Tag: History
45 years of gambling in New Jersey – from Atlantic City to online betting
Over the past 45 years, New Jersey gambling has been a rollercoaster of innovation, growth, and straight-up reinvention. Many associate the... more
Macau’s casino boom brings wealth but at a cost 25 years since China’s takeover
MACAU (AP) — When Portugal returned its colony Macau to China in 1999, coffee shop owner Daniel Chao was a first grader living in a... more
Arizona: October marks 40th anniversary of tribal gaming
Oct. 29 will mark the 40-year anniversary of gaming in Arizona – an initiative led by the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation when they opened... more
How times have changed: Reflecting on 35 years of GLI and 30 years of GLI Australia
“I’d better buy a cake and some ribbon,” laughs Ian Hughes as he looks ahead to next week’s Australasian Gaming Expo in Sydney and,... more
Las Vegas: Casino Collectibles Association to feature four free seminars at 31st annual show
The Casino Collectibles Association announced Wednesday that it will offer four free seminars during its 31st annual show from June 13 to... more
Dunes Hotel book author & former UNLV casino ops professor to speak at Casino Collectibles Show
Geno Munari learned the casino business from the inside, working at the Dunes casino for over eight years. He parlayed that experience and... more
Preservation of Tropicana artifacts begins with sign lighting
Representatives of Bally’s Corp. and Las Vegas’ Neon Museum are still assessing how they will rescue a stained-glass atrium canopy that... more
Shohei Ohtani, Pete Rose, and baseball’s messy history with gambling
Major League Baseball has the precise problem it doesn’t want to have right now. Shohei Ohtani, the Japanese two-way superstar who is the... more
Sparse crowds show up for Tropicana’s last morning in business [11 PHOTOS]
Jim McGlasson, Advertising Manager for CDC Gaming, stopped by Tropicana on the historic casino’s last day of business, April 2, 2024,... more
Tropicana, a mob era casino, has closed on the Las Vegas Strip. Here are some big moments in its 67 years.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — From its lavish opening in 1957 on a Las Vegas Boulevard surrounded by wide-open desert, to its sleepier years amid a... more
