All the headlines from our Casino Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 3 2008 // New Orleans can get back to its comeback.Traumatized after losing their homes when Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters broke through the levees that protect this city, Hurricane Gustav ended up a mere interruption in...
Aug 19 2008 // A Jockey Club panel will be studying whether the number of horses allowed into the Kentucky Derby poses a safety risk.The annual Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. regularly draws 20 horses to the...
Jun 9 2008 // A woman in a motorized wheelchair fell about 30 feet down a casino hotel elevator shaft early Saturday, a city fire official said.It took firefighters about 45 minutes to rescue the woman, who was conscious as she was...
Jun 4 2008 // Workers have walked off the job at a massive Las Vegas Strip casino construction site, calling for safety improvements following a sixth worker death since work began in 2006.The majority of union workers on MGM Mirage...
May 16 2008 // Casino owner Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. settled a lawsuit with two insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damage to the company’s property in Mississippi.Allianz Global Risks U.S. Insurance Co. agreed to pay $48...
May 7 2008 // With cleanup efforts under way, life is slowly returning to normal in riverfront areas across the Quad Cities in Iowa.Cleanup crews went to work on Monday, May 5th even though flooding was still a worry in some areas....
Apr 16 2008 // In Mississippi, at least two people have died, dozens of farms and houses have been affected by flooding and the Mississippi River is still rising.The river is not expected to crest until this weekend at levels not seen in...
Apr 15 2008 // The rising Mississippi River is causing the Isle of Capri Casino to temporarily close its doors in Natchez, Miss.Assistant City Engineer David Atkins said it was decided at a Saturday evening meeting that the casino would...
Feb 24 2008 // $79.5 MillionThe Oregon Supreme Court for a third time upheld a $79.5 million punitive-damages judgment against Philip Morris, an award twice struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, which suggested it was excessive, the...
Feb 15 2008 // A fire that sent gamblers fleeing from the Monte Carlo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip in January will cost close to $100 million in repairs and lost business, casino operator MGM Mirage Inc. said.The company has...
Feb 10 2008 // The fire that blazed through the top of the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Jan. 25, 2008, could have been far more damaging had it started elsewhere in the building and not been contained so quickly,...
Jan 31 2008 // A spokesman for the Foxwoods Resort Casino says the Great Cedar Hotel, hit by roof fire Tuesday, will remain closed for a few days.Saverio Mancini says there has been water damage to the upper floors of the hotel, although...
Jan 31 2008 // The fire that blazed through the top of the Monte Carlo Hotel in Las Vegas last Friday could have been far more damaging had it started elsewhere in the building and not been contained so quickly, according to analysts at...
Jan 28 2008 // The burned exterior facade along the roof of the Monte Carlo hotel-casino will have to be removed or secured before the Las Vegas Strip resort can reopen, the chief county building inspector said.Ron Lynn, chief of the...
Nov 8 2007 // Democrat Steve Beshear easily defeated the scandal-plagued Republican incumbent Tuesday to become governor of Kentucky, pulling off a political comeback 20 years after he last held office.Gov. Ernie Fletcher had won four...
Nov 6 2007 // Kentucky’s race for governor between Democrat Steve Beshear and Gov. Ernie Fletcher looked like it would focus on the ethics of the Republican incumbent, who spent much of his first term battling a hiring scandal.In...
Sep 25 2007 // The Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort has reached a $1.2 million settlement with a Philadelphia woman who claimed she was injured when the toilet she was sitting on broke away from the wall in her hotel room bathroom.Jean...
Sep 6 2007 // Twelve people have been charged in Pennsylvania with insurance fraud in a 2004 casino bus crash that authorities allege was staged so the passengers could cash in by filing bogus injury claims.The crash occurred on April...
Sep 3 2007 // Atlanta-based insurance broker Beecher Carlson has named Gerald Levine as managing director. Levine will be responsible for client development for Beecher Carlson’s Risk Management Practice. He will be based in the...
Jun 29 2007 // Atlanta-based insurance broker Beecher Carlson has named Gerald Levine as managing director. Levine will be responsible for client development for Beecher Carlson’s Risk Management Practice. He will be based in Old...