Bloomfield Hills businessman Tom Celani said Thursday he will offer to buy the bankrupt Greektown Casino for $450 million. Celani, one-time part owner of MotorCity Casino, told The Detroit News his lawyers would file the purchase plan with the bankruptcy court today. He said he has partnered with Connecticut-based hedge fund Plainfield Asset Management to [...]

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Area businesses are looking for a boost if a casino is built in Toledo. “Definitely, because once people try the food here, they come back,” said Greg Shubeta, owner of Shubie’s Ice Cream & Grill in Rossford. Some area businesses in Rossford are already counting the dollars and sense from Ohio’s proposed casinos, even before [...]

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After more than a year, the Chapter 11 saga of bankrupt Greektown Casino-Hotel is moving toward conclusion, but the casino’s owners aren’t in for a happy ending. Likely to be a victim of the casino’s restructuring will be the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa, which also operates smaller gambling halls in the Upper Peninsula. [...]

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The question of whether Ohio Governor Ted Strickland’s executive order authorizing the Ohio Lottery to install video lottery terminals (VLTs) at the state’s racetracks has landed — as expected — in the Ohio Supreme Court. And another proposal to legalize full-service casinos, sponsored in part by Penn National Gaming, owner of Toledo Raceway Park, will [...]

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As those of us in the charity gaming business here in Michigan know, the popularity of poker has increased dramatically over the last decade. Charity poker halls have opened up throughout the state, and may one day equal or pass the number of charity bingo halls in operation. With that said, this year’s WSOP event [...]

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Although there’s no mention of the bingo hall that will open, the following excerpt from Indian Country Today gives a quick account of what to expect from the new FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek. Due to open in August, the casino may become the premier gambling destination for western Michigan. One year after the Nottawaseppi [...]

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FireKeepers Casino has already had an impact on Emmett Township, where it will open in early August along I-94. But area officials are both hoping and fearing the $300 million facility’s footprint will be larger than Emmett’s boundaries. Since talk of the casino first arose more than a decade ago, officials spoke of the good [...]

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After a 13-day impasse, the Ohio legislature yesterday rocketed a new state budget to the governor that Democrats say makes the best of a bad economic hand dealt to the state but Republicans say is a gamble that won’t pay off. The bill allows Gov. Ted Strickland to add electronic video slot machines at Ohio’s [...]

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When FireKeepers Casino opens in early August the Battle Creek dining scene will heat up with the addition of five new dining options to include, Nibi, Caf 24/7, Mijem Buffet, Chi Mon-ee’s and Amazen Blazen Grab & Go. Under the leadership of Executive Chef Michael McFarlen, the restaurants will offer a wide variety of fresh [...]

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Officials at Pine Creek Reservation, the Emmett Township Department of Public Safety and FireKeepers Casino are scrambling to get public safety agreements in place before the casino’s early August opening. That’s because the agreements “have hit a last-minute snag,” township Supervisor Gene Adkins said at the board’s meeting Thursday. The township board on Thursday postponed [...]

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