mostly filled with trees. However, soon the area could be the site of slot machines, table games, and sports betting. "You know, you got 90 million vehicles that travel that corridor of I-95 and U.S. 64. So, obviously, from a business standpoint, if I was looking for a place to put it,…

The legal fight over casino gaming is happening in a courtroom in downtown Richmond, but the real battlefront lies on the other side of the James River in South Richmond. A charitable gaming operator based next to Midlothian Turnpike is challenging the legality of Richmond's decision to award a contract to a partnership to build a…

The Temporary at American Place in Waukegan is already the third-most-visited casino in Illinois nearly six months after opening, according to Illinois Gaming Board reports, and officials of Full House Resorts this week gave the Waukegan Planning and Zoning Commission a picture of what the permanent American Place will offer. From a five-star,…

It seems the easy way missed Waukegan when it comes to projects enhancing Lake County's largest municipality. Call it the Waukegan Hypothesis. From seeping coal ash pits along the Lake Michigan shoreline to a moribund downtown to the latest twist in the continuing casino drama, the Waukegan Hypothesis takes hold: It's difficult being the county's…

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - There is an evidence section for Wichita police that has nearly 1000 llegal slots. More are likely on the way as the WPD continues to confiscate the machines. "For probably close to 10 years in Wichita, we have seen an increase in gambling, illegal gambling," said WPD Captain Travis Rakestraw. City Council member Jeff…

It was recently reported that Greg Carlin, principal of New England Gaming and Consulting LLC, has submitted a proposal to the City of Rochester to open a charitable gaming casino at Lilac Mall, a shopping mall recently purchased by the aforementioned principal's company called GSG Rochester Propco LLC of Manchester. He also urged for a chance to…

THERE has been plenty of change at Ibrox in recent times with the arrival of the new Edmiston House and stadium revamp plans. But if a proposals for a major overhaul had gone ahead, things would be looking VERY different at Rangers' home today. The Light Blues have started the process of a multi-million pound revamp that will see the capacity of…

The cards have already been dealt in the Waukegan casino game, but a state appellate court has issued a ruling that could bring back to the table a spurned bidder that has long complained of a "rigged" contest for the coveted gambling license. That means the north suburban casino selection process could end up being reshuffled, even though Las…

The Virginia Lottery has approved a preliminary application from the city of Richmond and RVA Entertainment Holdings, a joint venture of Churchill Downs Incorporated and Urban One, to include once again a casino proposal on the ballot for voters in the city this November. The renewed push comes after the Richmond City Council voted in favor of…

After narrowly rejecting the question two years ago, it appears that Richmond voters in November will be asked a second time whether the city should host a multimillion-dollar casino and resort. A Richmond Circuit Court judge on Tuesday entered an order effectively placing the casino question on the Nov. 7 ballot via a referendum. The order…

Danville leaders are not worried about the possibility of a casino coming to Rockingham County just across the border in North Carolina. In fact, such a prospect was inevitable, and that's why they chose such a well-known and iconic casino gaming provider for Danville, say city officials. Danville City Council members and other city leaders pursued…

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - A Richmond casino could be in the cards again after the circuit court and the Virginia Lottery approved another chance for residents to vote for a casino in the city this November. A Richmond City Circuit Court judge has signed a court orderallowing the city's top election official to add the citywide referendum for a casino…

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - Richmond can have another casino vote this November - two years after voters in the city narrowly rejected a project from one of the developers behind the latest effort. The Virginia Lottery last week approved a preliminary application from the City and RVA Entertainment Holdings - a joint venture of Urban One Inc. and…

Local municipalities have hit the jackpot when it comes to tax revenues from Westmoreland County's Live! Casino Pittsburgh. The Hempfield Township casino celebrated the nearly $21 million in tax proceeds that have gone to 38 municipalities and organizations in Westmoreland County through Local Share Account (LSA) grants. Live! Casino Pittsburgh and…

Local municipalities have hit the jackpot when it comes to tax revenues from Westmoreland County's Live! Casino Pittsburgh. The Hempfield Township casino celebrated the nearly $21 million in tax proceeds that have gone to 38 municipalities and organizations in Westmoreland County through Local Share Account (LSA) grants. Live! Casino Pittsburgh and…

