All the headlines from our Casino Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 26 2009 // The city building inspector of suburban Joliet says the sprinkler system of the Empress Casino’s pavilion was disconnected when a fire destroyed the building.David Mackley said the sprinklers had been shut off just...
Jan 5 2009 // Railroad operator CSX Corp. has hired New York investment banker Goldman, Sachs & Co. to help determine what to do with the money-losing luxury resort.The aim is to make the White Sulphur Springs landmark a viable...
Nov 16 2008 // West Virgina voters have approved a measure that will allow the Greenbrier Resort to add casino gambling to its list of four-star amenities.Voters rejected a similar proposal in 2000, but this year’s measure was...
Nov 6 2008 // West Virgnia voters have approved a measure that will allow the Greenbrier Resort to add casino gambling to its list of four-star amenities.With 100 percent of the vote counted, the measure was approved by a vote of 51...
Oct 20 2008 // Not a Gambling Problem“I wouldn’t refer to it as gambling. [The credit default swaps were] underwritten individually and very carefully.” —Martin Sullivan, former AIG CEO, testifying before the House...
Sep 10 2008 // Hurricane Ike entered the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 9 and the latest path projected by the National Hurricane Center has the storm making landfall in Texas, possibly near Corpus Christi. Meanwhile, Louisiana is still mopping...
Sep 4 2008 // Residential and commercial damages from Hurricane Gustav will trigger an estimated $4 billion to $10 billion in insurance claims, a third of which could affect the energy industry.While Gustav’s force paled in...
Sep 3 2008 // The ground floor of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Biloxi’s casino row was flooded during the storm surge from Gustav and wind-whipped water continued to splash into its parking garage on the afternoon of Sept....
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...