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January 27, 2006                                0604

Compiled by Al Rogers
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Man drives vehicle into the lobby of casino

A Georgia man is charged with assault for driving his car through the glass doors of Tunica's Gold Strike Casino and doing doughnuts in the lobby.

Miss. regulators write rule on inland gaming


The Mississippi Gaming Commission has proposed that casinos moving ashore on the Gulf Coast must have every inch of the gambling floor within 800 feet of the mean high water line, unless it is located on property belonging to the State Port at Gulfport.

In Biloxi, a sense of progress

An hour's drive west of here, the City Formerly Known As New Orleans wasn't destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans was on the storm's weak side, relatively speaking, where the force of wind and water was terrible but not apocalyptic. The city would have had only moderate flooding if the levees had held.

Blue Chip sets Jan. 31 opening for new vessel

Blue Chip casino will open its new $170 million vessel Jan. 31, casino company officials said.

Harrah's To Re-Open Lake Charles Hotel

Harrah's said that its hotel in Lake Charles, LA., will re-open as scheduled on February 1st.

Big Six to post new high

The "Big Six" gaming operators ended 2005 with record-breaking profits nearly double the previous year's, thanks to surging demand for Las Vegas vacations and the two biggest mergers in industry history, analysts said.

Vegas Q&A: What's Closing In 2006?

What's going away? Are there any hotels that are going to close this year?

Casinos open arms for Asians with open wallets

The lunar calendar unleashes the Year of the Dog on Sunday and Las Vegas casinos hope to take a bite out of Asian gamblers' wallets.

Casino workers get another hearing on harassment claims

A complicated legal challenge by seven former employees of Placer County's Thunder Valley Casino - alleging sexual harassment and age and sex discrimination - is scheduled for its next hearing Feb. 28.

How SunCruz scandal mushroomed

In September, a trio of Miami federal prosecutors and an FBI agent flew to Washington, D.C., to share explosive evidence with top Justice Department officials that was uncovered in the local SunCruz Casinos fraud investigation.

Crews to remove 80-foot Sahara hotel sign in Las Vegas

Another piece of Las Vegas Strip history is destined for the Neon Boneyard storage lot.

Rethinking retail: More shops, restaurants needed in downtown Reno, report says


Thousands of people are expected to move into downtown Reno in the coming years as condominium projects open, but they will find few places in their neighborhood for everyday shopping.

We can't gamble way out of poverty

Casinos are a blight on our society. When our Legislature approved riverboat gaming some 13 years ago, no one in his or her wildest imagination thought that over 30 river and coast barges would come into existence, plus the two Choctaw Reservation casino-hotels.

Former Nevada Regulator Marc McDermott to Head New Post


In a move designed to speed progress and quickly provide its standards to the industry, the Gaming Standards Association announced today it has named Marc McDermott as its Technical Director. McDermott was selected from a field of more than 200 candidates from across the U.S.

New regulations OK'd for future Sparks casinos


The Sparks City Council has changed the definition of non-restricted gaming (a casino with more than 15 slot machines and any table games).


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