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Wynn redesigning planned Boston-area casino hotel

BOSTON — Wynn Resorts is redesigning its proposed $1.6 billion resort casino in Everett and has scheduled a public meeting to discuss its cleanup plan for the heavily polluted former chemical plant site.

Owners: Taj Mahal to stay open throughout November

ATLANTIC CITY — Trump Entertainment Resorts is dropping its threat to close Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal casino on Nov. 13.

Casino operator Full House Resorts for sale

Regional casino operator Full House Resorts put itself up for sale Wednesday, more than a week after a shareholder group surfaced that was seeking to remake the Las Vegas-based company’s board and management.

Caesars pursues $1 billion casino in Philippines

Caesars Entertainment Corp. is angling to build a $1 billion hotel-casino development in the Philippines in an effort to break into the Asian gaming market.

Loveman touts meeting center, mum on casino closings

ATLANTIC CITY — The CEO of Caesars Entertainment said Wednesday a new $125 million meeting center his company is building will help define Atlantic City’s future, even as he pointedly refused to say whether his company is done closing casinos there.

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Gaming in Japan: Not dead yet

To paraphrase Monty Python, gaming expansion in Japan is apparently not dead yet. That’s good news to some of the world’s biggest casino operators, who view the Land of the Rising Sun as the Holy Grail.

Pro sports leagues, NCAA want N.J. sports betting blocked

TRENTON, N.J. — The four major U.S. pro sports leagues and the NCAA on Tuesday again urged a judge to stop the state from allowing legalized sports betting this weekend.

 
Downtown Project unveils boutique hotel Oasis

Downtown Project Tuesday morning unveiled a new 44-room, nongaming boutique hotel named Oasis at its Gold Spike property, creating the first hotel in its development portfolio.

Las Vegas companies spend heavily to fight repeal of Bay State law

BOSTON — Casino companies that have been awarded licenses in Massachusetts donated $4.5 million this month to a group fighting repeal of the state’s casino gambling law, according to campaign finance records.

Trust sides with group seeking change at Full House Resorts

A trust set up by the late CEO of casino operator Full House Resorts is siding with a group of shareholders looking to remake the board of the Las Vegas-based company.

Vegas prosecutors used ‘super seal’ to hide fortune seized from gamblers

Calling their conduct “constitutionally abhorrent,” a federal judge recently chided government prosecutors for working in secret to keep millions of dollars in cash and assets seized from a Las Vegas gambler and his family in a decade-long bookmaking investigation.

The ‘for sale’ comes down at Sands Bethlehem

A year ago, Las Vegas Sands Corp. was looking to sell its Pennsylvania hotel-casino complex, housed on the historic site of the long-closed Bethlehem Steel Mill. Now, the company is prepared to invest $800 million into the development.

PR pro’s ‘strategic’ move leads to his own business

In 2009, MGM Mirage Corp. was downsizing its communications staff as the recession tightened its grip on the company, the gaming industry and the community. Reggie Burton who oversaw corporate and community affairs, decided to start his own boutique public relations and consulting business.

Caesars will talk with bank creditors to address debt

Caesars Entertainment said it would begin talks with bank creditors in order to re-work portions of the casino operator’s $24.2 billion debt.

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