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Louisiana casino makes area family-friendly

12 January 2007

News Brief: Behind-the-scenes planning is under way to make district around Shreveport’s Eldorado Casino more friendly to the under-21 crowd.

Casino City Gaming Stories of the Year

2 January 2007

The Casino City Editorial staff announces their 2006 Gaming Stories of the Year.

Inside gaming column: Amid wave of scandal, gaming execs untainted

18 December 2006

Rod Smith's final column offering a selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

Pinnacle Entertainment to expand Boomtown New Orleans

13 December 2006

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that its board of directors has approved a major expansion and renovation of the company's Boomtown New Orleans property.

Slot jackpot to help others

8 December 2006

The winner of a $4,348,921 jackpot on a $1 Wheel of Fortune Machine is planning to use the money to help families affected by cancer.

Louisiana Downs executive hopes to develop more jackpot wagers

6 December 2006

News Brief: The racing industry has come to terms with the idea that slots players are not horseplayers, but horse racing can still learn a lot from slot machines.

Pinnacle plans Louisiana inland casino

6 December 2006

News Brief: Pinnacle Entertainment has confirmed that its proposed south Baton Rouge riverboat casino would operate inland on a large pond between River Road and Nicholson Drive, and not be berthed directly on the Mississippi River.

Churchill Downs track reopens

24 November 2006

News Brief: Churchill Downs Inc.'s Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans has begun its first live race meet since Hurricane Katrina damaged the facility in August 2005.

Casino Rouge plans name change

22 November 2006

News Brief: Casino Rouge plans to change the name of its riverboat casino and the Louisiana Gaming Control Board today unanimously approved those plans.

Louisiana casino boat license awarded

20 November 2006

News Brief: After years of St. Mary Parish working to procure Louisiana’s 15th and last waterway gambling license, Amelia will soon be home of a riverboat casino.

One of three gaming measures passes

8 November 2006

Two of the three casino-related issues on ballots Tuesday were rejected by voters.

Pinnacle Entertainment wins vote for second Lake Charles Resort

8 November 2006

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that voters in Lake Charles, Louisiana have approved a local-option referendum that would permit construction of a new $350 million casino hotel, Sugarcane Bay, adjacent to their L'Auberge du Lac facility.

Louisiana casino industry slowly recovering from Katrina

6 November 2006

News Brief: Louisiana's casinos took in a combined $58.4 million in September, down from $59.3 million in August.

Pinnacle seeking addition in Gulf

1 November 2006

Pinnacle Entertainment has submitted an application to state gaming regulators to move a shuttered Lake Charles riverboat casino to a new location in Baton Rouge.

Casino theft suspect caught

31 October 2006

News Brief: A 24-year-old LaPlace woman wanted by the St. John the Baptist Sheriff's Office for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 from a Reserve casino where she was employed was arrested in an apartment in Virginia.

Pinnacle wants Baton Rouge casino boat

31 October 2006

News Brief: Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. has formally petitioned the Louisiana Gaming Control Board for permission to place a riverboat casino in Baton Rouge.

Louisiana casino numbers up

17 October 2006

News Brief: Gamblers lost $145.9 million to Louisiana’s riverboat casinos in September, up more than 50 percent from a year ago.

Louisiana Governor Supports Crackdown

29 September 2006

News Brief: Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco has voiced support for the state's crackdown on online gambling and renewed an extradition request for Peter Dicks, former chairman of Sportingbet.

Sportingbet Slams US War on Net Gambling

27 September 2006

International News Brief: Online gaming outfit Sportingbet has gone on the offensive against the American authorities ahead of a crucial hearing for Peter Dicks, its former chairman.

Louisiana Clamps Down on Online Gambling

27 September 2006

News Brief: Louisiana is determined to stop Internet gambling companies from taking bets in the southern U.S. state and has issued four arrest warrants for staff at Sportingbet Plc, a police officer told the Financial Times.

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