Station Casinos Receives Offer From Boyd Gaming Corp
Boyd Gaming Corp. has made a $950 million offer to acquire a significant portion of locals gaming rival Station Casinos, the company announced Monday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
MGM's CityCenter in Las Vegas Now Accepting Hotel Reservations
MGM Mirage will begin accepting hotel reservations Monday morning for rooms at two of the $9.1 billion CityCenter's properties, the Vdara hotel and condominium tower, and Aria, the project's centerpiece hotel-casino.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
UK May Ban Bets for Brit Awards Due to Suspicious Wagers
International news brief: Bookmakers have announced that they may ban betting on next year's Brit awards, after suspicious wagers for Paul Weller to win this year's best British male prize.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Slotland Jackpot up to $160K with No Winner
Slotland's notoriously regular progressive jackpot hasn't been hit since before Christmas, but that's given the popular jackpot time to grow to a near record-breaking amount. This week, the Slotland jackpot jumped to over $160K, much higher than the last win of $110K. It could even go as high or higher than the largest win ever which was $195K won last March.
Monday, February 23, 2009
California Slot Player Wins Almost $3 Million at Table Mountain Casino
It's not just the Oscars where the stars came out to shine today, Central California's Table Mountain Casino had their own star today, the winner of The World Poker Tour Jackpot, winning the largest cash slot machine jackpot ever paid out at Table Mountain Casino and one of the largest in California! This lucky player won $2,883,403.62.
Monday, February 23, 2009
London Poker Circuit to Host 2009 Poker Tournaments
The London Poker Circuit (LPC) has announced an exclusive live poker tournament series. The series will take place at three prestigious hotel venues in central London between 16th March and 11th November 2009.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Hard Rock Las Vegas Expansion Benefits From Economic Slowdown
Hard Rock hotel-casino construction project has benefited from the economic slowdown and plans to open some components ahead of schedule this year. The Hard Rock Hotel's $760 million expansion is capitalizing on the slowing construction industry by hiring some of the best construction workers and tradesmen others have let go.
Monday, February 23, 2009
M Resort Las Vegas Attempting to Generate 1990 Rio Buzz
Longtime Las Vegas residents will remember the incredible buzz the Rio generated when it opened in 1990. Nearly two decades later M Resort is trying to generate the same buzz at the soon-to-open Vegas Destination.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Harrah's and MTV Games Join Forces for Total Rewards Rock Band Competition
Gaming and music entertainment giants Harrah’s Entertainment and MTV Games have joined forces to find the best Rock Band gamers in America with the first-ever Total Rock, Total Rewards Rock Band Competition. The competition kicks off in March when Harrah’s Entertainment properties become the first in the world to have official and permanent, fully-equipped Rock Band entertainment stages.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
South Carolina Joins Other States Citing Poker as a Game of Skill
South Carolina judge made his opinion known that Texas hold'em is a game of skill.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Pennsylvania Ready for Test Run
The Meadows Racetrack & Casino is set on opening its permanent casino with more than 3,000 slot machines in April, now that it has scheduled a test run under state regulators' supervision.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Casino Plex's New Slot Makes Life a Beach
The Beach Life progressive jackpot at Casino Plex has surpassed the €1,060,000 mark. The very popular slot machine has been growing rapidly over the last few weeks and is now waiting to make someone's dreams come true.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Party Poker Opens Online Satellites for 2009 Canadian Open Poker Championship
The Canadian Poker Tour is pleased to announce that exclusive online satellites have begun at Party Poker to qualify for the Main Event of the Canadian Open Poker Championships. The event will be held at the Stampede Casino in Calgary, Alberta, May 13-17, 2009.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Latin American Poker Tour Ready for Fourth Event
The PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour Season Two makes its way to its penultimate stop of the tour in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The three day event will be held at the beautiful Mantra Resort Spa Casino from March 18-20, 2009.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Katy Perry Live Performance at Wasted Space
Multi-platinum rock star Katy Perry gave a special private performance inside the rock club Wasted Space. The always entertaining singer wore an orange and pink tutu and danced all over the stage for her one hour set.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Bingo Day Winner Gets Bills Paid for Full Year
The online bingo site ran a tournament where one lucky member would win the opportunity to have their household bills paid for a year - saving both money and energy!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Winaday Progressive Jackpot Reaches $120K
The progressive jackpot at 3D online casino WinADay.com has just gone over $120,000 (€97K). It’s only a month since an Italian player hit the WinADay.com jackpot for $120K but if the new three-dimensional casino is anything like its sister casino, Slotland.com, that makes it well due for another hit.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Titan Poker Hosting ECPokerTour Salzburg
The ECPokerTour Salzburg 2009, in its unique Austrian Alpine setting, takes place between April 3rd-5th 2009 and offers players unrivalled luxury and a shot at poker glory. The hills will be alive with the sound of shuffling chips in April when the ECPokerTour Salzburg, descends upon the picturesque Saalbach-Hinterglemm valley in Austria for three days of poker, fun and luxury.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The Poker Channel Now Offering Online Live Video Streams
The Poker Channel, Europe's largest dedicated gaming TV network, has today announced the launch of its live stream offering online at www.pokerchanneleurope.com/pokertv.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Fox Sports Net Continues World Poker Tour Broadcasts
WPT Enterprises, Inc. and News Corporation's Fox Sports Network (FSN) announced today that they have officially extended the television broadcast license to include World Poker Tour® (WPT) Season VIII. The new season begins filming mid-2009 and is the latest WPT programming scheduled for FSN.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Europa Casino Pays Second Jackpot in Less Than a Week
Just a few days after online Europa Casino slot machine, Bonus Bears, paid out nearly €390,000 to one lucky member player, another member has reason to celebrate. Europacasino.com Representatives recently announced that online slots player, Mikhael J., hit the progressive jackpot on Gold Rally, one of the online casinos most popular slot machines, earning him winnings just shy of one million Euros.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
DC Comics Superheroes Join Cryptologic Games
CryptoLogic Limited, a world leader in Internet casino and branded gaming software for adults outside the United States, today announced the signing of an exclusive multi-year licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and DC Comics to bring Superman, Batman and other members of the World's Greatest Super Heroes to leading Internet casinos starting in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Rio Offers Real-time Mobile Promotion Alerts to Guests
The Rio is testing an opt-in mobile marketing campaign that sends customers text message alerts for real-time promotions to their cell phone during their stay at the hotel-casino.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
CityCenter Building Structures Without Approved Plans
In hundreds of instances, construction at MGM Mirage's massive CityCenter project has moved forward based on unapproved engineering, a Sun review of reports issued by private inspectors at the work site shows.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Bodog Presents James Bond Baccarat Promotion
Maybe it's the fancy name or the fact that James Bond made it look so classy that people think they need a double-0 bankroll to play, but in truth Baccarat is one of the easiest games to learn, the easiest game to play, and the easiest game on your wallet.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009