Agora Realty and Management is proposing a new mixed-use project at the site of the former Fiesta Rancho and Texas Station in North Las Vegas. The only thing left standing after the sites closed three years ago, is a skating rink and parking lot. Station Casinos closed both properties in March 2020 with the emergence of the COVID-19…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - There is a new plan for the site of the old Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho Casinos in North Las Vegas. It will be voted on by the City of North Las Vegas Planning Commission this week. The ice arena will be staying, and the rest of the land will become a mixed-use community with new homes and businesses. It is called Hylo…

Virginia's first casino, the temporary facility in Bristol, drew 1.2 million people from across the U.S. and a number of other countries and paid out $92 million in jackpots in its inaugural year, which has been deemed a success by casino and city officials. The celebration Saturday of the first year of Bristol's temporary casino will include…

MANILA, Philippines - Valenzuela City is the latest local government shutting its doors on Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos), whose contributions to the economy tend to be overshadowed by their increasing association with crime, particularly human trafficking involving Chinese nationals. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Mayor Wes…

The Illinois Gaming Board unanimously voted Bally's "preliminarily suitable" at its Thursday meeting, a key step forward for the gaming company to build its $1.7 billion casino in the River West neighborhood of Chicago. The favorable vote was expected after the IGB had approved smaller related measures, including supplier contracts, as Bally's has…

All bets could be on in Chicago by the end of summer. State regulators on Thursday handed down a key early approval to Bally's Chicago casino plan, paving the way for the corporation to launch a temporary gambling house within a couple of months at the historic Medinah Temple in River North while it builds the permanent structure in River West. The…

Local political leaders say they are dismayed that the New York State Senate and Gov. Kathy Hochul's office apparently have agreed to a new gaming compact with the Seneca Nation that includes a full casino in the city of Rochester. Seneca Nation leaders on their own announced last week that a "conceptual agreement" on a new 20-year compact had been…

ALBANY - On Friday evening in Albany, an explosive rumor began circulating about a secretive gaming compact struck between the Seneca Nation and Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration. Two days earlier, the Nation and Hochul's office had struck a deal on the broad outlines of a new, 20-year agreement. The details of the deal were kept secret. Yet the…

The Danville Casino opened in May, businesses and city leaders say there has been an overwhelmingly positive response from people throughout the region. DANVILLE, Va. - If you haven't made the short drive up to Danville Virginia recently, you just might know someone who has. After the Danville Casino opened a little more than 2 weeks ago, business…

Gamblers in Massachusetts have a full menu of wagering options to choose from these days: physical casinos, sports betting in person or online, and the state lottery, which some officials are itching to bring online as well. One thing not on the menu, Bay State regulators want to make clear, is illegal gambling. Members of the Massachusetts Gaming…

Residents had a chance to meet with city officials and developers to learn more about the new Hollywood Casino Resort project planned near Interstate 88 in Aurora during an open house Thursday night. The two-hour session was held at the Aurora Police Department at 1200 E. Indian Trail and gave participants a chance to ask questions about the…

Casinos are very popular destinations, especially now that the world is coming back to normal. Latin America offers several possibilities for first-rate gaming experiences for anyone who enjoys gambling. For most of us, the budget may not stretch beyond playing with the best online casinos at home. That doesn't mean we can't plan that next big trip…

AND JULIE. OKAY, THANK YOU, BILL. AN UPDATE TONIGHT AS OMAHA'S WARHORSE CASINO ANNOUNCES NEW CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND A TIMELINE. YEAH, DON'T EXPECT GAMBLING IN 2023. FIRST PHASE STILL ABOUT A YEAR AWAY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S BILL SHAMROCK IS ON THE LIVE DESK BILL ROB JULIE WHEN PLANS WERE FIRST ANNOUNCED, WAR HORSE WANTED TO BREAK GROUND IN SPRING…

Gambling and gamblers were as much a part of the Old West as were cowboys. Professional gamblers frequented the saloons, the riverboats, and the trains, looking for honest or dishonest games, as long as there was a good chance of them winning. There were gamblers on the local passenger trains that ran through Sheridan, as seen in this story from…

