Ariz. raises allotment for slots at casinos
Arizona’s gaming tribes are eligible to add a collective 2,908 slot machines to their casino floors this year under a formula that allows tribes to increase slots and and blackjack tables every five years - as long as the state population is increasing.
Related Casino News:
- East Valley casinos to add hundreds more slots
- PokerTek, Inc. Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option by Underwriter
- Gamer to up ante if state raises slots take
- Ariz. grandmother with bingo habit gets 3 years for car trunkload of pot
- Tribe names new CEO for its 3 Ariz. casinos
- Tribe names new CEO for its three Arizona casinos
- Brush Fire Near Paradise Casinos Nearly Controlled
- Slots back in spotlight
- Tribes seek casinos off reservation
- Tribes give $21.8M to Ariz. — a record from casinos
- What the compact means
- BR Police Union endorses contract that includes raises
Do you know that:
- Massachusetts decriminalized bingo in 1931 in an attempt to help churches and charitable organizations raise money. Bingo was legal in 11 states by the 1950s, usually only for charity purposes.
- Video Poker machines were introduced in the 1970s, when an oil embargo had a negative impact on Vegas revenues. The machines were popular enough to spark a recovery in casino business.
- 1993: Steve Wynn buys the Dune Hotel, then implodes it to make way for the Bellagio. The new MGM Grand is completed, once again becoming the world's largest hotel. On December 31, Barbra Streisand stars in the inaugural concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
- Parimutuel wagering refers to the type of gambling where the total prize pool is based upon the amount of money wagered. The more money gambled, the bigger the prize.
RSS feed
