Michigan News - Page 45

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Tribal Chairman Aaron Payment responds to news of a proposed Michigan casino.

Two of the city's three casinos saw revenue fall last month, but the local industry still brought in slightly more cash than last year, thanks to a good month at MGM Grand Detroit.

News Brief: The Michigan Gaming Control Board still hasn't received an application to transfer ownership in either MGM Grand casino or MotorCity Casino, but one is expected by week's end, the board's executive director said Monday.

News Brief: The Michigan Gaming Control Board will likely consider the sale of either MotorCity Casino or MGM Grand Detroit Casino at its March 8 meeting, the board's executive director said Thursday.

Businessman Don Barden says is hungrily eyeing the Las Vegas Strip to expand his gaming business but intends to wait several months before casino-shopping in the hope that skyrocketing prices stabilize.

News Brief: The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians is asking the courts to block the sale of any Detroit casino until their lawsuit with the city is settled.

The U.S. Supreme Court said today it won't hear an anti-casino group's challenge to Michigan compacts that allow four American Indian tribes to open casinos.

News Brief: Michigan's top racing official plans to move fast on a request to build a $350 million horse-racing development near Metro Airport, according to a spokesman.

MGM Mirage could decide this week whether to accept an offer to buy a controlling stake in MotorCity Casino, a spokesman for the buyer said Tuesday.

News Brief: An Ontario won a $3,941,711 five-dollar Wheel of Fortune progressive MegaJackpot at the Kewadin Casino in Michigan.

Attorneys for the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians filed notice today that it will seek to enjoin MGM Grand Detroit from selling its casino franchise.

News Brief: The soon-to-be-merged gaming giants MGM Mirage and Mandalay Resort Group says it has received about a half dozen offers for one of its two area casinos and expects to sell one before the end of the first quarter.

News Brief: Workers at Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City voted by a 97 percent margin to ratify a tentative agreement reached last week, averting a strike at the casino.

News Brief: Detroit's three casinos raked in more than $1.18 billion in 2004, a 5.2-percent increase, with both MGM Grand Detroit and MotorCity increasing revenues while Greektown lost some ground.

News Brief: After more than 12 hours of negotiations, UNITE HERE Local 1 and Blue Chip Casino have reached an agreement.

News Brief: The Las Vegas Sands Corp. is likely to face stiff competition in any attempt to purchase the MGM Grand Detroit Casino and build a new casino, hotel and convention center in Detroit.

News Brief: Chairman Aaron Payment of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and Marvin Beatty of the Greektown Casino Management Board have been named acting Chief Executive Officers of Greektown Casino.