Louisiana News - Page 23

News Brief: Louisiana riverboat casino officials told regulators at a closed-door meeting that the state should consider cutting gambling taxes and perhaps moving floating casinos off the water to allow the industry to compete in the future.

Pinnacle Entertainment announced that L'Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino, a $370 million Texas Hill Country-themed resort in Lake Charles, La., broke ground yesterday on a $45 million hotel tower expansion.

At Johnny White's Sports Bar bartender Peter Gregory is convinced that casinos, especially Harrah's New Orleans, are helping the city recover from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

A major multi-media campaign is underway as Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino gets the word out that it wants customers to win a truck every day in the month of September, starting tonight.

Among the millions affected by Hurricane Katrina were nearly 8,000 employees of three Harrah's-owned casinos closed by the storm in New Orleans, Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi.

News Brief: Russell Green is one of the many casino workers that found work in Arizona after being displaced after Hurricane Kartrina.

ews Brief: Undaunted by questions about whether it will even exist five months from now, the Orleans Levee Board has added another project to its to-do list: the pursuit of a new riverboat casino to replace the gambling hall lost to Hurricane Katrina.

Two Las Vegas-based gaming companies continue to spur a revival of Louisiana's casino market as the one-year anniversary of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina approaches.

Casino Rouge will support the 9th Annual Responsible Gaming Education Week, Monday, August 7 to Friday, August 11.

News Brief: The riverboat casino that was once the Belle of Orleans could be operating by early November following Saturday’s parish vote in favor of the move.

News Brief: Voters in St. Mary Parish will decide Saturday whether to allow the owners of a riverboat casino to permanently dock the vessel in the parish.

Visitors to Harrah's Louisiana Downs Casino & Racetrack were greeted with skydiving chicken as part of a new promotion at the casino called Chick-Tac-Dough.

The Small Town Poker Tour will kick off round one of 2006 STPT Amateur Championships July 29 in Monroe, Louisiana.

Pinnacle Entertainment intends to build a new $350 million casino resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana, adjacent to its highly successful L'Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino property.

News Brief: A Louisiana Senate panel advanced a bill Tuesday to restrict charitable organizations" use of electronic video bingo machines that resemble slot machines.

Harrah's Louisiana Downs Racetrack and Casino and Youbet.com, Inc. are joining forces to help build the online segment of the track's pari-mutuel wagering business.

News Brief: A bill promoted as anti-gambling stalled on the Senate floor after opponents described it as pro-gambling.

Agilysys, Inc. reports that Coushatta Casino Resort has selected the Materials Management System solution.

News Brief: Louisiana legislation that would make it legal to hold the popular Texas Hold "Em poker tournaments fell two votes shy of clearing the House on Monday.

News Brief: Louisiana House committee Wednesday challenged Governor Kathleen Blanco by unanimously passing gambling legislation she opposes.