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Casino Revenues in January 2010 Up in Mississippi, to $193 Million. An Encouraging Sign, but Still Less than the Level of One Year Ago

Good news for legislators (and casino owners) in Mississippi. Legislators, of course, depend on tax revenue from Casinos to help balance their budgets.
Revenue was up from December 2009, although down from one year ago. So it’s kind of a good news, bad news scenario.
In January, casino revenue in Mississippi was $193.2 million. That was [...]

Sports Books at New Jersey Racetracks? It Just Might Happen

It just blows my mind to see how state legislators, once adamantly anti gambling, are now embracing it in order to bring in much needed revenues.
Latest trend is in hard-strapped New Jersey, where a state Senate committee approved a proposed constitutional amendment to allow sports betting in Atlantic City casinos and at New Jersey racetracks, [...]

Online Casino Site, VIP Casino, Upping the Ante, Offers Four Tournaments in January

I recently was sent a press release from the online site, VIP CASINO, which is licensed in Malta, I believe.
What’s pretty cool is that this is a site that usually offers up one or at most two tournaments a month.
Not this January.
The news from the site owners is that they are offering up four tournaments [...]

French Opening Up Online Casinos to the Private Sector in 2010

Ya gotta love France.

Yeah…I love their food, but that’s not what I’m talking about.

I mean, if you like online casinos and gambling, you gotta love em because this coming summer 2010, online betting will be legal.
Well, it was legal…as long as two state owned operators ran online poker sites, sports and race betting. Now the [...]

Trouble in the City (Atlantic City). Labor and Management Need to Come Together at Casinos

As if things in this economy weren’t bad enough….Atlantic City casinos seem to be caught  in a perfect economic storm, with a deteriorating labor situation.
The New Jersey gambling mecca is suffering monthly double-digit losses on earnings, as the recession and competition have drained many customers, and the labor issue may drive even more operators [...]

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