Louisiana News - Page 18

Fair Grounds announced Friday it will temporarily close all of its facilities beginning Saturday because of the projected track of Hurricane Gustav.

News Brief: Coast casinos' move onshore after Hurricane Katrina spared them from serious damage during Hurricane Gustav.

Harrah's Entertainment said it was closing its Harrah's New Orleans casino at 2 p.m. Saturday because of Hurricane Gustav.

News Brief: The top executive with Pinnacle Entertainment says work will begin in a few weeks on the first phase of the $350 million Sugarcane Bay casino resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis gave away two 2008 Corvettes last weekend as part of the casino’s four-car Corvette summer giveaway.

News Brief: Fair Grounds Race Track & Slots in New Orleans today will launch its inaugural quarter horse racing meet.

Churchill Downs Incorporated reports that Randall E. Soth, who since September 2004 has served as president of Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots is leaving CDI to pursue other career interests..

News Brief: Video bingo will remain illegal in unincorporated areas of Livingston Parish, Louisiana.

News Brief: Fueled by a big holiday weekend and arrival of federal tax rebate checks, Louisiana's state-licensed casinos took in a 10.4 percent jump in revenue from gambling in May.

News Brief: The Louisiana Senate has agreed that city-parish officials should have more leverage to get the two Baton Rouge riverboat casinos to pay more local taxes.

Rudi reports that while overall traffic may be down in Tunica, you would never know by the quality of entertainment events that are on the upcoming calendar.

News Brief: Although Louisiana riverboat casino revenue for the first quarter of 2008 is up 4 percent over the last quarter of 2007, industry experts contend high gasoline prices and competition from Oklahoma will impact future earnings.

News Brief: Anti-gambling legislation that would have banned ATMs and any credit extensions from Louisiana casinos narrowly failed Tuesday.

Horseshoe Casino and Hotel along with CMT opened the first ever CMT Crossroads Bar today with an inaugural performance from Sara Evans.

Autotote Enterprises, Inc. has signed a four-year deal to supply race book venue management services to the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana for the Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana.

News Brief: The owners of five truck stop casinos in rural St. Helena Parish are challenging a dramatic increase in their 2007 property tax assessments that boosted their annual parish tax bills by about 350 percent, tax rolls show.

Fair Grounds will expand its racing season by two weeks next season and begin a locally based meet prior to Thanksgiving for the first time in nearly 30 years, track president Randy Soth announced Tuesday.

Agilysys, Inc. reports that Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana, has selected Agilysys to provide a wide range of software solutions for the 531-room property.

Schiffer explains how to win $100,000 playing blackjack, an LCD TV and $10,000 playing slots; all just by doing a little gambling on the river.

Voters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, gave casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment approval over the weekend to move one of the company's riverboat gaming licenses from Lake Charles to the state's capital city.