# News & Speculation
The first three months of 2013 have sparked cautious optimism for the economic recovery of Nevada’s casino industry. A new report for March appears to build on that trend. Statewide gaming revenues grew 7.04 percent in March to $914.8 million, the state’s second-straight monthly increase. On the Strip, gaming revenues grew 13.13 percent to $507.6 [...]
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Gov. Brian Sandoval said Thursday he has held preliminary talks with other state governors on partnering with Nevada on Internet poker. Sandoval didn’t name the states but gaming sources said Texas could be a target. Sandoval, a Republican, supported Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s brief run for the GOP’s presidential nomination last year. Also, the Texas [...]
@OPReport's Online Poker Bulletin
From OnlinePokerReport.com for the week of May 20th STORIES TO WATCH THIS WEEK #1. PokerStars came out on the losing end of last week’s legal battle with the Atlantic Club Casino. But given the latest statement from PokerStars, and the fact that they’ve sunk $10mm+ into the deal to date, I expect PokerStars to file new litigation in the days ahead. #2. iPoker has given skins until May [...]
Nevada Gaming officials frown on business with unsavory service providers
State gaming regulators are looking into the relationship between 2-week-old Internet poker website Ultimate Poker and an unlicensed service provider used to identify new players. In an email, Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett said gaming agents are working with officials from Ultimate, which is majority owned by Station Casinos. Over the weekend, Ultimate Gaming, [...]
Amended complaint hits court docket
The attorney for Chad Elie filed an amended complaint against Jeff Ifrah, Ifrah PLLC, and others yesterday in the District Court of Clark County, Nevada. Recall that the original complaint had some very serious allegations made as against Ifrah (none of which have been proved in court). The amended complaint has the same basic claims for relief, but [...]
US government targets Mt Gox for being an unlicensed money transmitting business
Yesterday, it emerged that Dwolla, a US payment network, has stopped accepting transfers to and from Mt. Gox, the world’s largest bitcoin exchange, because of a seizure warrant issued by the US Department of Homeland Security. Here’s Chris Coyne‘s tweet with a copy of the message he received from Dwolla. Today, I received a copy of [...]
Singapore, China dominance key in Adelson's latest win
Las Vegas Sands Corp., the gaming company controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, reported first-quarter earnings Wednesday that easily surpassed analysts’ estimates as growth at its Macau properties accelerated. The casino company last year increased its share of the Macau market with the opening of Sands Cotai Central, its fourth casino in the Chinese gambling enclave. [...]
Says balance needed to ensure integrity, business investment
As chief regulator for New Jersey’s struggling casino industry, Matthew Levinson has an interesting balancing act. The Casino Control Commission must ensure the market is free of corruption. At the same time, turning away potential investment could be viewed as counterproductive. Levinson, 33, was appointed to a five-year term as the commission’s seventh chairman in [...]
Vegas company partners with longtime PCA host property
Cantor Gaming signed a deal Thursday with the Atlantis casino in the Bahamas to provide the resort with mobile casino gaming and mobile sports wagering, as well as a new sports book. This is the first mobile wagering deal involving the Atlantis, according to the Las Vegas-based gaming company. Terms of the deal were not [...]
New Jersey late to game adjusting for regional competition
As a former dealer and pit boss on the Boardwalk, Mayor Lorenzo Langford is committed to seeing the city’s casino industry recover, despite his well-publicized disputes with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie over reforms implemented by the state that the mayor says cut him and other city leaders out of the process. Langford, Atlantic City’s [...]
Inside Gaming: A battle as tough as Philly itself
When the $550 million SugarHouse Casino opened 28 months ago on a Delaware River waterfront site in South Philadelphia, opponents of the project worried that local businesses would suffer. Kathy Smith said she hasn’t noticed one bit of difference. Smith, a tough-talking, streetwise native of South Philly, has spent 25 years working at the city’s [...]
WSOP big-boss Garber to oversee new operation
Caesars Entertainment Corp. said last week that it will spin off its interactive gaming business, Planet Hollywood and a planned casino in Baltimore into a separate company owned in part by the casino operator, the company’s stockholders and private equity firms Apollo and TPG. Apollo Management and TPG Capital are expected to invest a combined [...]
@OPReport's Online Poker Bulletin
From OnlinePokerReport.com for the week of May 6th STORIES TO WATCH THIS WEEK #1. PokerStars’ apparently failed deal for the Atlantic Club Casino dominated discussion last week. But based on statements from Stars, this story is far from told. Hopefully this week we’ll get some more information about the nature of the contract between PokerStars and the ACC. And if [...]
Casino mogul tells pols growth will be out of state
Gaming magnate Steve Wynn met behind closed doors with the governor and legislative leaders Wednesday, proclaiming in a brief interview that the gaming industry is not in a “healthy” condition and future growth will be in places other than Nevada. “Right now the gaming industry has a serious health problem,” said Wynn in a brief [...]
Stations Casinos launch new era of American gaming
The first-ever legal pay-to-play online poker website in the United States is expected to launch this morning when Station Casinos-owned Ultimate Poker flips the switch on a new era in Nevada gaming. The site, UltimatePoker.com, can be accessed only on computers or mobile devices located in Nevada. State gaming authorities signed off of the company’s [...]
