Michigan News - Page 38

ews Brief: The Detroit’s three state-licensed casinos took in $1.303 billion in 2006, Michigan regulators said Friday.

Skanska has been named construction manager for the Greektown Hotel and Casino. in Detroit, Michigan

News Brief: The new chief executive officer of the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort says he spent four days anonymously learning what the casino and hotel had to offer before deciding he'd take the job.

News Brief: The Michigan Gaming Control Board on Tuesday rejected Greektown Casino's request for another year to meet revenue projections, which are likely to fall short because of delays in the construction of its new $200 million facility.

News Brief: The Teamsters Union is attempting to organize employees of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe's Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort, and the organizer says the move to unionize is getting a good reception.

ews Brief: Bay City, Michigan, commissioners said Monday they are willing to roll the dice on a casino at the Uptown at RiversEdge site.

News Brief: The no-limit Texas Hold 'Em charity poker events at Great Lakes Downs can now live up to their no-limit name.

News Brief: Dan Gustafson is stepping down from the post of executive director of the Michigan Gaming Control Board, the watchdog state regulatory agency that oversees the $1.2 billion casino industry in Detroit.

News Brief: A 48-year-old Detroit woman, who said she's behind on her utility bills, came to Lansing on Thursday to collect on her winning $75 million lottery ticket.

News Brief: Greektown Casino LLC's inability to reach revenue goals established in gaming control board documents could ultimately lead to its sale, casino regulators said Tuesday.

News Brief: The newest Kewadin Casinos in St. Ignace is pleased to announce the opening of its gaming floor will take place on Friday October 13.

News Brief: Kewadin Casinos will lower its gaming age limit to 19 starting on November 1, 2006 at the Hessel, Manistique, Christmas and St. Ignace casino locations.

News Brief: Gaming control board officials say a smoking ban and construction at Casino Windsor were partly to responsible for a spike in revenues at Detroit’s three casinos in September 2006.

Full House Resorts reports that the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi have settled long-standing litigation which has stalled the Tribe's casino gaming project near Battle Creek, Michigan.

News Brief: The MotorCity Casino will shut its doors for 6½ hours Tuesday morning while utility lines are tied into the casino's $300 million expansion project that includes a 400-room hotel and entertainment center

News Brief: While Rockaway Beach’s city government remains in turmoil, a representative from Barden Development Inc. said on Tuesday the company still wants to build a riverboat casino in the town of 600 people.

News Brief: The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians plans to build a new $80 million casino and resort at the site of its Turtle Creek Casino along M-72.

PokerTek, Inc. has received regulatory product approval from the Michigan Gaming Control Board to distribute the PokerPro system in the State of Michigan. PokerPro is the first automated poker table to receive approval in Michigan.

News Brief: Starting today, metro Detroiters will be able to cross the Canadian border to Windsor and place live bets on sports, something that is legal in the United States only in Nevada.

The BIA has approved the Environmental Impact Statement prepared for the fee-to-trust transfer and reservation designation of land for the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians to be used for the Firekeepers' Casino in Calhoun County, Michigan.