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Soon-to-Be-Shuttered Showboat Could Be Sold as a Casino

Caesars Entertainment Corporation, owners of the Showboat Atlantic City casino that is slated to close August 31st, has said it is open to selling the […]

City Life

Will Revel Be a Monument to Atlantic City’s Broken Dreams?

On Thursday morning last week, I stepped onto the escalator from Revel’s lobby to head down to the Boardwalk. It was windy. I could tell […]

Property

Will Philadelphia Get Its Own Space Needle?

PHL Local Gaming — one of the five contenders for that ever elusive casino license in Philadelphia — has announced a potential new feature for […]

City Life

INTERVIEW: S.M. Luke on Being Pegged a Gay Rapper, New Music, and Nicki Minaj

Writers and singers morph: there’s no doubt. That’s why S. M. Luke (formerly known as Steve Cizzle) is hyped about the premiere of his new […]

City Life

You Can’t Be For Casinos and Against Pawn Shops

I find it fascinating that members of City Council right now want to put yet another zoning overlay in the city to prohibit new pawn […]

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Study: Philly Has Room for One More Casino

CBS Philly reports that a private consultant has told the Pennsylvania Legislature that Philadelphia has room for one more casino.

City Life

Caesars Considers Atlantic City Casino Closings Amid Increasing Losses

More bad news for Atlantic City. Caesars, the company that owns Caesars, Bally’s, Harrah’s and Showboat in Atlantic City, is considering closing some of those properties […]

City Life

What Ben Affleck’s Blackjack Ban Should Mean for a Second Philly Casino

Presented for your contemplation: Two seemingly unrelated pieces of gambling news — one local, the other no so much. • Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board still […]

City Life

Borgata: Poker Star Phil Ivey Cheated Us Out of $10 Million Using Edge Sorting

The Borgata in Atlantic City has filed a federal lawsuit against poker star Phil Ivey, claiming that the professional gambler cheated the casino out of […]

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The New Jersey Casino Experiment Has Failed

How low can Atlantic City casinos go? The numbers for 2013 aren’t looking very good — for N.J.’s gambling resort, or for casinos across the […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Bart Blatstein to Buy 16-Acre Foxwoods Site in South Philly

Things seem to have come full-circle for the old Foxwoods property in South Philadelphia. Bart Blatstein, one of the current five contenders for the city’s […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Casino License Bidders Will Get Last 15 Minutes Before the Board

Tomorrow morning, four of the five contenders for Philadelphia’s second casino license will appear one more time before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Each will […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Market8 Gets Three Political Endorsements

Market8 has been endorsed yet again, this time by state and local legislators: Rep. John Taylor, Rep. Michael O’Brien, and Councilman Mark Squilla. They join […]

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Morning Headlines: Casino Smackdown Begins. Who Will Win?

Today is the start of three days of hearings during which the final five bidders for Philadelphia’s casino license will make their case before the […]

Property

Market8 Gets Thumbs Up From Wash West Civic Association

One of the remaining bidders for Philadelphia’s casino license just got some local support in addition to its last endorsements: a blessing from the Washington […]