New Jersey News - Page 115

News Briefs: A sweeping majority of table games dealers at Caesars Atlantic City approved unionization with United Auto Workers, making them the city's first casino dealers to join a union.

Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa announced today Marguerit Pittman, a Browns Mills, NJ, resident and My Borgata Rewards cardholder, won $2.4 million on a nickel Wheel of Fortune machine early Saturday morning.

News Brief: The winner of half the recent record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot has still not claimed their $195 million prize.

ews Brief: The Meadowlands will discontinue racing on Wednesday nights for the following eight weeks.

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, reports the appointment of two executives to its senior management team.

News Brief: Assemblyman Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic City, urged state authorities to investigate the recent firing of a veteran Tropicana casino employee and outspoken anti-smoking advocate.

ews Brief: Rutgers University announces the creation of a new Center for Gambling Studies, which will delve into everything from sports betting to Internet poker to gambling's social and legal impacts.

News Brief: A vocal critic of casino smoking was laid off Sunday from his position as a tables-games supervisor, a move the Somers Point man calls retaliatory.

News Brief: Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. will take its time building a $1.5 billion megaresort in Atlantic City to avoid the construction mistakes and cost overruns plaguing its new casino in St. Louis, its chief executive says.

News Brief: New Jersey Casino Control Commissioner Michael C. Epps rejoined the agency Tuesday after a 64-day hiatus caused by delays in getting his nomination approved by the state Senate.

News Brief: As the New Jersey Senate Health Committee considers closing the loophole which permits smoking on the casino floor today, at least one gaming hall expects to go 100 percent smoke-free.

News Brief: The chairman of the Senate Health Committee has breathed new life into the effort to ban smoking in all corners of Atlantic City casinos.

New Brief: A union drive at Atlantic City casinos is starting to sound more like a nasty political campaign, with each side accusing the other of using intimidation tactics and dirty tricks.

News Brief: MGM Mirage is serious about developing a new megaresort on a 70-acre site next to Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.

News Brief: Atlantic City Council is expected to vote next week on a measure that would raise the building height limit for a portion of land bordered by the Boardwalk and New Jersey, Oriental and Metropolitan avenues from 485 to 800 feet.

News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe is discussing the development of a new casino on the waterfront in Atlantic City but the tribe said Wednesday it has no current plans to develop the site.

News Brief: Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation may build an Atlantic City casino in partnership with gaming giant MGM Mirage.

Harrah's Atlantic City will unveil the first phase of the property's $550 million upgrade and expansion project on February 18 when a new 620-seat contemporary buffet and a retail promenade offering seven unique shopping outlets are revealed.

News Brief: Casino Control Commissioner Michael C. Epps rejoined the agency Tuesday after a 64-day hiatus caused by delays in getting his nomination approved by the state Senate.

News Brief: Atlantic City Council is scheduled to vote on an ordinance to mostly ban smoking on casino floors at its 5 p.m. meeting today.