It’s been an amazing run for US gambling revenue, with Nevada on a streak of billion dollar months. We just reported that New Jersey is showing increased profits from last year to this year. So it should be no surprise that the country as a whole is raking in record gaming profits. Numbers provided by the American Gaming Association and their Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker show that, as a whole, US gambling generated $4.9 billion in the month of August. It was also the 18th consecutive month that gaming revenue in America showed growth from the year before. This despite…

We’ve known that Bally’s Casino will be rebranded as the Horseshoe Las Vegas for some time now. In fact, in our last This Week in Gambling show we reported from the Strip, where we showed some of the transition well underway. There was construction removing the Bally’s sign, and the name was already off of the building. Now we know when Caesars believes the transformation will be complete. The company has finally let everyone know that the Horseshoe Las Vegas will officially be up and running in December of this year. So it looks like we get a horseshoe for…

Nevada isn’t the only state with gaming that’s doing well. New Jersey gambling revenue is also rocking, despite the threats of economic issues on the horizon. In fact, the state took in $485 million last month, which was a 7% increase year over year. The numbers were reported by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, and they show that casinos and horse tracks offering sports betting lead the charge. The nine casinos in the state  contributed over $250 million as well, which was also a growth of over 1%. So far this year, Atlantic City casinos have generated over…

If you’re going to be in and around Las Vegas this Halloween, you may want to stop off at a new Horror themed cafe near Fremont Street. The Nightmare Cafe is officially up and running in the downtown area, located in the Arts District. The spooky foot cafe will be open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And it’s located right next door to another iconic Las Vegas location, Nightmare Toys, which could help make your Halloween visit complete. While they specialize in foods with a Southern influence, such as fried okra, biscuits and gravy, and fried chicken, there are also…

Details about the new Vegas Strip resort being planned by billionaire Tilman Fertitta have been made public. The owner of the Golden Nugget casinos purchased land across from the Aria several months ago, and now we’re starting to get an idea of what’s in store. According to county records, Mr. Fertitta will put a 43 story hotel on the roughly 6 acre parcel. The resort will also have restaurants, bars, and a convention space, as one might expect. But there will also be a wedding chapel and theater which can handle 2,500 attendees. This new Vegas Strip resort will definitely…

A professional Las Vegas baseball team is looking more and more likely, now that the city of Oakland has missed a deadline to come to an agreement with their MLB franchise. The Athletics want a new stadium to play in, and the inability to get a deal wrapped up could mean that any hope of keeping the team in Oakland has now passed. A city official had recently stated that an agreement on a $1 billion ballpark on the waterfront needed to be in place by September 30th, but obviously that date has already passed. And now, he fears that…