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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.

Mountaineer Casino workers strike

31 March 2008

News Brief: Pickets remain on the line today at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort as a strike by some 200 cashiers, money counters and video lottery technicians entered its second day.

Mountaineer Casino workers vote to strike

26 March 2008

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.

Mountaineer Casino pickes CMG signage

5 March 2008

Mountaineer Casino has raised its advertising stakes by adding Scala InfoChannel Digital Signage software to the game.

Table games, poker boost Mountaineer results

16 January 2008

MTR Gaming Group reports that since full commencement of table games on December 20, 2007, table games and poker have generated approximately $3 million in revenues as of January 13th.

West Virginia hotel owner wants casino

10 January 2008

News Brief: The owner of the Rogers Hotel in downtown Wheeling said he still wants to open a 'full-blown' casino at the a building that has been under a raze or repair order for several years.

Mountaineer readies for table games

26 November 2007

News Brief: Mountaineer Casino Resort & Racetrack to conduct two nights of testing in preparation for the soon-to-be announced official opening of table games.

Poker at Mountaineer Racetrack

19 October 2007

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. will open 37 poker tables at Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort on October 19.

West Virginia table games approved

18 October 2007

News Brief: The West Virginia Lottery Commission gave final approval Wednesday for both Northern Panhandle casinos to begin offering table games to gamblers.

Debate over West Virginia gaming law process

4 October 2007

News Brief: Allegany County State's Attorney Michael Twigg has informed Allegany County Attorney William Rudd that he will 'not treat the enforcement laws relating to paper gaming or machines used to facilitate paper gaming any differently than the other laws of this state and county.'

West Virginia lottery ads changes allowed

1 October 2007

News Brief: Thanks to a federal judge’s ruling last week, West Virginia businesses with video lottery machines can now advertise more freely.

Tri-State Racetrack passes on table games

25 September 2007

News Brief: While the two Northern Panhandle racetracks quickly purchased table games licenses after voters passed referendums there, Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center plans to hold off for a while.

Winner reflects on nightmare lottery

17 September 2007

News Brief: In his darkest moments, Jack Whittaker has sometimes wondered if winning the nearly $315 million Powerball game was really worth it.

West Virginia public hearings proposal criticized

14 September 2007

News Brief: The president of the West Virginia's video lottery association is chastising Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper for proposing a series of public hearings about the impact of gambling parlors in the county.

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