North America News - Page 981

The Bridges Golf Club at Hollywood Casino hosted the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic Open Qualifier Monday.

News Brief: Niagara’s casinos are sticking with the world-famous brand name they’ve been using for more than 10 years.

News Brief: Workers at the Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort in Chester, West Virginia, voted Tuesday to reject the company's latest contract proposal and to authorize a strike.

News Brief: Rep. John Conyers Jr. is clashing with Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell over the thorny issue of Indian gambling, setting up a standoff between two of the oldest bulls in Congress.

Casino dealers in Las Vegas are cheering a landmark ruling last week by a California court against a tip-sharing policy at Starbucks they hope will build public support for a similar lawsuit filed by dealers at Wynn Las Vegas.

Resorts Atlantic City announced that Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. will perform in the Superstar Theater April 6 & 7, 9 – 11, 2008.

GigaMedia Limited has reaffirmed its view that the regulatory and licensing situation in Canada and the territory of Kahnawake is reliable and stable.

The economic slowdown has the casino industry facing its toughest challenge since the months following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a report released Friday by a leading Wall Street bond rating house.

Business at the Monte Carlo has mostly returned to normal after a rooftop fire two months ago, according to Monte Carlo President Anton Nikodemus said.

A 50 percent interest in Las Vegas' oldest hotel-casino was sold Thursday to an investment partnership controlled by two brothers whose family made their fortune manufacturing nuts and bolts in the Midwest.

The Nevada Gaming Commission took less than 20 minutes Thursday to restore Angelo Stamis' place in the casino industry, ending a 33-year road to redemption for the assistant general manager of Jerry's Nugget.

Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs is taking some of the sting out of tax-time with its 1040 EZ slot promotion in April.

The Tropicana Casino & Resort announced today their plans to create a new slot environment in Atlantic City.

Agilysys, Inc. reports that Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana, has selected Agilysys to provide a wide range of software solutions for the 531-room property.

B-I-N-G-O! It may be a game that you learned as a kid, but in the industry of land-based gaming bingo spells big business. We dipped into the Casino City data to find out where you can find the biggest bingo parlors in the world and the list begins deep in the woods of Connecticut at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

News brief: After announcing a partial smoking ban in February of 2007, the Atlantic City Council will attempt to outlaw smoking entirely in city casinos next week.

News Brief: The government of Antigua says it will abolish intellectual property treaties with the U.S. by the end of March if a settlement involving a trade dispute between the two countries is not resolved.

Cosmopolitan Chief Operating Officer Scott Butera, a former investment banker specializing in reorganizing financially troubled companies, has left the troubled Strip project to take over as president of Tropicana Entertainment.

Percy Sledge will be performing live in concert at 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday, April 25th & 26 th at Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis.

This June, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa will redefine dining in Atlantic City, when it opens Izakaya - A Modern Japanese Pub.