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 [...]
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With Michigan Gambling Opposition’s latest appeal turned down 2-1 in the U.S. Court of Appeals in April, there still appear to be several obstacles to the Gun Lake tribe’s plans for a casino in Wayland Township. A compact will the state still awaits a vote in the state senate, and MichGO is pursuing further court [...]
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The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians recently closed financing for its FireKeepers Casino, to be built near Interstate 94 and 11 Mile Road southeast of Battle Creek. FireKeepers Development Authority, an unincorporated instrument of the tribe, issued $340 million in senior notes due in 2015. The casino will be owned by the tribe and [...]
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We are hearing various rumblings about what the House will do regarding the smoking ban, but nothing appears set in stone. One unfavorable outcome is that they may introduce a version of the smoking ban only exempting casinos. If this happens, it is likely that amendments will be proposed to exempt charitable bingos and/or the [...]
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If your bingo blower motor is slowing down, the first thing that you should examine is the blower filter. Over time, a bingo blower filter can build up a lot of dirt and this will slow down performance. So, if your bingo blower’s filter is dirty, change your filter. If your bingo blower is still [...]
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A number of private clubs have reported recent pulltab thefts from their pulltab machines. Following is a letter that the Charitable Gaming Division has sent out to all of our annual pulltab licensed accounts. Dear Annual Charity Game Licensee: A week ago, a series of ticket machine crimes began that targeted VFW and American Legion [...]
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STANDISH – Five months after opening, Saganing Eagles Landing Casino will spawn at least three new ventures in Standish in coming months, including an 80-bed hotel, tribal planners say. Developers posted signs this week announcing the hotel, a restaurant/travel plaza and a sporting goods store that will include a mini specialty mall. There’s more. As [...]
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How to Avoid Duplicate Bingo Cards with Case Bingo Paper Case paper is a box of multiple sheets of bingo paper that are all the same color. These paper sheets are generally sold for specific bingo games in a program (such as a large jackpot) in addition to collated game books. Typically case paper is [...]
We sometimes hear complaints from bingo chairpeople that they occasionally have bingo players with duplicate bingo cards. This can be a problem for bingos because bingo players are forced to share every prize with another bingo player who is playing the exact same bingo book as them. Not only this, but sometimes duplicate bingo books [...]
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Colorado casino revenues in April fell for the fourth straight month since the smoking ban took effect in January, dropping 7.1 percent from March and down 12.5 percent from April, 2007. For the full story, please see Casino revenues drop for 4th month since smoking ban The Gazette, May 16, 2008.
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