Louisiana News - Page 20

News Brief: A third video bingo parlor has opened in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, while a video bingo operator has expressed an interest in opening a parlor in Ponchatoula, officials said Tuesday.

The Bank of America Racing Challenge and the American Quarter Horse Association have selected Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino in Opelousas, Louisiana as the host site of the 2008 Bank of America Racing Challenge Championships and AQHA Racing Conference.

GameTech International, Inc. has received approval to install the MegaPlex series of video poker machines from the Louisiana Gaming Commission.

News Brief: Despite the effects of Hurrican Katrina, business in the gambling halls of Biloxi, Mississippi, has reached all-time highs in recent months.

News Brief: House-passed legislation that could allow East Baton Rouge Parish to collect more taxes from riverboat gambling gained Senate committee approval Tuesday.

News Brief: Grant Parish, Louisiana, police jurors are scheduled to listen Thursday as Jena Band of Choctaws tribal representatives present arguments in favor of a gaming compact.

News Brief: A Louisiana senate committee reached a compromise Tuesday on legislation that aims to rein in a trend toward video bingo games that resemble slot machines.

News Brief: The company that took over bankrupt Hollywood Casino about two years ago hopes to build a 300-room tower next to its existing one in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana.

Pinnacle Entertainment reports the "topping out" of its hotel tower expansion at L'Auberge du Lac, the Company's $370 million casino resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

News Brief: Pinnacle Entertainment’s bid to schedule a July 21 election for its proposed south Baton Rouge riverboat casino turned out to be a bust due to denied request to get the deadline waived.

News Brief: Hollywood Casino owners have sued the Louisiana Gaming Control Board to get information about a planned third riverboat casino in Baton Rouge.

News Brief: An American Indian chief announced Wednesday that her tribe, Jena Band of Choctaws, has received federal approval to open Louisiana’s fourth Indian casino in southern Grant Parish.

Columbia Entertainment announced today that it has been formally notified that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not object to Columbia’s plan to build a new $60 million riverboat casino in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Fair Grounds Race Course concluded its 135th season of racing, and its first back at its home track since Hurricane Katrina, today with increases in average daily all-sources and on-track wagering and a record purse distribution.

News Brief: Internet gambling charges against an executive with Sportingbet were dismissed Tuesday in exchange for $400,000 after extradition issues left the case nearly impossible to prosecute, St. Landry Parish District Attorney’s Office announced.

Six months after Sportingbet's former non-executive chairman Peter Dicks was arrested in New York, the company has agreed to pay $400,000 to have all charges dropped and outstanding arrest warrants cancelled.

Youbet.com, Inc. has signed a co-promotion agreement with Boyd Gaming's Delta Downs Racetrack in Louisiana to help build the venue's online pari-mutuel wagering handle over the next three years.

The Small Town Poker Tour visits the John A., Alario, Sr., Events Center in the West Bank section of New Orleans, for three days of charity poker.

Fair Grounds Race Course today announced a purse increase of approximately 25 percent on overnight races for the final two weeks of its 135th racing season.

CIBER has been contracted to track compulsive gambling and related criminal activity in Louisiana.