Casinos
August 27, 2010
Don't Leave Your Kids in the Car at a Casino
Here's some advice - how about not taking your kids to a Casino? A Northern California couple has gone to jail because they left their newborn child in a car while attending a casino. The baby girl was discovered in the underground parking lot of the Thunder Valley Casino.
More at Parents of casino car-park baby jailed
August 20, 2010
Rock Gaming and Harrah's Entertainment May Create 1 Billion Dollar Casino in Cincinnati
Rock Gaming LLC and Harrah’s Entertainment are exploring a partnership in the development and operation of two casinos in Cincinnati that will represent $1 billion of investment. Rock, a subsidiary of Detroit-based Rock Holdings Inc., is the lead on the two projects, while Las Vegas-based Harrah’s would manage the facilities. We are seeing other states which have passed casino bills like Ohio take more than a year to get their casinos even started. Looks like if bills pass in other states like here in Massachusetts, we can imagine the revenue and building of the casinos to take years.
Via GlobeSt.com
August 13, 2010
Suffolk Downs Mulls Layoffs After Casino Bill in Limbo
Kayana Szymczak for The Boston Globe/ File
Owners of Suffolk Downs said they are considering laying off employees and reducing purses for race winners now that the track cannot count on casino gambling to rescue its money-losing operations. It's no surprise with Suffolk downs dumping more than $35 million into the track just to keep it afloat in hopes of slots to help boost the bottom line. Too bad they can't just scale the track down and still make some money.
Via The Boston Globe
August 6, 2010
Gambling Bill Not Dead in Massachusetts
The gambling bill just will not die. Days after the measure appeared to be deadl, some Beacon Hill lawmakers are discussing ways to revive it, now that the Legislature appears likely to return to formal session to spend an unrelated infusion of federal Medicaid and education money.
We'd like to encourage our representatives to take some time, remove the slot parlor crap, and pass the bill.
Via The Boston Globe
July 30, 2010
Mass Governor Close to Signing Casino Bill
It looks like the end of the month and session is here to decide on casinos in Massachusetts, and now the governor is backing down on no slots at racetracks. I'm not sure why he thinks that would be a bad idea, given the tracks are already gambling places. We'll see how this turns out in the next 24 hours.
In a significant shift in his public position, Governor Deval Patrick said this afternoon that he would sign a casino gambling bill with one slot parlor and three full-scale casinos if legislators agreed to break a "logjam" on other unrelated measures.
Patrick has previously said he opposed slot parlors at racetracks and reiterated Wednesday that they would not provide as much economic benefit as full-scale casinos. But, in challenging the Legislature today, he said he was willing to accept one slot parlor if it was competitively bid and the process was transparent, provided legislators move about a half dozen bills -- including some related to crime, health care costs and economic development -- in the final 48 hours of the session.
Via MetroDesk - The Boston Globe
July 16, 2010
No Go on Waterfront Casino In Boston
Stephen Wynn of Las Vegas has his eye on the Boston waterfront for a casino, but the Hub Mayor Thomas M. Menino said he would not support it. The mayor insisted that Suffolk Downs, which has proposed a $600 million betting complex, is the right place for the city’s first resort-style casino, saying it has been a gambling establishment for 75 years.
Maybe before fighting over where the casinos would be, the senate and house might want to pass a bill allowing it? Maybe this is all show, and we're on our way to casinos in Mass but it seems unlikely this year or next given the current debate.
Via BostonHerald.com
June 18, 2010
Mass Senate Ready to Pass Casino Bill
Even more news on the casino front here in Massachusetts - and it looks like the bill this time does not guarantee an Indian tribe get one of the casinos.
Massachusetts lawmakers are estimating three proposed casinos would generate up to $1.8 billion in gambling revenues each year and add 12,000 jobs to economy.
Massachusetts would receive a quarter of those revenues -- up to $450 million a year -- under a bill released by the state Senate Friday. In a major change from an earlier version, one of the three casinos would no longer be guaranteed for an Indian tribe.
