New Jersey News - Page 129

This December, the National Geographic Channel (NGC) takes you from Sin City to Atlantic City to get an inside look at the making – and the breaking – of these magnificent structures. Meet all the players, from the team that built the first super casino on the east coast, to the infamous M.I.T. college students that took several casinos for millions, to the Loizeaux family that makes a living tearing them down.

News Brief: Assembly Speaker Albio Sires says he will allow a Dec. 2 hearing on a bill that would ask voters to bring sports betting to Atlantic City casinos.

News Brief: Industry analysts say that The Quarter at Tropicana Casino & Resort will help attract a different customer and help the bring in more non-gaming revenue.

The Tropicana Casino and Resort has unveiled its $280 million multi- faceted expansion project, The Quarter at Tropicana.

The Tropicana Casino and Resort has unveiled its $280 million multi- faceted expansion project, The Quarter at Tropicana.

News Brief: Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection over the weekend, an outgrowth of the debt-laden company's latest plan to secure desperately needed financing.

News Brief: Blockbuster business at Borgata paced the gaming industry to solid results in the critical third quarter.

News Brief: Donald Trump’s casino operations are expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as early as Monday, as part of an effort to upgrade his Atlantic City, N.J., gaming properties and refinance $1.8 billion in debt.

News Brief: Against the odds, Assemblyman Jeff Van is pushing a bill that would ask voters to approve sports betting on next November's ballot.

News Brief: Two workers were injured in separate incidents at the Showboat and the Tropicana Casino Resort.

News Brief: New Jersey State Assembly passed legislation that would move slot machines to the gaming floor quicker and allow outside vendors such as the House of Blues to share in casino revenue.

News Brief: Capitalizing on the Madison hotel's genteel pedigree, the Sands junked earlier attempts to make the Madison into a casino-like companion and instead is transforming it into an all-suite, bed-and-breakfast-style property.

News Brief: New Jersey's incoming acting governor is pushing a plan to introduce slot machines to at least one of New Jersey's horse racing tracks.

News Brief: The monthlong strike in which thousands of union workers walked off the job at seven casinos was bad for business. It was also good for business.

News Brief: Union employees from the city's three Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts properties were the last to approve a five-year contract that provides increases in wages, health care and pension contributions and guarantees workers that their jobs will not be replaced through subcontracting.

News Brief: Like church bingo, Pennsylvania's relatively modest slot parlors will be strictly the minor leagues of gambling and should pose little threat to the bigger, more extravagant Atlantic City casinos, political leaders told an industry conference Tuesday.

News Brief: Computer software will allow slot machines to be changed instantly to new games or different betting limits.

News Brief: It was business as usual on the Boardwalk this weekend for the first time in a month.

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

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.