North America News - Page 1205

News Brief: If the World Trade Organization rules in favor of Internet gambling in Antigua and Barbuda, the United States will probably appeal, according to an U.S. official.

News Brief: Hollywood Casino Shreveport, a riverboat casino operator whose creditors forced it into bankruptcy in September, agreed to reorganize and sell its assets under court protection.

John G. Brokopp: It’s a high-energy alternative to traditional table gaming.

International News Brief: British punters have bet £8 million on the outcome of the US presidential election, an absolute record surpassing all predictions, bookmakers said on Tuesday.

News Brief: The former chief executives of Lincoln Park and its British parent company, Wembley Plc, entered another round of not guilty pleas Monday, as they were indicted again on charges connected to an alleged bribery scheme.

ESPN and DVD Marketing Inc. are launching the entire 2003 ESPN telecast of The World Series of Poker on a double-disc DVD.

News Brief: Jackpot's Cactus Petes Resort Casino and The Horseshoe Hotel & Casino, owned by Ameristar Casinos Inc., brought in operating income of $3.5 million in the third quarter and saw operating income margins rise by 5.7 percentage points.

Pinnacle Entertainment reports the ‘topping out’ of L'Auberge du Lac, the company's $365 million casino resort under construction in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

The success of Wynn Las Vegas's online recruiting program is palpable in the lack of people gathered outside its employment center.

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc. has selected Beal Bank as the sole lead arranger for a $100 million interim financing which is expected to be funded as part of the Company's recapitalization plan announced on October 21, 2004.

News Brief: A Toronto tax accountant has won the largest slot-machine jackpot in Canadian history, picking up nearly $5.8 million at a Niagara Falls casino.

Three casinos are slated for $500 million in new construction and expansion along a few miles of the Mississippi River in an effort St. Louis area officials hope will spark additional development.

Wynn Las Vegas goes operational Monday with the opening of its employment center and what is thought to be the largest Internet recruiting program ever, anywhere.

With design work done, financing complete and shell construction wrapping up, the $2.5 billion project becomes operational Monday when it starts hiring an expected 9,000 line employees, developer Steve Wynn said.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $35 million.

The excitement continues to build as the jackpot for the Tuesday, November 2, 2004 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $66 million.

News Brief: The owner of BetCRIS.com is determined to fight what's fast becoming the scourge of Internet-based businesses: high-tech protection rackets in which gangs of computer hackers choke off traffic to Web sites whose operators refuse their demands.

International News Brief: The UK culture secretary has come under fire from Britain’s most senior police officers over moves to grant American casinos an exemption from Europe’s strict money laundering rules.

In the poker room of The Palms Casino where he plays regularly, he is known as Lucky Mickey and Michael Glass earned the moniker this afternoon when he won $13.6 million on Nevada Megabucks.

Overall, the Calder meet showed declines in attendance and wagering, but the Festival of the Sun and the Summit of Speed, Calder's popular day of sprint stakes in July, once again proved to be successful events.