Via Boston.com
May 21, 2010
Fall River Mass Casino Faces Long Odds
We've actively tacking the proposed Fall River Casino here in Mass, that was as of a few weeks ago going to be a Bio Park, and that the location of the proposed casino keeps changing. The tribe announced Monday that it intends to scrap plans for an Indian casino in Middleboro in favor of locating a gaming resort at a 300-acre site near Route 24 in Fall River. But the plan, which includes three hotels and a shopping mall, trumpeted by tribal council chairman Cedric Cromwell and Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan Monday, may have as many, if not more, roadblocks than the Middleboro site.
Via CapeCodOnline.com
April 30, 2010
What should you wear in Las Vegas or Any Casino?
See how cool this looks?
Casino clothes can be casual or upscale.
Seriously - what should you wear in Las Vegas or any casino? Whatever suites you. Las Vegas and casinos are a very casual place, with that you can dress as comfortable as you want. Most restaurants do not have dress codes, however, if you are planning on a nice dinner at one of the more upscale restaurants you could be required to have a coat. Your best bet for clothing is simple;
What the full answer? Check out this amazing article over at What should you wear in Las Vegas?
April 23, 2010
Polling Shows Major Casino Support In Massachusetts
A recent poll shows most adults in Massachusetts support casinos - but most don't want one in their own community, according to a new statewide survey by the Western New England College Polling Institute in Springfield. The telephone poll of 528 adults, conducted April 11-15 and partly during a floor debate about casinos on Beacon Hill, found that 58 percent in Massachusetts support approval of casinos for the state while 35 percent are opposed.
Let's hope that we can get this bill passed in Mass, so we can get the jobs much needed and revenues to support our state at all levels.
At Polling shows casino support - MassLive.com
April 16, 2010
Mass Senate Takes It Slow On Casinos After House Passes Bill
Massachusetts Senate leaders are putting the brakes on House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo’s determined push for gambling legislation, sending clear signals yesterday that they would take their time and give the issue a fresh look in June. Yep, they're going to drag their feet on the proposed 2500 jobs, and billions in revenues so each one of them can get their piece. Oh well - let's hope it just passes later this year and we can stop sending people to CT to gamble with money they should be spending in Mass.
At The Boston Globe
April 9, 2010
Casino Winnings in Vegas Jump 14 Percent in February
Good news finally on the earnings from for Las Vegas. Regulators say casinos on the Las Vegas Strip did better in February, pushing gambling winnings up almost 14 percent statewide compared with a dismal month in 2009. Yay! The state Gaming Control Board reported Thursday that Nevada casino win increased to almost $947 million, compared with $831 million in February 2009. Most of the increase was driven by the Strip, where the casino win figure was up a whopping 33 percent.
Via pressofAtlanticCity.com
April 2, 2010
Massachusetts to Act on Casinos - The Time is Now
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, surrounded by casino lobbyists, labor leaders, and racetrack supporters, said today that his bill to license two resort-style casinos and slot machines at the state’s four racetracks would help lift the state from its economic malaise and close its yawning budget gap. The casinos would be two $500 million resort styles, and there would also be licenses for two $75 million dollar racetrack slot machine casinos. We'll let you know if it passes - but it looks good so far.
Via The Boston Globe
March 26, 2010
Hard Rock Considers Boutique Style Atlantic City Casino
With New Jersey saying it will downsize the requirements from 60,000 square feet for a casino to 20,000 feet and also the number of hotel rooms a casiono needs to have, Hard Rock International said it's considering building a casino hotel in Atlantic City with Och- Ziff Real Estate after a New Jersey lawmaker proposed allowing smaller developments at the seaside resort.
The first phase of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino would cost about $300 million, excluding land, and be located at the beachfront at the intersection of Albany Avenue and the Boardwalk, the company said today in a statement.
Via BusinessWeek
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