Higher-stakes gambling machines and blackjack tables could be installed in the Northern Arapaho Tribe's existing bingo parlor near Riverton within 60 days, the Wind River Casino's chief executive officer said.
A day after the U.S. Interior Department gave the tribe permission to offer some Las Vegas-style games on the Wind River Indian Reservation, officials offered some details Thursday on their plans for expanded gambling.
Kinky Friedman, the independent candidate for Texas governor, thinks he may be on a winning streak.
The musician, author and humorist says he won $45,612 over the weekend playing a slot machine at Harrah's in New Orleans.
On Wednesday, he showed news reporters a Harrah's photograph of himself at the winning machine.
"It's a sign," said Friedman, who is hoping that his luck spills over into his budding political career.
The main sponsor of an initiative to bring video poker to Alaska is the mother of a controversial racetrack owner who has pushed for gambling initiatives in other states.
Victoria Scott, who has a residence in Anchorage, said her son, Las Vegas investor Shawn Scott, is not a partner in her planned Alaska video gambling venture. She and her son have worked together in the past, including in a company that sponsored an initiative to bring slot machines to a Maine racetrack, but a proposed Anchorage facility would be hers alone, she said.
"I just thought that this would be a good place," Victoria Scott said. "This is something that all the residents can vote on. I think they like and lack entertainment."
Will Progressive Gaming International (PGIC ) wind up a target of International Game Technology (IGT ), the No. 1 maker of slot machines? ´
Rumors swirled after Progressive (formerly Mikohn Gaming) announced on June 14 that IGT might invest $40 million in Progressive in the form of a convertible security so PGIC could pay off part of its $65 million debt. This may a be "prelude to a kiss," says David Bain of Merriman Curhan Ford, which has done banking for PGIC and owns shares.
Through the doors of the Stardust Nightclub at Kutsher's Country Club, 2,000 people in tuxedos and sequined gowns watched dancers mambo across the bright stage. Champagne, laughter and loud applause lasted until 2 a.m.
That was 50 years ago. These days in the same room at Kutsher's on a Friday night, a local comedian cracks jokes in front of 100 people dressed in shorts and T-shirts.
Big-name athletes like Joe DiMaggio and Wilt Chamberlain — a former Kutsher's bellhop — once trained at Kutsher's Sports Academy during the offseason. Today, the academy offers sports camps for kids.
And entertainers like Liza Minnelli and Tony Bennett who once appeared at Kutsher's have given way to acts like Gavin DeGraw, a mellow singer-songwriter scheduled to perform there this summer.
As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: "Leonard 'Len' Blackwell II, the former chairman of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, will teach a compliance class this summer for students enrolled in Tulane University's casino resort management program.
"Blackwell has lined up an impressive array of guest speakers for the Wednesday evening course, and the class is quickly filling up. About 20 of the 25 student slots are already filled.
Betting markets have defeated experts, polls and the media in predicting the outcome of current events such as presidential elections.
During the past four U.S. presidential campaigns, economists at the University of Iowa have operated an Internet-based futures market system, where anybody could bet on one of the two major-party candidates.
As the excitement over who would get a casino license reached a fever pitch in the meeting room filled with more than 350 people, one of the gambling commissioners sat quietly observing the buzz.
When it came Mike Mahaffey's turn to announce which of the 10 casino projects he favored at Wednesday's meeting, his decision was none.
"In the final analysis, I have to live with myself," he said. "My vote today will make it easier to live with myself."
A foreigners-only casino to be operated by the state-run tourism agency will open in southern Seoul at the end of this year, Choi Jae-geun, vice-president of the Korea National Tourism Organization (KNTO), said Tuesday.
The KNTO will establish a subsidiary company to run the casino in May after selecting the chief executive officer through public subscription.
Last November, the tourism agency selected three casinos exclusively for foreigners, two in Seoul and one in the southeastern port city of Pusan. It aims to attract foreign travelers to the nation with the entertainment facilities.
Last news said that SX Networks is interested in entering to the market of the Internet Games, specifically to the Online Casinos growing world. It will be a big challenge to this company and it will require a big investment. They think to corner competitive markets and also gain ground in many countries with different languages.
SX Networks already has some experience in the area, developing software for some Casinos’ sites. Although now, it will be SX Networks’ total responsibility of creating, developing, setting it in motion and keeping updated their own sites.
