2005 July 19 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The $169.1 million sale of the Hollywood Casino, a riverboat casino and hotel complex in Shreveport that failed to live up to its initial expectations, to Eldorado Resorts was approved Tuesday by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.

A timely report was just released by the Missouri Gaming Commission that should hold strong interest for Kansas. Gambling is up a whopping 4.8 percent in the Kansas City casinos and 7 percent statewide.

RHM Group, maker of iconic brands Hovis bread and Mr. Kipling cakes, made a buoyant return to the stock market on Tuesday after a 13 year absence, with a price tag of 1 billion pounds.

The MTA Long Island Railroad has a new getaway prefect for those wishing to cool off with ocean breezes this summer and at the same time try their luck at various games of chance.

ValetNoir, Inc today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued US patent number 6,910,968 for the electronic exchange of information between junket operators and casinos for the …

By Karen Florin, The Day, New London, Conn. Jul. 19–The owners of Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun sent their monthly slot machine payments to the state last week, bringing the total contributions for the fiscal year to $417.8 million.

Belle Rock Gaming , a trusted, industry-leading group of online casinos, poker rooms and a multiplayer casino operations owned by the Carmen Media Group, today announced the rapid adoption of its new Belle Rock Buddy …

” As reported by Bloomberg: “Shareholders of K. Wah Construction Materials and its parent company, K. Wah International Holdings, approved plans Tuesday to buy Galaxy Casino in Macao with shares and other securities, in a deal valued at 18.4 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Online poker rooms exploded onto the scene around the same time that poker became the red-hot hobby of people around the world.