By James Prichard
New Buffal Township, Michigan (AP)
Southwestern Michigan’s first casino is transforming an area long known as a pit stop for out-of-state tourists into a vacation destination in its own right.
While many Chicagoans have long enjoyed holiday weekends and summertime vacations in or near the quaint harbor town of New Buffalo, other Michigan-bound leisure travelers may be less familiar with the region. But with last summer’s opening of the Four Winds Casino Resort, the enormous and luxurious gambling complex just off Interstate 94 near Lake Michigan and the Indiana border, the secret is out.
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By John Christoffersen
New Haven, Connecticut (AP)
Mohegan Sun, already one of the largest gambling facilities in the world, opened a new casino Agu. 29 even as the industry struggles to draw customers amid a weak economy and high gas prices.
The 64,000-square-foot...09-05-2008, 03:18 PM -
Augusta, Maine (AP)
A new coalition is speaking out against a referendum in November’s election asking voters if they want to allow a new casino in western Maine.
The coalition calls itself Citizens Against the Oxford Casino. It includes the Hollywood Slots casino in...08-02-2010, 05:59 PM -
By Clarke Canfield
Portland, Maine (AP)
A casino investor said last week that the bleak economy and high unemployment made Mainers more receptive than in the past to a full-blown casino with slot machines and table games.
About 51 percent of voters in the November...11-08-2010, 10:21 PM -
By Stephen Singer
Hartford, Connecticut (AP)
Bartenders at Foxwoods Resort Casino have asked the National Labor Relations Board to supervise an election in a drive to organize a union.
Brian Petronella, president of Local 371 of the United Food and Commercial Workers,...06-22-2010, 02:46 PM -
Shawano, Wisconsin (AP)
The Menominee Tribe plans to invest $80 million to expand its gaming facility, which generates 80 percent of its annual revenue.
The project includes a new casino, which Menominee chairwoman Lisa Waukau says is long overdue. The casino opened in...04-30-2008, 03:03 PM