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 Best Online Casinos Archive (February 2005)
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Tribal casinos are barred by the Connecticut Governor
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| Jodi Rell, the Connecticut Gov. stoutly balks the proliferation of tribal casinos in the state. She approached the congressional panel to look closely into the matter of Indian lobbying to include the recognition process. |
| Monday, 28 February 2005 |
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Pataki's casino plan is under the legislature scrutiny
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| The proposal for additional number of Indian casinos, by Gov. George Pataki identifies the following issues: the number of authorized Catskill Mountain casinos should be increased from three to five; the land-claim lawsuits with five tribes should be settled down allowing each of them to have ownership on one casino; there should be annual money witing counted in millions of dollars to all the counties mentioned in the proposal. |
| Sunday, 27 February 2005 |
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Pataki indulges Catskills with brand new casinos
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| A new casino project was recently advertised by the Gov. George Pataki who’s set on a mission to indulge Catskills with casinos. According to the plan five Native American casinos would be planted in Sullivan County around Monticello, which is about two hours from Albany. |
| Saturday, 26 February 2005 |
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Casino gambling jeopardizes Chinese education
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| The Chinese education authorities in Macau region have recently reported a sharp dropout rate in high schools with the growing number of casinos offering luring job opportunities. The last year record reveals that once four casinos published thousands of employment opportunities, hundreds of high school students abandoned their educational institutions in favor of casino jobs. |
| Friday, 25 February 2005 |
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Station Casinos deploying their real estate starting from condominium hotel implantation
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| Station Casinos have divulged that they have in stock three potential casino projects sites in Las Vegas. The supply will be catered with respect to demands, the officials have reported. The casino president, Lorenzo Fertitta announced at the summit that of Reuters Hotels and Casinos that the company is seeking for opportunities to expand its real estate possessions. |
| Thursday, 24 February 2005 |
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U.K casinos are shoved into far away resorts
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| New Britain casinos are unlikely to open until 2008, in spite of the upheaval in the nation's gambling rules. The potential casino locations proposed by U.S operators will most probably be in the economically withered sites, where no U.S. casino operators would wish to establish their facilities. |
| Wednesday, 23 February 2005 |
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Legislators strive to absolve Casinos from smoking bans
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| Smoking bans are casino assassinators! The bill absolving casinos from local smoking bans has exhausted the members of Montana House of Representatives as they were called into passing the bill once again. In 2003, a similar law was passed by the Legislature, but Montana Supreme Court in December. But this time, supporters are praying for better outcomes. |
| Tuesday, 22 February 2005 |
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Pataki offers a new casino plan for tribes
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| Gov. George Pataki has recently introduced a plan according to which as many as five casinos in the Catskills would be operated by the tribal representatives. Pataki's plan set forth expansion of Indian casinos in Ulster and Sullivan counties from three to five. The proposal was already backed by the Sullivan County Legislature, while Ulster County lawmakers, who've two years ago signed a compact with the Modoc tribe to allow a casino establishment in Wawarsing which was never enacted, have not yet reached a conclusive decision. |
| Monday, 21 February 2005 |
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Casinos are grabbing large shares from penny machines
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| Technology has made it possible for the Quad City region casino to address more keenly customer's demands, with more peer-to-peer and entertaining slot games requiring smaller bets and therefore, prolonging the amount of money |
| Sunday, 20 February 2005 |
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Republicans are raising brows on the new Casino at Mall of America
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| The proposition of casino at the Mall of America made by Gov, Tim Pawlenty's chief staff was privately heard last week. Pawelenty's adviser, Dan McElroy had a 45 minute meeting with the Nader Ghermezien, the developer about the plan of $1 billion mall deployment, the center of which is planned to be a casino. The reporters were ousted from the meeting but according to governor's spokesman, no promises were made and no commitments tied. |
| Friday, 18 February 2005 |
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New Singapore casino establishment by Tabsorp
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| One of the more successful casino gambling corporations, Tabsorp paved the way for a $1.55 billion casino plan which is prospected to include a park complex amidst the Singapore market. The Tabcorp's first expenive offshore leap will be faced by the rigorous competition from Las Vegas casinos, MGM Mirage, Kerzner International and Wynn Resorts. |
| Thursday, 17 February 2005 |
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USA tribal casinos raked big time over the past years
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| Currently, United States hosts 411 Indian casinos operated by 223 tribes in 28 states. Due to the tribal sovereignty, they are absolved from paying state or local taxes and are exempt from most zoning and other laws. |
| Wednesday, 16 February 2005 |
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Self-exclusion program helps with casino gambling addiction
