Atlantic City Might Seek Bankruptcy If the Current Trend Continues
by Carol Linker ( February 8 2009 17:28:30 ) Atlantic City is desperately seeking a magical boom. The casino gambling funds for the Atlantic City is directly proportional to the economic crisis which is currently shaking the country. The decline in the revenues is frightening to the extent that if the trend will continue most of the cities will land up seeking bankruptcy court.
The Atlantic City Express Service, also known as the ACES, started to run the train service from New York to Atlantic City casinos bringing players to play in the casinos!
Online casinos were already putting a check point to their business; however, they survived regardless since the whole of the gambling population is not computer literate, but the economic crisis has caused a bad turn.
The Borgata, Harrah's Atlantic City, and Caesars Atla...
Expectations Mount in Favor of Legalized Gambling
by Karen Mindraw ( February 8 2009 14:57:59 ) Barney Frank, a US Democrat, has unveiled to an important British newspaper about his plans and approaches to reverse the trends imparted by the rigorous anti-online gambling laws within the United States.
The UIGEA was hastily hard-pressed by the forces of the Republican government a day prior to when President Obama was inaugurated.
Since the passing of the UIGEA in the year 2006, the consequence of the law has been hard felt through all borders of the industry. The laws, which were imposed against online gambling were pretty tightened and it also led to the arrests of a number of executives in the US airports.
The US...
Reality Casino TV
by Mike Goldbergstein ( December 18 2008 18:20:34 ) It was just a mater of time, but now they have started shooting the first casino reality show, but don’t think this one will take place under the lights and glamour of the Vegas Strip. This show will take place in the Bleak Bear Casino and Resort in Carlton County Minnesota.
Video cameras will be following around several casino workers and patrons of the Black Bear Casino during their day to day life for a new reality based TV show.
Kenny Sutherland is one casino employee who will be involved in the show. Kenny began working in Vegas as an Elvis impersonator in 1989, and now he is a maintenance worker for the Black Bear Casino.
The concept for the show came to Doug Hajicek, the series creator and producer, while he was on a trip to Minnesota and first saw the...
Mysterious PA slot growth is No Mystery
by Lindsy Jackson ( December 11 2008 11:41:8 ) Despite the fact that economy expert's say that we are in a depression six of Pennsylvania's 7 casinos showed profits last month of at least 13 percent from the same time last year.
Despite the fact that last month Pennsylvania casinos had a big bump in their slots business some experts are saying that they will feel the hit this month. These experts in the gambling industry say that this was not an unexpected phenomenon.
For years the Atlantic City city council has been trying to pass a ban on smoking in the city's casinos. Casino lobbyists have always managed t...
NJ Casinos Sued for Lack of Handicapped Access
by Renata Sharleen ( November 9 2008 15:8:0 ) A NJ Resident has brought a lawsuit against ten NJ casinos for not having proper Access for the disabled per the state and federal laws.
A New Jersey resident is suing several of Atlantic City's casinos. In the lawsuit the man claims that the casinos named in the lawsuit are discriminating against the handicapped by not making their casinos and hotel areas fully handicapped accessible.
The lawsuit was filed in the Trenton A New Jersey resident is suing several of Atlantic City's casinos. In the lawsuit the man claims that the casinos named in the lawsuit are discriminating against the handicapped by not making their casinos and ...