Construction worker killed in Vegas - KTNV

Sunday, June 1st, 2008 by casinogamblersguide | No Comments »

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A worker has been crushed and killed by a crane at the construction site of the MGM Mirage’s CityCenter casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip. Clark County fire spokesman Scott Allison says the man was pronounced dead on the scene at Casino News

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A routine arrest at a North Kansas City casino Sunday quickly escalated into a massive melee involving 450 people, police said. Officers were attempting to arrest a number of suspects at the VooDoo Lounge in Harrah’s casino Casino News

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Boyd may build casino in Henderson - Las Vegas Sun

Friday, May 16th, 2008 by casinogamblersguide | No Comments »

After losing at least one opportunity to build a suburban casino some years back, Boyd Gaming Corp. is close to signing a contract to build a casino as part of a proposed master-planned community to be built at a former industrial site in Henderson Casino News

–The depressed housing market is affecting how much the state collects through the state education tax, real estate transfer tax and sales tax. –The slowing national economy is affecting Michigan ’s economy, especially the auto industry, decreasing Casino News

LAS VEGAS - Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised Thursday to repay it after a prosecutor said the retired NBA star faced criminal charges. “My mistake,” Barkley said in an interview at Casino News

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