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Inside Gaming: Futures Market Nailed Election

8 November 2004

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

Atlantic City Casino Employees Return to Work

5 November 2004

News Brief: Their uniforms crisply pressed and nameplates polished to a high-gloss shine, members of Local 54 of Unite Here returned to work Thursday for the first time since walking off the job Oct. 1 in a contract dispute with seven casinos.

Tropicana Expansion to Open by Thanksgiving

5 November 2004

News Brief: After months of speculation about the project's fate, Aztar Corp announces that the $280 million Atlantic City Tropicana expansion will finally open by Thanksgiving Day.

Atlantic City Workers Accept Contract Offer

4 November 2004

News Brief: The casino-union contract proposal cleared its final hurdle Wednesday with members of Local 54 of Unite Here overwhelmingly supporting the deal.

Casino School Teaches Dealers' Tricks

2 November 2004

News Brief: The Casino Career Institute of Atlantic Cape Community College, on Bacharach Boulevard in Atlantic City, is one area school that turns wannabe dealers into pros.

Atlantic City Casino Strike May End

2 November 2004

News Brief: Thousands of casino-hotel workers could be back on the job as soon as Thursday, after union and casino negotiators reached a tentative agreement Monday night on a five-year contract.

Striking Atlantic City Workers Taking Fight Overseas

1 November 2004

A delegation of striking casino workers from Atlantic City will meet with major service unions in London next week to warn them that major American gaming companies are hostile to worker benefits and unions, union officials said Friday.

Study Accents Hazard of Secondhand Smoke

29 October 2004

News Brief: According to the study, published last month in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the air in bars and casinos can have up to 50 times more cancer-causing particles than the air on rush-hour highways.

New Jersey Governor's Casino Trips Scrutinized

29 October 2004

News Brief: New Jersey casino regulators have asked the state attorney general to authorize an investigation into whether freebies and perks were improperly bestowed on the governor and his staff during unpublicized visits to Trump Plaza in 2002, according to two law enforcement sources.

Casinos Accused of Labor Offenses

29 October 2004

With 10,000 casino workers going into the fifth week of their walkout in Atlantic City, union officials escalated hostilities Thursday by filing about 200 unfair labor practices complaints with the National Labor Relations Board.

Borgata Workers Get Flu Shots

28 October 2004

News Brief: In the middle of a flu vaccination shortage, about 500 employees of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa received flu shots on a first-come first-served basis Oct. 21, according to casino spokesman Mike Facenda.

New Jersey Regulators Rule on Loan

28 October 2004

News Brief: New Jersey gaming regulators ruled that the so-called loan given to Antonio Scarselli was actually dirty money from the New York mob and denied him a casino license.

Changes Paying Off for Atlantic City

27 October 2004

News Brief: Once equated with busloads of senior citizens headed to the slot, these days Atlantic City is, as the town's new tagline proclaims, '’always turned on.'

Worker Files Complaint Against Union

27 October 2004

News Brief: A Bally's Atlantic City worker filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the union Tuesday, charging she was denied strike pay.

Harrah's Job Fair Attracts Many

27 October 2004

News Brief: A fair held Tuesday at Harrah's Atlantic City to fill the positions of striking Local 54 of Unite Here workers at Harrah's and Showboat Casino Hotel drew a continuous line of people eager for a job.

Big News for Borgata

27 October 2004

News Brief: Boyd Gaming provides details on Borgata’s $347 million expansion project and strong financial results.

Atlantic City Casinos Look to Replace Workers

26 October 2004

At least two of the four casino companies involved in a long-running strike in Atlantic City have raised the stakes by saying they will begin hiring replacement workers to fill positions vacated by union members on strike.

New Jersey Gaming Division Shut After Fire

26 October 2004

News Brief: An electrical fire at a downtown office building has disrupted the computer systems of the New Jersey casino industry's two main regulatory agencies and forced one of them to temporarily shut down its Atlantic City headquarters.

Atlantic City Casino Workers Get Support

26 October 2004

News Brief: State Senator Nicholas Asselta and Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew told striking members of Local 54 of Unite Here gathered at the Statehouse steps that they would support them in their negotiations with the casino industry.

Harrah's Reveals World Series of Poker Schedule

26 October 2004

For 35 years, the World Series of Poker has been an all-Las Vegas affair. But in 2005, the road to poker's ultimate championship begins in Atlantic City.

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