Gaming Insider | South Point Casino owner Michael Gaughan has confirmed his involvement in a deal that is one of those helping to reshape Nevada’s sport and race wagering business. 

Florida Gaming Report | South Florida is now a gambling hot bed, which adds to the water sports, recreation and leisure profile it has long enjoyed. However, many of our tourists never enjoy any of the above glitz and glamour of this year-round paradise.

Gaming Insider | Last week Caesars Entertainment opened its new Cleveland casino that represents the most significant new use of the Horseshoe name bought from Binion in the late summer of 2003 for $1.45 billion.

American Wagering, Inc. (AWI), announced that Drew Skeen, general manager of Sturgeon’s Inn & Casino has received licensure approval from the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the State Gaming Commission.

Despite his dispute with former partner Steve Wynn, Kazuo Okada is still expanding the operations of his company, Universal Entertainment Corp., both in the restaurant field and in its Philippine casino.

Illinois led the nation in offering its residents the opportunity to buy lottery tickets online and now the president of the state senate wants Illinois to become the first state to offer Internet gaming.

Boyd Gaming Corp. (BYD) announced last week it is acquiring Peninsula Gaming LLC for $1.45 billion.

Continuing its growth with a new casino opening next week in Ohio and another one under construction, Penn National Gaming Inc. (PENN) has become America’s third-largest gaming company in terms of annual revenue.

Double Down Interactive, the company that was purchased earlier this year by International Game Technology (IGT), has added the poker game Texas Hold’em to its virtual casino on Facebook.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Indian tribe of Massachusetts is running out of time if it hopes to be awarded a license to build a casino under the gaming law that was passed last year.

Frustrated in its attempt to hire an interim executive director to assist it in fulfilling its mission, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission has scrapped that idea in favor of seeking a permanent executive director.

Saratoga Harness Racing Inc., the company that operates a major slots facility as well as a racetrack in upstate New York, is branching out by acquiring Fitzgeralds Black Hawk Casino in Black Hawk, Colo.

Construction work on a casino being built by the Kialegee Indians in Broken Arrow, Okla., was halted on Friday when a federal judge issued an injunction preventing any further work on the project.

The lease just wasn’t worth the paper it was written on. At least, that was the opinion of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The reference was to a lease agreement between the City of Duluth, Minn., and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

The Cordish Cos. hasn’t opened its first casino yet but already the company is complaining that politicians do not recognize the word “over-saturation.”

Lakes Entertainment Inc. (LACO) says it has repurchased the interest of Addy Entertainment LLC in the Evitts’ slots facility under development in Maryland.

Read the latest casino industry news bites about Margaritavilla Casino and Resort, Pennsylvania gaming revenues,  Caesars Entertainment Corp., Stations Casinos Inc. and so much more.

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.