April 2009 News Articles

Listing of all the news articles for April of 2009, sorted in ascending order.

1. Bama Governor Spends Big to Avoid Millions in Gambling Revenue
   By Brian Chan on April 2, 2009
   The governor of Alabama is willing to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to enforce non-existent gambling laws rather than regulate the gaming and take in millions....
2. Compulsive Gambling Attorney Loses Suit and Freedom
   By Brian Chan on April 3, 2009
   A former attorney who sued casinos for allowing her to play as a problem gambler will go to jail for stealing clients' money for gambling....
3. AC Casinos Find Old Ways Are Best Ways
   By Lance Burkhart on April 4, 2009
   Casinos in Atlantic City are trying to go backwards in time to when people still like their gambling operations style....
4. Casinos Lower Gaming Costs to Keep Gambling Floors Busy
   By Brian Chan on April 6, 2009
   Casino operators around the US are scrambling to lower betting minimums, gambling that traffic will still fill their venues....
5. Massachusetts Residents Want Casino Gambling, Says Poll
   By Lance Burkhart on April 7, 2009
   Residents of Massachusetts told university pollsters they were strongly in favor of licensing at least two casinos and bringing full casino gambling to the state....
6. US National Monument to Install Casino Gambling
   By Lance Burkhart on April 8, 2009
   Valley Forge Convention Center, located at one of the most important sites in US history, will bring casino-syle slots gambling to its premises....
7. Alabama Governor Accused of Backroom Deal with Indian Casinos
   By Brian Chan on April 9, 2009
   Alabama's battle over regulating gambling has led to accusations the governor accepted campaign contributions from casino gaming interests outside the state in return for blocking legalized gambling....
8. Texas Gambling Laws Benefit Louisiana Casinos
   By Lance Burkhart on April 10, 2009
   Louisiana casinos are exploiting tough Texas gambling laws to create revenue that has improved living conditions and created jobs....
9. Atlantic City Casino Plummet Accelerates as Gaming Revenues Drop
   By Brian Chan on April 10, 2009
   Revenues collapsed at New Jersey casinos as gambling brought in barely eighty percent of last year's take....
10. Foxwoods Casino Employees Reject Unionization
    By Lance Burkhart on April 12, 2009
    Bar employees at Foxwoods Casino turned down union organization after seeing gaming employees unable to reach terms under their union....
11. Pennsylvania Gambling Regulators Under Microscope
    By Brian Chan on April 12, 2009
    Residents in Pennsylvania feel the state Gaming Control Board is too close to the casinos and gambling operations it oversees....
12. Harrah's Exchanges Debt to Lower Exposure for Gambling Operator
    By Lance Burkhart on April 14, 2009
    Trying to avoid being forced to sell any of its casinos and gambling operations, Harrah's Entertainment announced it had exchanged new bonds due in 2018 for maturing ones....
13. Ohio Casinos One Step Closer with Petition Approval
    By Brian Chan on April 14, 2009
    Advocates of bringing four licensed casinos to Ohio saw the state Ballot Board approve its petition, allowing the document to be signed by residents who support bringing gambling to the state....
14. Smoking Zealotry Costs West Virginia in Gambling Revenue
    By Lance Burkhart on April 15, 2009
    Casino gambling take is down, along with the state's share of gaming revenues, after an unpopular smoking ban hit the Tri-State Racetrack and Casino....
15. Pennsylvanians Reap Benefits of Legalized Casino Gambling
    By Brian Chan on April 15, 2009
    The governor of Pennsylvania announced casino gaming in the state has been such a success, it will save taxpayers three-fourths of a billion dollars this year....
16. Seminole Gambling Compact Supported by Business Leaders
    By Brian Chan on April 16, 2009
    A disputed gambling agreement between the governor of Florida and the Seminole Tribe received the backing of two state business groups....
17. Florida Senate Approves Casino Gambling Expansion
    By Lance Burkhart on April 17, 2009
    The Florida Senate voted today to approve a bill increasing state gambling drastically, setting up a showdown with the House....
18. Mass Senate Leader Says Casino Gambling Bill Returning
    By Lance Burkhart on April 18, 2009
    The leaders of Massachusett's legislative bodies both seem agreeable to passing a law legalizing casino gambling in the state....
19. Another Casino Gaming Company Collapses
    By Brian Chan on April 19, 2009
    Washington Gaming became the latest casino gambling company to fall into bankruptcy....
20. Online Gambling Comes to Nintendo Wii
    By Brian Chan on April 21, 2009
    Online gambling and video gaming are two popular forms of entertainment that may be about to meld into one....
21. Bodog Owners Recover Online Casino Domains
    By Lance Burkhart on April 22, 2009
    Bodog, the online gambling operator, came to terms with First Technology to settle a legal patent infringement case, allowing Bodog to recover its Internet casino domains....
22. Gambling Foes Use CraigsList Killer to Encite Panic
    By Brian Chan on April 23, 2009
    Cetain would-be authorities would have the public believe that the CraigsList murderer is guilty of a sin that led him to his horrible acts: problem gambling....
23. Casino Builder Sues Banks for Withdrawing Loans
    By Brian Chan on April 25, 2009
    The builders of the Fontainebleau casino project in Las Vegas are suing Bank of America and other lenders for not providing funding to complete the gambling complex....
24. Frank Internet Gambling Bill Pushed Back
    By Lance Burkhart on April 27, 2009
    While the online gambling industry anxiously awaits Barney Frank's Internet gambling bill, other financial matters have taken center stage and pushed the measure back in line....