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Cleveland Leader
Columbus Casino’s Owners Finalize Deal For Beulah Park
10TV
Penn National is planning to build a $400 million casino in Columbus, with an estimated opening in the second half of 2012. According to a company spokesman …
Casino developer Penn National to buy Beulah ParkColumbus Dispatch
Penn National makes deal to buy BeulahDaily Racing Form (registration)
Penn Gaming Has Agreement to Buy Beulah ParkBloodHorse
Cincinnati Business Courier

Billionaires Carl Icahn and Donald Trump are competing for control of Trump Entertainment and its three Atlantic City casinos, with Trump trying to bring the company out of bankruptcy.

Indiana, Colorado casino owner Centaur files for bankruptcy protection; casinos remain open Bankruptcy – Casino – Gambling – United States – Games

The company that owns Indiana’s Hoosier Park casino and horse track is putting its Colorado casino up for sale as it works to revamp its payments on at least $574 million in debt under its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Centaur LLC said normal… Chapter 11 Title 11 United States Code – Casino – Hoosier Park – Indiana – United States

WANE
Ind., Colo. casino owner files bankruptcy
The Associated Press
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The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
PRESS RELEASE: Carl C. Icahn Announces Tropicana Entertainment Inc …
Wall Street Journal
“We are very excited to be reunited with the Tropicana Atlantic City Casino & Resort. It is a magnificent property and I commend the management and …
Tropicana Entertainment emerges from bankruptcyMarketWatch
Atlantic City’s Tropicana casino about to belong to IcahnPress of Atlantic City
Icahn Looking to Trump TrumpHotel Interactive, Inc.
Philadelphia Inquirer

The company that owns Indiana’s Hoosier Park casino and horse track is putting its Colorado casino up for sale as it works to revamp its payments on at least $574 million in debt under its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

It took more than two years, nearly $7.8 million in fees and a billionaire’s bargain-basement bid to rescue Atlantic City’s Tropicana Casino and Resort.

Could we see a third consecutive season with a one-game playoff for the AL Central title? It’

Sale of NJ’s Tropicana casino to billionaire Carl Icahn is completed Atlantic City New Jersey – Casino – Gambling – United States – Games

Los Angeles Times
Darchinyan defeats Guerrero, fails to impress
BoxingNews24.com
… 9 KO’s) by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California, Darchinyan said that he …
Vic Darchinyan beats Rodrigo Guerrero in super-flyweight boutLos Angeles Times
Australian Darchinyan retains WBC, WBA titlesUSA Today
Vic Darchinyan batters game, but outgunned GuerreroExaminer.com
The Desert Sun

NBC’s National Heads-Up Poker Championship is the poker equivalent to the NCAA college basketball tournament. Sixty-four players enter, and only one can be champion, which this year turned out to be Annie Duke.

Consensus rule bogs down casino revenue sharing board
Battle Creek Enquirer
A compact between the state and the tribal owners of FireKeepers Casino requires that all money-spending votes by the LRSB be unanimous. …
Casino board meets todayBattle Creek Enquirer
Casino board meets MondayBattle Creek Enquirer

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It took more than two years, nearly $7.8 million in fees to lawyers and others and a billionaire’s bargain-basement bid, but the Tropicana Casino and Resort has been salvaged by its sale to Carl Icahn, with a deal expected to close Monday afternoon.

The new owner of the Planet Hollywood resort has been pressuring the Privé and Living Room nightclubs to either pay their past-due rent and expenses or vacate the premises.

Casino News Authority
Atlantic City’s Tropicana casino about to belong to Icahn
Press of Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY – Tropicana Casino and Resort’s drawn-out sale will finally come to an end today when buyers led by billionaire investor Carl Icahn close the …
Pa. casino hotels are A.C.’s new threat | Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/07/2010Philadelphia Inquirer
Las Vegas Sands Corp Pennsylvania Expansion And Morgan Stanley’s $300 Million …Calida Gaming (blog)
Morgan Stanley Asks New Jersey for $300 Million Toward CasinoOnline Casino Advisory
Cherry Hill Courier Post

Fight over planned casino spreads to Ariz. gov’t
BusinessWeek
A plan by a southern Arizona Indian tribe to build a casino and resort in the Phoenix area has divided tribes, split cities and is now …
Las Vegas Style Casino Plans Fuel Debate In ArizonaCasino Gambling Web
Fight over planned casino spreads to LegislatureKGUN
Hot Links: Palo Verde Explosion, Frat Stabbing, and CasinosPhoenix New Times (blog)

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B. Sharps is the head oddsmaker for Legends.com . Well, players, a busy week has come to and end and it was a battle with the books barely getting the best of it.

It took more than two years, nearly $7.8 million in fees to lawyers and other consultants, and a billionaire’s bargain-basement bid to rescue Atlantic City’s Tropicana Casino and Resort.

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Hoosier Park owner files Chapter 11
Daily Racing Form (registration)
The parent company of Hoosier Park racetrack and casino in Indiana filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Saturday, according to court records …
Hoosier Park Parent Files for Chapter 11BloodHorse
Lawrence Co. Racino Developer files for bankruptcy protectionWCN (WestminsterCollege Network)
Hoosier Park owner Centaur files for bankruptcyThoroughbred Times
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