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Detroit's three casinos more than doubled their revenue in 2021 after recording a historic drop in earnings the previous year. MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino and Greektown Casino reported $1.29 [...]

Since New Hampshire introduced the first modern state-sponsored lottery in 1964, 41 other states plus the District of Columbia have adopted lotteries. Lottery ticket sales in the United States topped [...]

Online poker has become one of the biggest, hottest, most lucrative games in the global gambling business. Active players total about 1.8 million and the industry revenues is expected to exceed $2 billion in 2005. Some of the leading poker websites like the PartyPoker, PokerStars, Prima Poker and others are discussed along with their estimated daily number of players and continuous Ring games.

Macau's gambling industry earned four billion dollars as revenues in 2003. Its proximity to China, which is the world's biggest gaming market, makes it hugely attractive to global players and it is said that the playerEs investment will transform Macau into the Las Vegas of the East.

Watching the coastal communities gracefully recover from being the area hardest hit by the nation's costliest natural disaster is like witnessing a butterfly emerge from its cocoon. Even though its [...]

Every day, thousands of tourists visit The Venetian. Sure, they play the slots, bet at blackjack and spin the roulette wheels, but they aren't drawn solely by the gambling--far from [...]

Outlook for 2012-13 The five-year term of Macau's chief executive, Fernando Chui, will end in late 2014. During the remainder of his time in office, Mr Chui's main priorities will [...]

Macau's stature as a global gaming capital continues to grow. In April, this compact (11.27 square miles) former Portuguese colony, which celebrated its tenth anniversary as a special administrative region [...]

2.25 MILLION Re-mastered Beatles catalog sales in first five days ALMOST 2 MILLION COPIES "Rock Band total game sales $60 MILLION Estimated first month of "Rock Band revenue Copyright 2010 [...]

Traditional bingo halls are struggling as a result of the smoking ban, the recession and competition from online gambling, writes Jane Bainbridge. Two fat ladies, 88; clickety-click, 66; dancing queen, [...]

Despite the faltering economy and the shrinking cell phone market, mobile gaming is still seen as a growth industry, and revenue should hit $4.5 billion this year. With this in […]

OCC vice chairman won't run again Dale Cunningham, CFO and business manager of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, and vice chairman of the Oakland Community College Board of Trustees, said [...]

A southwest Michigan American Indian tribe is withholding casino revenue destined for state economic-development operations, posing the latest twist in funding uncertainty for the Michigan Economic Development Corp. The state [...]

Kilpatrick promises to beef up law enforcement Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick used his State of the City speech Tuesday night to exhort Detroiters to help police address the city's crime [...]

Accountability matters. So do incentives. That's the lesson state Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters is preaching. We hope other government departments take heed. As Amy Lane reports on Page 1, the [...]

When Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters took his job in 2003, it struck him as odd that the state employees selling lottery products weren't getting incentives like private-sector salespeople. As of [...]

Detroit's three casinos have development agreements with the city that require involvement of 'targeted businesses'' - Detroit-based, minority or woman-owned business enterprises, or small business enterprises - as vendors and [...]

Novi gets Aa2 bond rating Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the city of Novi's bond rating to Aa2. Aa2 is Moody's third-highest rating behind Aa1 and Aaa. The ratings are [...]

Wagering totals at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs and Southland in West Memphis continue to roll in. Oaklawn's July wagering total was $29.7 million, up about 10 percent from June, [...]

People who frequent casinos are likely familiar with an old gambling adage: you can't beat the house. There is, however, a way to profit handsomely from gambling without beating the [...]

Miami-Dade County voters will decide in January whether to allow Vegas-style slot machines there. The Seminoles are poised to expand their impressive gambling operation. Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming's Dania Jai-Alai [...]

GREENVILLE -- This Mississippi River city and Washington County now have two casinos, which netted the city nearly $1.7 million in revenue during the 2005 fiscal year. During the same [...]

Increasing revenues in Oklahoma's gambling industry are affecting the Kansas gaming industry prospects. The Gambling industry in Kansas has reported 171 million dollar revenues in 2004, up 0.9 percent as compared with 46.4 percent growth of Oklahoma.