Nassau County officials said Wednesday that they have reached a deal to transfer the lease for the Nassau Coliseum site to Las Vegas Sands, a major step in the gambling giant's push to win a coveted gaming license and bring a bustling casino to Long Island. The 99-year lease agreement does not guarantee that the Uniondale site where the New York…

Council Denies Historic Preservation Designation; Fears Lost of Landmark Status Rick Langenberg It was a case of Déjà vu in the Cripple Creek City Council Chambers last week in a hearing that drew comparisons to the early years of limited stakes gaming, when historic preservation decisions almost turned into near fist fights. In what some describe…

MEDFORD, Ore. -- Gov. Tina Kotek wrote a letter to the Oregon Tribal Chairs on Thursday explaining her stance on tribal gaming -- and her opposition to the Coquille Tribe's proposed Medford casino. In the letter -- which was addressed to all eight Oregon tribes -- Kotek said she believes in having one gaming facility per tribe. "Throughout my…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Could a mega casino be the Historic Westside's future? There is a proposal to build a 60-story casino development with a 764-room hotel and more than 450 multi-family residential units on the Historic Westside of Las Vegas. The proposed development at Jackson Avenue and F Street will go before the City of Las Vegas Planning…

Station Casinos started tearing down another hotel this week. Work crews demolished most of Fiesta Rancho's five-story hotel tower, on the north side of the property across from a drive-in movie theater, as of Thursday morning. Just a portion of that exposed structure, with mounds of debris piled up in front, remained standing. Driving around the…

The Tohono O'odham Nation, which operates four Desert Diamond Casinos in Arizona, including one near the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale, is preparing to begin development on a fifth, to be located near Loop 303 and Northern Parkway. The 110-acre site has already been taken into trust by the federal government for the Tohono O'odham…

Casinos have gained popularity over the past few years. Online gambling platforms are experiencing their heyday, which will last for a very long time. But the casino industry itself, as popular as it was, will remain. The first casinos were opened as early as the 17th century in Europe, and since then the interest of the audience, the passion to…

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…

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, owners of the Graton Resort and Casino, has signed the latest compact with Gov. Gavin Newsom's office that will authorize it to double the total number of slot machines. This permission will launch a planned expansion that was first reported last year. New agreement: This latest, 200-page compact…

The tribe that owns Graton Resort and Casino, the Bay Area's largest gaming destination, has reached a new compact with Gov. Gavin Newsom's office that will allow it to to double its number of slot machines, advancing a planned expansion first announced last year. The new, 200-page agreement between the state and the Federated Indians of Graton…

This story was reported by Timothy Bolger, Ben Brachfeld, Jada Camille, Aidan Graham, Carlotta Mohamed, Dean Moses, Bill Parry, Aliya Schneider, Robbie Sequeira and Ethan Stark-Miller. It was edited by Christian Murray and Robert Pozarycki. New Yorkers are bearing witness to a World Series of Poker-style showdown featuring ten bids involving some…

Casino companies are used to having a house advantage. But in the bidding process for three downstate casino licenses, it's the local communities that those companies are hoping to call home that just might have the edge. Roughly a dozen casino companies and real estate developers are mulling or planning on bidding for one of three casino licenses…

The earliest form of recorded gambling took place about 5000 years ago. Its chances of fading away is about the same as drawing a royal flush in every card game one plays or picking the right Roulette color 100 times in a row. With last week's opening of a temporary casino in Waukegan and in the near future a temporary operation in downtown…

State gambling regulators signed off on Thursday the initial steps toward the opening of Chicago's first casino, voting in favor of a license for Medinah Temple to serve as the home of a temporary gambling hall that developer Bally's hopes to open by June. The permanent building, to open its doors in 2026, will be built west of the Chicago River on…

Gaming giant Bally's is betting on The Bronx - by proposing a casino next to the Trump Organization's public golf course at Ferry Point, The Post has learned. Sources familiar with the corporation's plan said its officials have engaged in discussions with the Trump Org about assigning 17 of the 300 acres on the site to Bally's to operate a…

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If the Oakland Athletics relocate to Las Vegas, north Strip and downtown resort operators would strongly support the team building a $1 billion ballpark in their area. Resorts World Las Vegas President Scott Sibella confirmed that he and hotel owners from the north Strip and downtown Las Vegas met with A's brass Wednesday. They discussed the…

