Location: Louisiana

11/06/23 9:06 PM

Emeril Lagasse tries French cooking at new restaurant in Harrah’s New Orleans

  • Ian McNulty, New Orleans Advocate
From the bar, and from certain seats around the dining room, you can still see the casino floor. But at the table what you’re seeing is... more
10/19/23 8:24 PM

Louisiana regulator okays Cordish to renovate Bossier City property to Live! brand

  • Rachael Thomas, KSLA-TV
The Louisiana Gaming Control Board has given the go-ahead to Cordish Companies to renovate the DiamondJacks Casino in Bossier City. Cordish... more
10/19/23 3:16 PM

Louisiana: Gaming revenue slides for 8th consecutive month

  • Rege Behe, CDC Gaming
The Louisiana Gaming Control Board Thursday reported September revenue of $185 million, a year-over-year decrease of 2.1%. It’s the eighth... more
10/18/23 1:52 PM

Louisiana: Chef Gordon Ramsay to open restaurant at Horseshoe Lake Charles

  • Rege Behe, CDC Gaming
Celebrity and Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsey is taking his brand to one of the centers of American cuisine. Horseshow Lake Charles, a... more
09/22/23 1:34 PM

Analyst perceives regional gaming “deterioration”

  • David McKee, CDC Gaming
Citing “static conditions” in the third quarter, Deutsche Bank analyst Carlo Santarelli wrote that while “trends have remained broadly... more
09/21/23 7:30 PM

Louisiana: Slight drop in August gaming revenue continues 7-month skid

  • Rege Behe, CDC Gaming
Gaming revenue in Louisiana continued to drop, however imperceptibly, in August. The Louisiana Gaming Control Board Thursday posted gaming... more
09/11/23 9:23 PM

Louisiana: Paragon Casino Resort’s renovated south tower on track to be unveiled this winter

  • Kelvin Spears, WNTZ-TV
Following last year’s renovation of the North Tower, Paragon Casino Resort’s South Tower renovation is moving along and has already begun... more
08/27/23 11:28 AM

Louisiana: Tulane to require coaches, staff to sign NDA as precaution against sports betting

  • Richard Johnson, Sports Illustrated
In light of gambling’s pervasiveness in college sports, Tulane is taking a unique formal step to combat information sharing: requiring... more
08/25/23 3:48 PM

Louisiana: Here’s latest on Diamond Jacks Casino sale to Cordish, fate of the old riverboat in Bossier

  • Greg Hilburn , Shreveport Times
Demolition is nearly complete at the long-shuttered Diamond Jacks Casino hotel in Bossier City, where the riverboat that housed the casino... more
08/24/23 8:39 PM

Louisiana: After $80M upgrade, The Queen Baton Rouge opens on land with expanded gaming space, food offerings

  • Maggie Heyn Richardson, 225 Magazine
Three years in the making, the roughly $80 million transformation of Hollywood Casino into The Queen Baton Rouge is finally finished, with... more