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West Virginia smoking ban expansion shelved

14 December 2011

Smoking ban expansion which would have seen the entire Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack has been shelved for now.

Racetrack employee accused of $1.2 million theft

12 December 2011

48-year-old female employee is suspected of stealing up to $1.2 million from the Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack.

West Virginia Gaming Supplier Regulatory Overview

12 December 2011

Mountaineer Casino benefits from gas lease

26 September 2011

Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort profits fell by 7 percent in Q2 despite natural gas drilling payment.

West Virginia approves gambling bill

14 March 2011

West Virginia approve gambling bill, spells hope and new opportunities for racinos.

Four Forbes stars for Greenbrier

29 November 2010

Greenbrier Casino Resort receives four stars in Forbes Travel Guide.

Twenty-seven racehorses lost in brutal fire

8 September 2010

Intense fire in four barns kills 27 racehorses at Charles Town Races next to Hollywood Casino.

Weather continues to plague racetracks

10 February 2010

Racetracks continue to be forced to cancel races because of bad weather.

Casino begins lengthy recruitment process

16 December 2009

Charles Town Races & Slots have begun recruitment, in response to votes recent approval of table games at the racino.

Ground broken for West Virginia casino

28 August 2009

The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs is expanding with a new casino scheduled to open in April 2010.

VLT revenue declines, and so will purses

16 March 2009

News brief: The economy continues to take its toll on racetracks, including those with alternative gaming.

Table games not in the cards at track

16 February 2009

News brief: Charles Town Races & Slots officials say they do not have any plans to push for table games in June.

Authorities in W.V. seize gambling machines

26 January 2009

News brief: IRS criminal investigators and sheriff's deputies raided a Clarksburg establishment and seized 144 gambling machines.

Mountaineer cuts down work force

19 January 2009

News brief: Mountaineer Casino has cut 8.6 percent, or 175 employees, from several of its departments.

West Virginia men settle gambling charges

9 January 2009

News brief: Eight men were robbed at gunpoint in a high-stakes poker game last year and all eight have settled charges of illegal gambling.

Woman sentenced to 25 years in poker robbery

24 October 2008

News brief: West Virginia woman pleaded guilty to stealing $27,000 from a poker game.

Casino boosts Wheeling Island, Mountaineer

8 August 2008

News Brief: Roulette, blackjack and Caribbean Stud helped Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack and Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort earn a combined revenue of nearly $275 million between Dec. 20, 2007, and July 19.

Mountaineer Casino, workers reach tentative deal

8 April 2008

News Brief: Union negotiators and executives at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort in Chester have reached a tentative deal on a new contract for 200 striking workers.

West Virginia candidates split over slots

4 April 2008

News Brief: West Virginia candidates running in the 30th District House of Delegates race were split on whether they'd vote to renew the 9,000 permits for video slot machines found in neighborhood gambling parlors.

No negotiations planned for striking casino workers

1 April 2008

News Brief: The strike by some 200 members of the United Food & Commercial Workers at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort continued Monday with no negotiations scheduled.

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