A hospital chain acquired a sprawling land tract south of the Strip from Station Casinos, raising the prospects of a new medical campus along Las Vegas Boulevard. HCA Healthcare purchased around 56.6 acres at the northwest corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Cactus Avenue for nearly $62.3 million, property records show. The sale closed late last…

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - In just the first week of operation, Nebraska's first casino generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in new tax revenue. The WarHorse Casino in Lincoln opened for business on September 23 and generated $285963 in tax revenue in its first seven days. To many, that number doesn't come as a surprise. "This supports what…

But the real estate honchos promising pomp and circumstance - namely, Related Companies at Hudson Yards and SL Green in Times Square - have to overcome something their money can't buy: A handful of local politicians who not only don't care about the flashy proposals, but are turned off by Manhattan's years-long transformation into a playground for…

When Station Casinos bought a big land tract in Henderson for $71 million in 2007, it had no immediate plans to develop the site. After sitting on the spread ever since, Station is now pushing ahead with its envisioned resort. The Henderson Planning Commission is slated to consider Station's proposed 600-room hotel-casino in the Inspirada…

The city of Chicago is getting closer to selecting a final location to build a proposed casino, a project that Mayor Lori Lightfoot says would bring in $175-$195 million in projected tax revenue. "The revenue is gonna shore up our police and fire pensions, critically important," Lightfoot said. "It's gonna relieve the burden on our…

Station Casinos has outlined plans for a new resort on land it's owned for years at the southern edge of the valley, as it also looks to double its presence in Southern Nevada. The locals-focused casino chain aims to build a 600-room project in Henderson's Inspirada community that would feature an 80000-square-foot casino floor and 30000 square…

AURORA, Ill. (CBS) -- Aurora's Hollywood casino is moving - the vote came down Tuesday night in the Aurora City Council. The City of Aurora will be kicking in $50 million to help build out the region's first casino resort. As CBS 2's Chris Tye reported, Aurora city leaders wanted a guarantee that taxpayers would not be on the line for the money -…

Las Vegas-based Station Casinos has sold 56.6 acres south of the Strip to hospital chain HCA Healthcare. The land is located at the northwest corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Cactus Avenue, and had a tag price of nearly $62.3 million. The sale closed late last month. Both Station Casinos and an HCA communications manager confirmed the transaction…

The casino referendum is the issue that won't go away - kind of like a desperate or compulsive gambler who stays put because the next hand is the winning hand, or the slot player who is completely convinced the next pull of that handle will deliver the jackpot. At some point, you need to walk away. The relentless effort to build a casino in…

With Full House Resorts American Place temporary casino scheduled to open early this year, Waukegan is getting a better idea of some of the benefits which will accrue to the city as each phase of the development evolves over the next five years. Once the 75000-square-foot temporary casino opens with 50 table games, 1000 slot machines, a sportsbook…

Station Casinos outlined big plans a little over a year ago: It wanted to double its footprint in Southern Nevada. And in the past few weeks, as it pushes ahead with that goal, the company has had a flurry of real estate activity. Henderson City Council members voted Tuesday to approve the city's purchase of the 35-acre former Fiesta Henderson…

The Osage Nation is delaying the opening of its new Bartlesville and Pawhuska casinos to 2023 due to supply chain problems with construction materials. Construction on both projects began June 15, 2021, with the Tribe announcing at the time expected openings in fall 2022. Now, the Bartlesville casino is expected to open on Oct. 27, 2023 and the…

The Peru City Council discussed possible new gambling regulations at Tuesday night's meeting, including potential fees and licensing requirements. Corporate Counsel Scott Schweickert identified two main concerns the council discussed when the conversation began in May. First, the council expressed interest in increasing fees for video game licenses…

Two public development projects are in the works that will indelibly change the character of New York City. Both are fraught with political and economic risks, and both will strike a nerve with many New Yorkers. The first is the closing of the notorious Rikers Island jail complex. The city's plan, which includes relocating the incarcerated…

Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto is giving online gambling establishments in the city a year to shut down their operations based on newly signed Ordinance 55 Series of 2022. "Ordinance 55, s-22. Existing online gambling establishments in Pasig have 1 yr (2023) to wind up operations," Sotto said in a tweet with an attached copy of the ordinance. Sotto…

