Atlantic City News - Page 115

News Brief: The so-called cashless slot machines of today will soon become truly cashless as gamblers wager with electronic funds deposited to an in-house account or from their bank cards, gaming technology experts said Thursday.

News Brief: Tropicana Casino and Resort is financially strong enough to weather an undetermined delay of its major expansion project, the Casino Control Commission said Wednesday in awarding the casino a four-year license renewal.

News Brief: Tropicana Casino & Resort took another step toward normalcy Tuesday afternoon, when authorities allowed the casino to reopen the walkway over Pacific Avenue and the other half of its parking garage.

A selection of news and views from Atlantic City this week.

Aztar Corporation is reopening of facilities at the company's flagship Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

News Brief: Construction crews continued to chip away at the remnants of a 100-foot-tall wall Wednesday at the collapsed parking garage at Tropicana Casino and Resort.

News Brief: In the hours after Thursday's deadly garage collapse at the Tropicana, other casinos and employees stepped in to help.

A selection of news and views from Atlantic City this week.

News Brief: Tropicana casino owner Aztar Corp, said it was unclear how the collapse of a parking garage under construction in Atlantic City on Thursday would affect its $245-million expansion of the Tropicana or its financial results.

News Brief: The collapse of a parking garage at the Tropicana didn't silence casino floors in this seaside gambling capital.

Shares of casino operator Aztar Corp. fell 4 percent on Thursday after a parking garage collapsed at its Tropicana hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, killing at least one person.

News Brief: The top five stories of an parking garage under construction at an Atlantic City casino collapsed Thursday, sending concrete slabs and metal beams crashing down as workers ran for cover. Four people were killed, about 20 were injured and one was missing, officials said.

News Brief: Bally's Atlantic City paid $20,000 and forfeited a jackpot for allowing minors to gamble last year.

News Brief: A self-excluded gambler, who gambled and won big while on the State exclusion list for problem gamblers, is being sued by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

A selection of news and views from Atlantic City this week.

News Brief: Every casino now has a separate high-limit slot room - with names like Diamond Cove, Platinum Place, Crystal Room, Sala Miralto and Gold Room - that they want treated as a private club.

News Brief: Despite operating a casino located more than a mile away, Tropicana CEO, Paul Rubeli, jumped into the thick of Marina District business with a vigorous defense of Borgata's performance and a reproach of Harrah's marketing tactics.

Despite a $4 .1 million loss at the Stardust and disappointing results at its Par-A-Dice riverboat in Illinois, Boyd President is optimistic about the future of the gaming company.

News Brief: Atlantic City casinos will arm their chief political weapons with knowledge when they begin distributing a pro-industry magazine to their 50,000 employees in December.

News Brief: Leading up to the June primaries, casino vendors contributed $65,000 to New Jersey Senate Republicans.