2007 May 13 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

Most casinos offer a Sunday brunch, but few do it better than Prime Place at Bally’s Atlantic City. Each week, the casino’s steakhouse adopts a more genteel persona.

Six months in and it appears Pennsylvania slot parlors may be having an effect on the bottom line at Atlantic City casinos. Pennsylvania slots have brought in more than $300 million in revenue. Down the shore, revenues at the 11 casinos were down in April about 7 percent compared to last year.

AUSTRALIA’S richest man, James Packer, has turned to traditional glitz and glamour in his new Macau casino to avoid a pricing war and to corner China’s powerful rich set.

Dealers at Trump Marina Hotel Casino narrowly rejected a bid to unionize, union representatives said Saturday.

Dennis Dowd watched the crowd filling in at Monmouth Park for opening day and he saw only one thing.

JONESBORO — A burglar broke into a city-owned shop and stole money from illegal gambling machines that had been seized by Jonesboro police in raids, authorities said.

Simple tax-revenue numbers can be dazzling, but opponents say that the economic and social costs are equally spectacular.

During their many trips to Italy, photographers Marybeth Flower and Joe Bauwens fell in love with the life that takes place in the piazza — the center of every Italian town. “For 2,500 years, the people of Italy have been gathering in town squares to hear political speeches, shop at markets, attend weddings, collect water, play sports and spend time with neighbors,” said Flowers. “We kept …

MIDDLEBORO All bets aren’t off, but Middleboro’s at the bottom of a short list of potential casino locations, according to one casino expert. Industry insider Roger Gros, editor of Global Gaming Business, based in Los Vegas, laid odds on New Bedford.