Bally's Corporation is moving forward with two major projects in two different US states, which involve the Tropicana acquisition in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Chicago's first casino project, in Illinois. On the Nevada front, the company said it will, announced in April last year, at the end of September. Nevertheless, Bally's executives said in…

It has been over nine years since the City of Niagara Falls negotiated a new agreement with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. In that time, the city has bagged over CA$186.5 million for hosting the Crown corporation's casino properties, for which the city has found great use and it has been reinvested into the local coffers. The contract…

On A Roll: Southland Casino Expansion Raises the Stakes for Arkansas Tourism Local officials are betting a $320 million expansion project at the Southland Casino in West Memphis will continue generating huge tax benefits and attract more businesses. The 113000-square-foot complex near the junction of Interstates 40 and 55, in the heart of the…

Las Vegas casino chain Station Casinos has purchased nearly 67 acres at the northwest corner of Losee Road and the 215 Beltway in North Las Vegas for $55 million. According to records retrieved by Las Vegas Review-Journal, the company's plans for the site, in the Villages at Tule Springs master-planned community, call for a new resort. The sale was…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot chose Bally's Corporation from the three short-listed candidates to hold the city's first casino license, with the promise of a $40 million upfront payment and then a $200 million annual tax jackpot. The selection of the Bally's $1.7 billion casino and resort development proposal marks a milestone in the city's…

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot has announced that the city has shortlisted three bidders to progress to the next stage of the bidding process for the city's sole casino license. The shortlisted three, which include one from each gambling team, are Bally's Corporation at the Tribune Site, Hard Rock at the ONE Central Site, and Rivers 78 at the 78 site.…

A proposed $1.7 billion casino in Chicago has earned city council approval, but still needs a license from the Illinois Gaming Board. The council voted 39-5 Dec. 14 in favor of the zoning changes that Bally's Corp. needs to build the casino, hotel and entertainment complex in an industrial area, the site of the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center…

Wynn Resorts' newest vision for the company's land across Broadway from its Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett includes two hotels with ballrooms, three parking garages, a theater, restaurants, clubs - 1.8 million square feet of development in all. Most notably, the latest plans also call for gambling, in the form of a poker room and…

Somewhat overshadowed by the process of Bally's moving forward as the applicant for Chicago's downtown casino license, Wind Creek quietly broke ground for another casino in Illinois, this one located in the south suburbs of Cook County. The Illinois Gaming Board selected Wind Creek over South Suburban Development last December, capping a process…

A policy regarding the allocation and use of casino revenue will be brought forward to Council in the new year for approval - a total of $921669 has been received by the City of North Bay to date Since the opening of Gateway's Cascades Casino in March, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has been remitting quarterly payments to the City of…

Station Casinos is looking to expand its footprint in the Las Vegas valley, with a proposed 600-room hotel and casino in the west Henderson Area. The City Council approved Tuesday a sale of just under four acres of city property at Bicentennial Parkway and Via Inspirada, for close to $2 million. The company plans to build a new resort that will…

Station Casinos moved closer to buying more land for a future 600-room resort and casino site at the southern edge of the valley. Henderson City Council members on Tuesday approved a purchase and sale agreement and escrow instructions for the sale of 3.76 acres of city-owned land to Station for $1.75 million. The approval was needed "to consummate…

The Chicago City Council voted 39-5 to approve plans to transform the home of the Chicago Tribune's printing plant and newsroom into a $1.74 billion Bally's casino and resort on 30 acres in River West. The proposal still needs the support of the Illinois Gaming Board, which must license Bally's to operate the casino before work can begin along the…

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - Henderson City Council approved the sale of 3.76 acres in the Inspirada area of the Valley where Station Casinos plans on building another casino hotel. Station Casinos purchased the land for 1.75 million. The current plans for the casino hotel include more than 900000 square feet of enclosed building, 80000 square feet of gaming…

RIVER WEST - Alderpeople gave final zoning approval to the proposed Chicago casino district Wednesday, the latest step in the development's path forward as it seeks a gambling license from the state of Illinois. The planned casino is set to be built on the Tribune Publishing site along the Chicago River between Grand and Chicago avenues. The first…

