RubinBrown Gaming Stats 2012

Missouri Terrible’s Frontier Casino forced to temporarily close due to flooding in late June of 2011. The casino was reopened to the public on September 29, 2011. The casino floor remained unaffected, but the remainder of the building needed $3.5 million in repairs. River City announces plans to construct a 200 room hotel, 10,000 square foot event center and a 1,700-car garage. The project will cost Pinnacle Entertainment $82 million to complete and is scheduled to open late 2013. Construction begins on the Isle of Capri’s Cape Girardeau in late 2011. The $125 million casino, event center, and three restaurants are scheduled for completion in late 2012.

Nevada The Sahara, the last original Rat Pack casino, closed on May 16, 2011. The casino was once known as ‘the jewel of the desert’ and played host to the Rat Pack, including Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammie Davis, Jr. In November 2011, a plan to remodel the casino-hotel was approved. Las Vegas city leaders are hoping the remodel will bring new life to the north end of the Las Vegas Strip. Internet poker play is approved by the Nevada Gaming Commission on December 22, 2011. The commission is the first in the nation to approve internet poker play and will open the door for many other jurisdictions in the future.

New Jersey New Jersey is looking to expand gaming through boutique casinos. On January 5, 2011, the Casino Control Act was expanded to include a pilot program for the development of two small-scale casinos, defined as a casino- hotel with 200 – 500 hotel rooms. The deadline for applicants is April 20, 2012. In March 2011, the New Jersey governor vetoed an online gaming bill. The current Casino Control Act restricts gaming to Atlantic City and the governor believes online gaming websites operated by casinos within city limits does not meet the state constitutional requirements.

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