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February 12, 2012

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Fertitta’s Golden Nugget to launch online gaming site

(via Houston Business Journal)

Comment The Golden Nugget hotels and casinos said Friday it has lined up a potential partner for a free-play online gaming website.

Landowner: All roads could lead to Uxbridge casino

(via )

Comment The intersection of Routes 16 and 146, the crossroads of Worcester, Providence, Connecticut and Eastern Massachusetts, is the latest site being marketed as a good place for a casino.

Solar tower will power Las Vegas at night

(via CNET News)

Comment SolarReserve has completed the central point of a solar project that uses molten salt storage to deliver power to the grid well after the sun has gone down.

Concerns growing over Burning Man ticket lottery

(via RGJ.com)

Comment In another sign of the growing pains for Burning Man, organizers say the majority of people who help make the event’s major theme and art camps possible did not get a ticket in the festival’s first-ever ticket lottery.

Revel reveals smoke-free casino opening

(via NBCPhiladelphia.com)

Comment Atlantic City's newest casino will give guests a taste of things to come before it opens at the start of the Memorial Day weekend.

Cirque du Soleil show in Sands China casino to close this month

(via )

Comment Cirque du Soleil’s Zaia show at Sands China Ltd.’s Venetian Macao resort will close after its performance on Feb. 19, 3 1/2 years into a 10-year contract, and the casino operator said it will redesign the theater.

Why Macau tourists didn’t flip for Cirque du Soleil

(via The Wall Street Journal)

Comment Now that Cirque du Soleil has said it’s shuttering its Zaia show in Macau, the question is: How can this gambling mecca broaden its appeal if it can’t hold on to an established entertainment brand that’s successful in the West? Las Vegas has reinvented itself as a tourist destination with dozens of big-budget, live entertainment options. Visitors can see multiple ...

Meet the woman behind Sheldon Adelson

(via Fortune)

Comment Miriam Adelson is not your average billionaire's wife. In an exclusive interview with Fortune, the medical doctor, businesswoman and philanthropist emerges as no less accomplished — or powerful — than her larger-than-life spouse.

Update 2: Caesars IPO pricing delayed due to "glitch" - underwriter

(via Reuters)

Comment The pricing of the initial public offering of Caesars Entertainment Corp, one of the largest casino operators in the United States and owner of the famed Caesars Palace, has been delayed due to a "technical glitch," an underwriter said.

Bush tells car dealers he avoided ‘gamble’ in bailing out automakers

(via Bloomberg Businessweek)

Comment Former U.S. President George W. Bush told car dealers gathered at a convention in Las Vegas he “didn’t want to gamble” with a depression in defending the loans he gave to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC.

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