Ameristar Casino Hotel News

New Brief: Casino Gaming's Automatic Win has been added to all of the blackjack tables at Harrah's Joliet and Resorts East Chicago

Las Vegas-based Ameristar Casinos officially entered its seventh gaming market, completing a $675 million acquisition of the Resorts East Chicago riverboat casino that is in Indiana, but caters to customers from lucrative Chicago.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. reports that Timothy D. Wright has been appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of the East Chicago, Indiana, property.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Resorts East Chicago from Resorts International Holdings, LLC for $675 million, plus approximately $10 million of transaction costs.

The Indiana Gaming Commission has approved the transfer of the ownership interest in the Resorts East Chicago casino license to Ameristar Casinos.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. reports that it has completed its due diligence relating to its acquisition of Resorts East Chicago.

Some gaming analysts are wondering if Ameristar is paying too much for the property owned by Resorts International and located in East Chicago, Indiana, on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement with Resorts International Holdings to acquire its subsidiary that owns and operates Resorts East Chicago for $675 million in cash.

News Brief: Resorts East Chicago Hotel and Casino employees cooked and served a Salavation Army Thanksgiving dinner for those in need.

News Brief: An Illinois man who says he was dragged, naked, out of his room at Resorts hotel in East Chicago in a case of mistaken identity is suing the casino for $60 million.