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| Caesars Indiana has outweighed the other nine state's casino gambling boats with the largest number of people suffering from gambling problems who've banned themselves from the state's casino, under a new program. |
| Tuesday, 15 February 2005 |
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American tribes are eyeing for Ohioan casinos
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| Ohioan elected leaders were the ones to entice American Indian tribes into casino establishments by emphasizing the astonishing prospects of spin-off hotel, thriving commerce, new employment opportunities and tax coffers, brimming with tens of millions of dollars. American tribes, once nurtured by the Ohio's humble expanses wish to reclaim their ancestral lands for the luxury of having casino gambling. |
| Monday, 14 February 2005 |
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Oklahoma is giving a hand to Indian casino's thrive
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| With recreating casinos across the Indian tribes in Oklahoma which are drafted to rise in the nearest future, comes the anticipated sweep of luxurious and more deployed bingo facilities. The most prominent example is the three story establishment, featured by the glittering Las-Vegas-Style lights |
| Sunday, 13 February 2005 |
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Online casinos should be well reviewed
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| Some of the more problematic aspects of virtual casinos seem to be their unwillingness to pay the winnings. Even those that do so eventually, appear to linger with this uncomplicated transaction for quite a while. |
| Friday, 11 February 2005 |
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Casinos and taverns are petrified from the gambling tax raise
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| The proposal to increase taxes on most of the video gambling machines in casinos and taverns, to alleviate the burden of the property tax has instigated uproar. Casino and tavern owners protested saying that a new bill is detrimental for their businesses, depleting their assets. Contrary, home owners and renters supported the proposal. The panel did not hurry to make a decision on the Senate bill 348 which was negotiated at a hearing before the Senate Taxation Committee. |
| Thursday, 10 February 2005 |
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Mohegan Sun and Foxwood are following the Vegas casino model
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| Connecticut Indian casinos, Mohegan Sun and Foxwood, inspired by the previous success of such gambling giants as Harrah Entertainment that are aiming at having a casino at every market, also wish to take one step further and deploy onto the nationwide arena establishing a wagering empires from coast to coast, abandoning their Nutmeg State base. |
| Wednesday, 9 February 2005 |
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Stanley Ho gaming empire hosts new recreating casino halls
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| The renowned Macau tycoon Stanley Ho gaming empire has come to own the 15th casino at the former Fortuna Hotel which caters 35 casino tables. Simultaneously, the very first Macau's Las-Vegas-invested casino has annexed to its facility a brand new recreating gaming room, "Pearl Room" which has been imbued by additional 40 gaming tables to already existing 180 slot machines. |
| Tuesday, 8 February 2005 |
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Racetrack casinos supply new tax revenues and increase the attendance
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| In the 2005, four casino-related bills were submitted to the General Assembly. The bills would allow casino gambling at racetracks and gambling halls across the state. Kentucky for the first time has a serious back up from a powerful organization supporting the racetrack casino legislation. |
| Monday, 7 February 2005 |
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The state of Minnesota demands casino revenue sharing
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| The majority of Minnesotans who favor some sort of metro-area casino demand a share of raked casino revenues from Indian tribes to be transferred to the states, in order to sustain their sovereignty on 18 casinos. The legislature is swamped with various gambling proposals and public seems to be quite supportive of gambling expenditure in the states, especially if it is capable of cushioning the poor fiscal assets. |
| Sunday, 6 February 2005 |
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Casinos refuse to provide money spent reports with minority businesses
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| Casinos opposed the proposal by Mississippi Gaming Commission, made last year to file money spent records together with minority and women-owned businesses. Gambling firms have chosen to raise their contacts by providing sponsoring workshops, hiring diversified coordinators and doing other outreach efforts. |
| Friday, 4 February 2005 |
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The tribe's Ho-Chunk casino refuses to pay
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| In Madison, the tribe was given an ultimatum either to transfer revenue payments, accumulated over the past two years from the Ho-Chunk Nation casinos, or else it is bound to be closed by the commissioned Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle. |
| Thursday, 3 February 2005 |
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Casinos for elderly - pure entertainment
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| Several studies have been conducted recently, including one by Yale University on the connection between recreational gambling and health among senior population. The results were inconclusive as some suggested that gambling has a beneficial impact, whereas others revealed vice versa. |
| Wednesday, 2 February 2005 |
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Mississippi casinos are not threatened by the lottery legalization
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| Casino Industry is accrued with many different concerns, but one field does not shatter its well-being - a state lottery. The lottery is not viewed as an insatiable source of large profits and hence is not powerful enough to become a threat for Mississippi casino executives. Since the majority of people are primarily preoccupied with everything that has to do with tax issues and hurricane protection, the lottery remains on the lighter side of the agenda. |
| Tuesday, 1 February 2005 |
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