New Jersey News - Page 140

News Brief: The New Jersey Racing Commission has scheduled a vote to allow off-track betting in the state during its meeting on February 18 at Freehold Raceway harness track.

News Brief: Matt Goscky -- a regular at the Borgata, Atlantic City's newest casino -- is young, bets big and loses steadily. He might be just what that city needs.

News Brief: Gov. James E. McGreevey selected a government outsider to take control of a state development agency torn by political strife in recent months and intense competition for its millions of dollars in casino funding.

News Brief: Atlantic City's proposed 17.5-cent tax rate increase would have been nearly double that amount if it weren't for the addition of casino projects to the city's ratable base.

News Brief: The chief executive of Harrah's Entertainment reports of an improving relationship with New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey.

News Brief: The Tropicana Casino and Resort is making horse racing the theme for its latest promotion to draw customers.

News Brief: Cape May County real estate developer Curtis Bashaw has been offered the executive director's post at the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.

News Brief: Terry Lanni, CEO of MGM Mirage, is optimistic about the future of Borgata.

News Brief: Governor McGreevey promises that there will be no new taxes and no push for racetrack slots.

News Brief: The Casino Training Institute aims to teach people the games of craps, blackjack, roulette and baccarat in detail so they can find work as table dealers in casinos.

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

News Brief: Five months away from completing a $115 million hotel expansion, Resorts Atlantic City is developing plans for another major project next door.

More than four years and a litany of legal arguments later, Taj Mahal paid $60,000 to settle Division of Gaming Enforcement civil charges that it violated state equal-employment opportunity rules.

News Brief: A proposed New Jersey Senate committee that would oversee legislation involving the state’s casino, horse racing, and tourism industries would make a study of slot machines at racetracks a major priority.

News Brief: Examining the addition of slot machines at state racetracks would be top priority for a newly proposed Senate committee that would oversee legislation involving the state's casino, horse-racing and tourism industries.

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

News Brief: Atlantic City casinos are reinventing themselves as full destination resorts and broadening their appeal to attract young professionals.

News Brief: Governor McGreevey has invited about Wall Street gaming analysts to dinner at his mansion in hopes of improving the administration's image among this group.

News Brief: A New Jersey agency is reviving plans for a $20 million parking garage that was put on hold following the catastrophic collapse of the Tropicana Casino and Resort parking garage.

News Brief: After hitting and killing a man on the Upper East Side with a stolen sport utility vehicle, Gurpreet Oberoi hopped a bus to Atlantic City and spent the next day at the casinos before he was coaxed back to New York City to surrender yesterday, police said.