Gambling News Archive Page 7

The prime minister of Taiwan, Liu Chao-shiuan, this week said he was in favor of legalizing casino gambling on Taiwan's offshore islands.

The debate over casinos is back, with the Patrick Administration this week releasing a long-awaited report prognosticating on the potential of Massachusetts as a gambling market.

Workers at the Casino du Lac-Leamy this week voted for a new contract that will give them pay increases of two to 2.5 percent every year during the next five years, avoiding a strike that could have imperiled gambling operations there.

Record revenues are being reported by the The Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation, which operates the casinos in Regina and Moose Jaw.

A motion filed by anti-gambling zealots is scheduled for a brief hearing next month before U.S. District Court Judge William Skretny in Buffalo. The activists want the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino shut down.

Wynn Resorts appears to be 'on a roll' once more. The casino operator reported this week that its second-quarter earnings "more than tripled compared to last year" due to powerful revenue growth at the Las Vegas-based casino operator's Macau property.

Casino king Steve Wynn -- proprietor of the famous Wynn Las Vegas Casino and Hotel -- says hiring will begin this for 5,300 positions at his new Encore resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

Phnom Penh-based casino operator Naga Corp. Ltd., said is considering licensing access to the Cambodian market to foreign companies, allowing foreigners to develop new gaming properties there.

A $439 million expansion and renovation has dramatically transformed Ontario's first casino-resort, Caesars Windsor. More than 5,000 guests to the gala opening party this week inaugurates a new era for the Canadian casino.

Casinos are now running at Indiana's two horse tracks. "Those are good quality operations up there," said Jeff Michie, assistant general manager of Belterra Casino in Switzerland County.