Harrah's Entertainment Casino News

The president of the American Gaming Association says his land-based casino membership may look closely at online casinos as an industry future when they meet in December....

Harrah's is making a deal to expand its casino gambling brand into Eastern Europe, making that area of the world one of the fastest-growing for gaming....

Casinos in Atlantic City are hopeful the recession is ending for them, after seeing gaming results that show revenue decline slowing significantly....

Hotel workers needed just a few weeks to reach a new union contract with Atlantic City casinos, in contrast to dealers who have been unable to reach a deal after almost three years....

The Dragonfish division of online casino developer 888 scored another coup by signing deals to partner with a major South African land gambling operator in bringing Internet gaming to the country....

Another NBA owner is set to also own a casino, something awfully common for a league supposedly scared of the corrupting power of gambling and sports betting....

The online gambling software deal Harrah's signed with Dragonfish indicates a strategy at least by this land-based casino operator to purchase rather than develop Internet gaming systems....

Harrah's Entertainment, the operator of casinos and gambling venues around the world, is putting forth a new private offering which the company hopes will cover a payment on a maturing loan due just over a year away....

Atlantic City casinos have been hit with one economic disaster after another over the last two years, with the latest issue being a looming dealers' strike at several casinos....

Harrah's Entertainment already has six casinos side by side on the Las Vegas Strip, and it wants to entwine a restaurant and bar area around the resorts....

The 40th annual World Series of Poker began its Main Event, the world championship of no-limit Texas Hold'em, this weekend at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas....

A Louisiana riverboat casino thrown in as part of the Tropicana purchase has been sold off for more than half the entire Tropicana price....

The Fontainebleau Las Vegas Casino project, thought as dead as could be last week, may rise from the ashes like a phoenix, as a new lender is reportedly involved....

The NFL had no sooner finished polishing its explanation why it saw no harm in some gambling and still fiercely opposes the Frank online casino bill when a baseball team blurred lines again with a casino sponsorship....

Analysts say a combination of liens against casino assets and the beginning of looser credit markets have helped generate new cash sources for tapped gaming companies....

Harrah's Entertainment appointed an ex-PartyGaming CEO to run its new subsidiary setting up Internet play for the WSOP and online casino gaming in Europe....

Already suffering from unpopularity in Nevada polls, US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid must decide which of his constituents to offend in the online gambling debate....

A high roller accused of purposely neglecting his gambling debt says he shouldn't have to pay because the casino kept him on drugs and alcohol....

After years of consolidation, Las Vegas casino operators may be forced by the recession to sell off Strip gaming resorts to new owners....

An online casino executive from PartyGaming has signed a deal with Harrah's Entertainment to run a new company developing Internet gambling operations....

Major League Baseball teams have accepted Harrah's, a gaming operator with sport books taking baseball plays, as a sponsor, while opposing regulating online casinos to protect the game....

Casino operator Harrah's Entertainment is struggling to avoid bankruptcy and may be forced to put casinos up for sale....

Companies owning Harrah's Entertainment moved to protect themselves against a possible bankruptcy by the casino gambling giant....

Anew Star Trek game will only be available at Harrah's casinos, and will store individual play from one machine to the next, enabling players to pick up the gambling game at the point at which they stopped last....

Financial concerns have caused the cancellation of most new casino construction in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, leaving companies that sell slots and other equipment to gambling venues to adapt to new business conditions....

Positive remarks by American Gaming Association head Frank Fahrenkopf made it clear that the major land casino operators have begun to examine Internet gambling as the best course for their future....

The chief executive of Harrah's Entertainment likes the chances of U.S. legalization of online poker, which would be a boon to his company....

Commissioner David Stern and the NBA have given the Maloof family permission to start taking NBA bets at their casino....

Harrah's is happy with the information it gets from its casino membership program tracking patron gambling, and wants to use it for more services....

Louisiana casinos close to prepare for the impact of Hurricane Gustav....

Casinos in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana report positive growth, backing the Bradley Theorem of casino and gambling management....

Half of the four Kansas casinos were finally given to gaming operators who will construct and run the facilities for the state....

By devising a huge floating casino that will never move, Harrah's has escalated the battle for gambling dominance on the water to a higher degree....

Unlike recent online casino cheating scandals, the incident at Harrah's Cherokee Casino was dealt with in a public and transparent manner....

Fire Department inspectors cited Harrah's Entertainment for code violations occurring over the last three years....

The anticipation in crowning a new poker king will last a bit longer this year, as the final table of the World Series of Poker will not be played until months after the particpants qualify....

One of the largest casino companies in the world wants a name change and a new identity....

The Transport Workers of America are taking advantage of greedy mistakes by casino management and asking dealers to organize....

In its last report as a publicly traded company, Harrah's Entertainment reported a loss due to writeoffs from investments in the United Kingdom....

After recovering from the disastrous effects of Hurricane Katrina, Harrah's New Orleans Casino thinks the future's so bright, one better wear shades....

Aeris Atlantic has been selected to install new technologies for air-conditioning at a casino owned by Harrah's Entertainment....

Harrah's new Alea Casino will target the throngs of everyday people who love gambling, not just whales....

Harrah's has partnered with Baha Mar and signed an agreement with the Bahamas Government to bring the Caribbean its biggest casino....

If things happen in threes, then hopefully today's fire at Foxwoods Casino ends the streak....

Harrah's has been undergoing a major remodeling project at some of its casinos, but not following procedure could land the company in some hot water....

The approval of the sale of the landmark Binion's Casino brings hope that the history, character and style of Las Vegas's past may endure....

In dire need of funding to continue recovery from Katrina, Louisiana receives a major boost from casinos and gambling....

A woman who has apparently been making threatening phone calls to casinos around the country has been finally been identified....

Almost every casino in the country turns a blind eye to rule violations when gamblers are spending money, but in Missouri, Harrah's casino has been exposed by a former worker....

A panel discussion at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas featured optimism about the eventual legalization of online casino gambling....