Pinnacle Entertainment announced today that it has canceled its Sugarcane Bay project and surrendered the related gaming license to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. Located adjacent to the Company’s L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort (”L’Auberge du Lac”), the Sugarcane Bay project was budgeted at approximately $305 million. Pinnacle remains committed to the Lake Charles market [...]

One of the chief non-recession reasons for Macau’s slowdown as a major Asian gambling centre has been the Chinese government’s curbs on visas, seriously restricting the number of gamblers who could visit the gambling island off Hong Kong. The good news this week is that the restrictions have been “quietly eased”, boosting operator and investor [...]

The Tain group has announced top management changes following its recent sale of Expekt to the Mangas Gaming group, with Christer Fahlstedt taking on the responsibilities of CEO. Fahlstedt is also CEO chief executive of Athletico Nordic, the holding company that owned Expekt, Tain, Score 24 and iClear, and owns the Swedish football portal Svenska [...]

Online casino operator Virgin Games.com has announced the launch of its latest online slot, Bejeweled, commenting that the new addition is the first of many new offerings that Virgin Casino will be adding to its portfolio of games through the new integration partnership with gaming platform provider, Game Technology Solutions (GTS).
Virgin Games has partnered [...]

Mobile gaming solutions provider Spin3, powered by Microgaming, has announced the launch of its new bingo-themed instant-win game, Bingo Bonanza, exclusively developed for web-enabled Smartphones.
Bingo Bonanza brings the excitement of a lotto-ball draw combined with a bingo theme to the mobile platform. Six balls are drawn and any two matching balls complete a winning [...]

PKR has today announced a partnership with pioneers of poker massage therapists Xhilarate. The deal means that Xhilarate will act as the exclusive massage supplier for all PKR Live tournaments and PR functions.
Xhilarate’s massage team have gained experience working across a number of poker events including the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) and World [...]

Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel today broke ground on its new 532-room luxury Tower, part of a $633 million expansion to position the property as the premier gaming destination in the Southeast and world-class entertainment and tourism destination. The Master Plan for the property is currently the largest hospitality expansion project underway in the Southeast [...]

A second Las Vegas-based gaming, hotel and entertainment company is looking to expand in Asia — despite financial challenges for its American operations.
MGM Mirage is in talks with three investor groups to develop a casino in Taiwan, an executive said this week.
“I have a desire to aggressively expand in Asia. It’s the most [...]

Wednesday’s resumption of play was a short session of $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha consisting of only 693 hands, but Antonius managed to book a win worth $33,000. That extends the Finn’s total lead in the challenge to $424,631, but the two have only played 14,249 hands so far, leaving them more than 35,000 short of [...]

The Seneca Nation has been hard at work trying to expand their casino operations. They had been working on building a casino in Buffalo, but on Friday their focus shifted to the Catskills.
A deal was signed with Sullivan County by the Seneca Nation on Friday, a week after it had been agreed to. The [...]