Edwin Edwards, the flamboyant former governor of Louisiana, is back home after serving an eight-year prison sentence for attempting to sell a casino license to then owner of the San Francisco 49ers, Ed DeBartolo. Edwards is 84. His fiancé, Trina Grimes Scott, announced on a Facebook posting that Edwards had completed a six-month home detention requirement and was "free at last." She also revealed that Edwards planned to embark on a book tour and was in talks for a reality TV show. During his political heyday, Edwards was a frequent, and popular, visitor to the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
At 8:30 am (PT) on Wednesday morning Cantor Gaming sports outlets in Las Vegas became the first books in the state to offer NFL season win totals.
The Las Vegas Strip’s only bingo room is going virtual. The Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is launching a partnership this week with Buffalo Studios, the company behind the popular Facebook game Bingo Blitz.
Atlantic City honored Dennis Gomes, by naming the street in front of the casino in his honor Friday. At a curbside ceremony, Mayor Lorenzo Langford unveiled a sign renaming a portion of North Carolina Avenue as Dennis C. Gomes Avenue.
Big changes are in store for gamblers and hotel guests at the Atlantic City Tropicana Casino and Resort as the establishment starts a $25 million renovation project. The undertaking is the first of what could be four or five years of work to re-do the casino resort.
Expanding its hopes of an online future, WMS Industries Inc. (WMS) announced on Monday that it was acquiring Jadestone Group AB, the Swedish online gaming developer.
