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Harrah's Wants Bigger Hotel

19 August 2005

News Brief: Four years after winning a concession from the Louisiana Legislature to operate a 450-room hotel,which is only months away from opening, Harrah's New Orleans Casino is looking for more.

L'Auberge du Lac Fuels Louisiana's Casino Numbers

18 August 2005

Without the nearly $20 million in gaming revenues contributed by Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment's new Louisiana resort during July, casinos in the Southern state would have collectively seen their monthly gaming figures decrease year-over-year.

Louisiana Compulsive Gambling Programs get Donation

16 August 2005

News Brief: A $79,722 donation given from the Louisiana Casino Association to the Louisiana Association on Compulsive Gambling on Monday will go toward building an outpatient program.

Former Athlete Joins Horseshoe Casino Team

16 August 2005

News Brief: Former NFL quarterback and current Shreveport resident Billy Joe Tolliver has joined the staff of Horseshoe Casino and Hotel and Harrah's Louisiana Downs to work in player development.

L'Auberge du Lac Implements Customer System

16 August 2005

L'Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino implements the MICROS 9700 Hospitality Management System to manage food & beverage and retail operations, and the MICROS iCare Gift Card Solution, a full featured guest relations management and gift card module.

Man Sold Illegal Slot Machines On eBay

10 August 2005

News Brief: An investigation stemming from October 2004 led to the arrest of an Indiana man who was selling illegal slot machines over eBay to people in 10 Louisiana parishes.

St. Bernard Parish Stops New Gambling Truck Stops

3 August 2005

St. Bernard Parish has ordered a 180-day moratorium on new video poker truck stops while the parish government tries to change zoning laws to restrict the locations of the mini-casinos.

Louisiana Parish Approves Video Poker Moratorium

3 August 2005

News Brief: The St. Bernard Parish Council on Tuesday approved a 180-day moratorium on new video poker truck stops, temporarily halting new permits for such businesses while officials try to tweak zoning laws to restrict their location in the future.

New Resort Boosts Pinnacle

3 August 2005

The Memorial Day weekend opening of the $365 million L'Auberge du Lac resort in Lake Charles, La., propelled Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment to one of the company's strongest-ever quarterly financial reports.

Louisiana Video Poker Take Up

22 July 2005

Video poker's take from gamblers increased during Louisiana's last fiscal year, along with the number of truck stop mini-casinos hosting the machines.

Regulators Approve Sale of Shreveport Casino

20 July 2005

Eldorado, based in Reno, received approval Monday to buy the casino from a federal bankruptcy judge in Shreveport.

Seaplane Shuttles Guests to Louisiana Casino

20 July 2005

News Brief: L'Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino, a $365 million property just opened in Lake Charles, is now the first ever casino property in the state to shuttle guests to its resort destination via amphibious seaplane.

Pinnacle Property Helps Louisiana Casino Revenue Soar

20 July 2005

The opening of Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment's $365 million resort in Lake Charles, La., fueled the state's casino revenues to a 11.4 percent increase.

Penn National Expects to Close Deal Soon

18 July 2005

Penn National Gaming, Inc.’s Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc. has satisfied substantially all of the conditions to closing related to its proposed purchase of the property on which Penn National's Casino Rouge conducts a significant portion of its dockside operations.

St. Bernard Parish Ban Seeking to Rein in Video Poker

11 July 2005

The St. Bernard Parish Council is seeking a 180-day moratorium on new video poker truck stops while its members consider ways to tighten parish laws.

Bossier Wins New Gaming Revenues

5 July 2005

News Brief: Bossier Parish officials have reached an agreement with both Sam's Town Casino and Hollywood Casino -- soon-to-be Eldorado Casino pending gaming board approval -- that will send a cut of gaming revenues to the parish.

State Trooper Was Also Bookie

24 June 2005

News Brief: A Louisiana state trooper has been booked with money laundering and malfeasance in office, accused of running a bookmaking operation out of his Meraux home and the Metairie office where he worked as a member of a multiagency drug task force, officials said.

New Orleans Casinos Win $199.5 Million

21 June 2005

It was open for only one week, but Louisiana's 15th and final riverboat casino helped boost the May take at Louisiana's state-licensed casinos to $199.5 million.

Casino Rouge Pays $60,000 Fine

21 June 2005

News Brief: Louisiana will receive almost $60,000 from Casino Rouge because a person on the Voluntary Exclusion List was repeatedly allowed to gamble there.

Louisiana Senate Says No to American Queen Gambling

20 June 2005

The Senate has rejected legislation that would have let a New Orleans-based Mississippi River cruise ship have a gambling area on board for people taking two-day excursions.

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