Louisiana News - Page 32

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that the Louisiana Gaming Control Board unanimously approved gaming license renewals for the Company's two current Louisiana casinos, Boomtown New Orleans and Boomtown Bossier City.

News Brief: Louisiana's state-licensed riverboats won $166.9 million from gamblers in September, up from $150.3 million in September 2003, state police reported Tuesday.

News Brief: A former partner at a major law firm has admitted stealing $9 million that his clients paid the firm, according to a top official at the firm. The firm’s clients include Pinnacle Entertainment and Bally Gaming.

News Brief: A woman robbed a 24-hour video poker casino in Belle Chasse early Monday morning.

Churchill Downs Incorporated has named D. Ben Huffman director of racing and racing secretary for Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.

News Brief: The Isle of Capri has revised its plan for a riverboat casino on the Mississippi River batture in Elmwood and has received a more positive review from the Army Corps of Engineers.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

Churchill Downs Incorporated has named Randall Soth president and general manager of Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.

News Brief: A nearly $2 million plan is in the works to spruce up the10-year-old Baton Rouge-based Casino Rouge riverboat casino.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved Churchill Downs Incorporated's $47 million acquisition of the Fair Grounds Race Course.

Harrah's New Orleans Casino will re-open at 6 p.m. Central Daylight Time today, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. announced.

ews Brief: August revenue at Louisiana casinos was down 4.5 percent compared with the same month a year ago, despite the addition of the Evangeline Downs racetrack casino and the expanded permanent slots casino at Harrah's Louisiana Downs.

Harrah's New Orleans Casino will close at 6 p.m. this evening due to the approach of Hurricane Ivan.

A woman celebrating her wedding anniversary alone while her husband of 38 years fulfilled his scheduled offshore work duties won a $4,336,288 slot jackpot at Harrah's New Orleans Casino.

News Brief: Penn National Gaming Inc. has agreed to sell the financially troubled Hollywood Casino in Shreveport to a small Nevada casino operator.

News Brief: The City Council on Thursday rejected a proposed gambling development in New Orleans East.

News Brief: Gamblers dropped more than $55 million at the four New Orleans area casinos in July.

News Brief: The operator of a gambling news site on the Internet has asked a federal judge to declare that advertisements in U.S. media for foreign online casinos and sports betting outlets are protected by free-speech rights.

News Brief: Churchill Downs Inc. has pressed for a scheduled auction of the embattled Fair Grounds track in bankruptcy court.

News Brief: Delta Downs Racetrack & Casino reigned as Louisiana's top moneymaking racino in the first six months of 2004, according to figures from the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.