The northern half of the Las Vegas Strip may be coming back to life during 2014 even as two of the Strip’s biggest players, MGM and Wynn, look like favorites to get Massachusetts resort licenses. Developers have been shaking off the effects of the Great Recession that turned this strip… Continue reading
MGM Resorts International, which hopes to build an $800 million gambling and entertainment complex in Springfield, became the first company in Massachusetts to file a final resort casino application with state regulators. Two copies of the application, more than 7,000 pages in length, were submitted to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission,… Continue reading
The owners of Margaritaville Casino in Biloxi will build a new hotel next spring with an eye toward a 2015 opening. Doug Shipley, Margaritaville’s president/CEO, said in a news release that the hotel will feature 250 rooms including 170 deluxe guest rooms and 80 two- and three-bedroom suites. He says… Continue reading
The tiny Chinese city of Macau has again smashed its annual record for casino earnings as revenues last year hit a staggering $45 billion, further underlining its position as the world’s biggest gambling market. Macau’s nearly three dozen casinos raked in 33.5 billion patacas ($4.2 billion) in December, according to… Continue reading