The Cordish Companies has revealed its plans to create a $1.4bn casino resort in the Virginia city of Petersburg. The Petersburg City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday night to choose Cordish as the company to develop a casino resort in the area. It would be a three-phase project and span an 80-acre site in the economically struggling…

Bally's took another crucial step forward in its efforts to build a $1.7 billion casino in downtown Chicago on Wednesday when the full city council approved its proposal for the River West neighborhood. The 39-5 vote, with five absent and one recusal, came after the city's plan commission and zoning committee each approved the amended proposal on…

DANVILLE - As preparations continue for a building demolition and other plans for the Golden Nugget Danville casino, a groundbreaking has been set for 2 p.m. April 19. Groundbreaking will occur that afternoon when Jimmy Wilmot, president of Danville Development, and other casino officials also will give an updated presentation that night to the…

Joining "Chicago Tonight" to discuss upcoming City Council votes are Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th Ward), Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd Ward) and Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. (27th Ward). (Produced by Alexandra Silets) Efforts to transform the home of the Chicago Tribune's printing plant and newsroom into a $1.74 billion Bally's casino and resort is one step…

A first-ever casino in Chicago stands on the brink of city approval Wednesday as council members backed zoning for the project after the alderman of the ward where it would be built toned down his reservations over whether the project would result in enough jobs for minorities and nearby residents. Approval of the $1.74 billion Bally's casino…

The Chicago Plan Commission has approved Bally's casino plans, marking the latest step forward for the proposed $1.7bn casino at Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street. A late objection on Monday by an alderperson was not enough to derail the approval. The final vote by the panel was 12-1; the City Council will conduct a final review as early as…

Station Casinos, a subsidiary of Red Rock Resorts and flagship hotel and casino company based in the Las Vegas suburb, Summerlin South, Nevada, has publicly announced its intention to double its presence in Southern Nevada with the construction of a new resort at Station Casinos land on the valley's southern edge in Henderson. Layout of the…

In my travels to just about every corner of the world and all but two U.S. states, I still haven't made it to Las Vegas. But, to get a taste of the gaming and entertainment scene that lures people to Nevada's urban hotspots, I recently spent a few days investigating what to do in smaller Reno, a city of 264000, and nearby Lake Tahoe. For years I…

Richmond's first wish from the General Assembly is another opportunity for voters to approve a casino, even if the city has to share regional gaming revenues with a potential rival operation in Petersburg. Most of Richmond's legislative priorities for the coming assembly session center on promoting affordable housing and protecting existing…

One of New York City's most prolific developers on Thursday announced that it was teaming up with a Las Vegas gambling giant to bid on a casino in Midtown Manhattan. The bid by Related Companies, the developer of Hudson Yards, and Wynn Resorts represents the first publicly announced bid for one of three new casino licenses open to city…

Thousands of miles east of Las Vegas, big-name developers are clamoring for a rare casino license in one of the most densely-populated cities in the country. A long-in-the-works set of licenses, which will cost at least $500 million each, are up for grabs in New York state, which has led to a rush of bids from companies including Manhattan's…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Len Lombardo, 74 and retired, rests his cigarette against a black plastic ashtray as he pushes a $5 button on a high-limit slot machine at the Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. Nearby, a 62-year-old Pennsylvania woman on a winning streak takes a drag from a Newport, as does her sister sitting at the machine to her…

Whether New Yorkers are ready or not, casinos will soon be coming to the New York City area. Precisely how soon and how many remains to be determined. What we know now is that in April, New York State approved the issuance of three new casino licenses intended for the area. Technically, one or more of the licenses could be issued to a casino…

One of the largest gaming and entertainment companies in Canada, Gateway Casinos and Entertainment, opens the doors of the new Playtime Casino Wasaga Beach. According to a company's spokesman, the company invested $34.3 million in the Wasaga site to make the new facility home to the unforgettable player and fun experience. Casino welcomed the first…

Reno is set to get its first ground-up hotel-casino project in decades as a California-based real estate and entertainment company is doubling down on The Biggest Little City. The new development, tentatively named the Firecreek Crossing Resort-Casino project, will be located on the corner of Kietzke Lane and South Virginia Street. In addition to a…