In a drop that many analysts and insiders blame on the continuing impact of 2012’s Super Storm Sandy, the New Jersey Division of Gaming enforcement reported a 35% reduction in overall earnings for the year 2013 early last week. There was a 6% decline in overall gambling revenue for the year, even though earnings from room occupancy remained steady. This was also accompanied by a 5% $4.1 Billion dollar slide in non-gambling casino revenue such as entertainment, alcoholic beverage sales and casino-operated restaurant earnings. A conclusion some analysts are drawing is that people are still coming to Atlantic City, they just don’t seem to be [...]

Do you like to drive to the nearest casino where you live? Does the idea of sitting with other players at a full table make you nervous or, being face to face with the dealer unsettle you? How about having to wait until the person ahead of you decides to bet, or pass, so you can make your play? Most times casinos are; loud, smoky and are full of noisy players, who want to make it big. Unfortunately, most times tables are full of players leaving you, unable to find an open seat. Your patience will be required, while you are forced to wait.

What if you skipped the drive to your nearest casino, and could forgo the players [...]

A recent survey has some casinos surprised, including many of the major online casino sites. Caesars Interactive Entertainment compiled a survey of 450 locations in the US, and how much time users in that area signed on to sights like onlinecasinoplanet.org versus how close they lived to a real-time casino. The numbers that came back surprised every one.

Atlantic City users show up online more

Atlantic City, home to some of the most established casinos in the world came in 27th out of 450 as the location where more people preferred using online casino sites than to make a trip less [...]

The gaming industry in Louisiana generates 2.4 billion dollars a year. Texans spend 2.5 billion a year on gambling. Given Louisiana’s proximity to Texas, Louisiana receives a lion’s share of that gambling money. This has to be frustrating to Texas businessmen vying for a piece of the pie. Texas’s restrictions on gambling provide this boon for Louisiana. Tillman Fertitta of Landry’s fame and a native Texan figured a way around this situation. Lau Berge Casino Resort in Lake Charles was not allowed to open a second resort because of the federal trade Commission’s restrictions on monopolies. Tillman took the advantage and was [...]