Articles tagged “gaming”

Australia watched wealthy Asian gamblers double Macau’s gaming revenues for three years and now wants a larger piece of the pie as well as the venues to attract the high-spending tourists.

Atlantic City has had its struggles, and now the advent of online gambling in New Jersey could benefit the casinos financially, but also could make an actual visit to the fading city almost an after-thought.

Revel is at last executing a marketing strategy that speaks to Atlantic City’s primary visitors, who come for gaming and entertainment, rather than relying on New York weekenders to fill rooms.

Spending two thirds of the money raised on just two hotels seems rather short sited, but if there's one thing a politician in a gaming city knows it's that appearances can be deceiving.

New York is looking to boost tourism with casinos outside of the city, but it won’t pull the names it’s hoping for with upstate properties expected to turn too small a profit

The prospect of opening a casino might lure some large hoteliers to Jamaica, but gaming comes with its own set of issues and obstacles that might be more burden than the financial boost is worth.

This is the latest plan for Atlantic City and, like all the others, is off-key and destined for failure. Then again, everyone is happy when Jimmy Buffett is in town.

The casino is expected to drive tourism to the region and keep locals spending money closer to home, which is yet another challenge to established gaming centers in Vegas and Atlantic City.

As each new state adds some kind of gaming, destination casinos will continue to have problems that they can expand themselves out of.

CityCenter was one of the most grand developments since the building of the Strip itself over five decades ago. Although it has started to inch its way into profitability, it will always be connected to the U.S.'s 2008 real estate crash.