OLG looking for private companies to run casinos
CTV.ca
TORONTO — Ontario Lottery and Gaming announced Thursday it was looking for private companies to run casinos in different areas of the province, including Toronto and Ottawa and as far north as Thunder Bay. OLG issued a request for information from the …
OLG shows hand, invites casino proposals for OttawaOttawa Citizen
Toronto waterfront among five areas proposed as new site for casinoGlobe and Mail
Ontario Lottery and Gaming looking for private companies to run casinosCanadianBusiness.com
Toronto Star -CBC.ca
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Developer: Pols can't keep approving new casinos
BusinessWeek
By WAYNE PARRY Casinos are not like Starbucks stores: you really can't have one on every corner. That's the word from David Cordish, whose company is opening a huge new casino next month in Maryland. Yet Cordish warns that the expansion of casino …

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April deals losing hand to La. casinos, racetracks
BusinessWeek
April dealt a losing hand to Louisiana's state-licensed casinos, with most raking in fewer winnings last month compared to April 2011. State police said Thursday that Harrah's in downtown New Orleans, the state's only land-based casino, took in $26.8 …
New Orleans area casinos posted revenue losses during AprilNOLA.com

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Boyd Gaming shares jump on acquisition
BusinessWeek
The deal will add five casinos to Boyd's operations. One is in Kansas, two are in Iowa and two are in Louisiana. Those markets are far less saturated with casinos than Boyd Gaming's hometown of Las Vegas, or East Coast gambling hubs like Atlantic City.
Peninsula Gaming, owner of 2 casinos in Iowa, is soldDesMoinesRegister.com
Boyd Gaming in $1.45bn casinos acquisitionInterGame
Boyd Gaming to Buy Peninsula GamingKCRG
Wall Street Journal -Wichita Business Journal (blog) -Bloomberg
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Casino developers' plans to pedestrianise key Bath site
This is Bath
Developers behind a £25 million casino, hotel, restaurant and shops scheme for Bath have come up with plans to part-pedestrianise a key city centre area. The £500000 proposals for Sawclose are a cheeky attempt to grab the initiative in the battle …

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Swansea council plans new casino licence despite Aspers closure
BBC News
A new casino is still due to be licensed in Swansea, despite plans by an existing venue to close with the loss of 100 jobs. Aspers says its casino in Wind Street is no longer commercially viable and has begun consultation with staff.
Aspers casino under threat of closureWalesOnline
Aspers Swansea casino may closeInterGame

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Okada bets to win with fine dining and casinos
Reuters UK
By Farah Master | HONG KONG (Reuters) – Kazuo Okada, the Japanese billionaire engaged in a fierce legal battle with Las Vegas casino tycoon Steve Wynn, is diversifying his pachinko company with a string of his own restaurants and is negotiating to …

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Ohio's first casino opens to music video show
BusinessWeek
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN Ohio's first casino opened Monday night with long lines of gamblers ready to roll the dice, a glitzy music video instead of a traditional ribbon cutting and a taste of Las Vegas with two bare-midriff showgirls wearing plumed hats …
Horseshoe Casino, Cleveland Casino, Opens To The Public (PHOTOS)Huffington Post
Horseshoe Cleveland, Ohio's First Casino, Opens Its Doors To The PublicMarketWatch (press release)
Long lines greet opening of Horsehoe Casino ClevelandLas Vegas Review – Journal
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Toronto casino debate to resume in the fall
CBC.ca
The simmering issue of whether to build a casino in Toronto will be put on the back burner for a few more months while city staff study it further. City council's executive committee on Monday opted to ask staff instead to look closely at the costs and …
MGM wants casino on Toronto's waterfrontNational Post
MGM executive makes pitch for Toronto casinoCTV.ca
Province's casino threat hollow, MGM executive suggestsToronto Star
Toronto Life -Toronto Sun -Globe and Mail
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Casinos showing signs of life after being hit hard by recession
Fox News
The recession may have dealt the US casino industry a bad hand in recent years, but a new report by the American Gaming Association reveals that casinos are starting to cash in once again. The nation's commercial casinos show revenues up 3 percent, …
Global Casinos and Online Gambling Industry Market Research Report Now …Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Casinos draw 60 million in 2011; not all gamblersLexington Herald Leader
Affinity Gaming grows revenues, net income in the first quarterLas Vegas Review – Journal
VEGAS INC -EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
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