Tag Archives: Closure
Philippines – Subic Bay Authority orders Oriental Paradise to close
Oriental Paradise Casino has been ordered to shut by The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in the Philippines for violating a revenue-sharing agreement. Its owner, Frontier Wish International Ltd. (FWIL), was given a cease and desist order by SBMA chair Roberto Garcia after the casino ignored the agency’s request for payment. Casinos operated by the…
China – Macau’s MGTO orders temporary closure of Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel
The Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel, which hosts the Greek Mythology casino, in Macau has been ordered to close for six months as a punishment for “serious administrative irregularities which constitute threats to public safety.” The decision was made by the Tourism Activities Centre the Government Tourism Office (MGTO) who ordered the temporary closure on July…
Russia – Azov City granted January 1 2019 operating deadline
Casinos in the closing Russian gaming Zone of Azov City have been told they must close by the start of 2019. The State Duma has approved a bill to extend the licences in the Azov City gambling zone in the Scherbinovskiy region. Three casinos are in operation in the gambling zone; Casino Shambala, Casino Nirvana…
Greece – Greek Commission orders temporary closure of Club Hotel Loutraki
Greece’s Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP) has ordered the temporary closure of Club Hotel Loutraki for not adhering to a court ruling demanding the casino pays €1.8m in gaming tax that it owes from the last three months. The casino’s owners admitted that they owed the amount and promised to settle it immediately. The commission is…
US – Isle of Capri to close Natchez casino
Isle of Capri Casinos is to close its casino property in Natchez, Mississippi, and has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Natchez hotel and certain related non-gaming assets to Casino Holding Investment Partners, LLC, the parent company of Magnolia Bluffs Casino, for $11.5m. The transaction is expected to close in October 2015, subject…
US – Riviera confirms it will close its doors for the last time on May 4
The Riviera Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip is to shut on May 4 just a fortnight after it celebrates its 60th anniversary. In February, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors voted to buy the Riviera for $191m with the plan of tearing down the property to make way…
US – Chukchansi Gold Casino ordered to close
The National Indian Gaming Commission has issued an order closing the Chukchansi Gold Casino as of October 27, 2014 because of failures to submit audits and financial statements by the past Tribal Councils and Tribal Gaming Commissions headed by former Tribal leaders Reggie Lewis, Nancy Ayala and Chance Alberta. Lewis, Ayala and Alberta led Councils…
Puerto Rico – Dorado del Mar Beach Casino closes in Puerto Rico
Another casino has been forced to close in Puerto Rico leaving 53 people jobless after it was announced that the casino at the Embassy Suites Dorado del Mar Beach Resort would no longer be open for business. Owned by the Hilton Hotel and Resorts chain, the closure is the third casino to close in the…
US – Suffolk Downed by Wynn’s casino victory
Having been beaten by the Wynn Everett proposal, Suffolk Downs racetrack will be shutting up shop claiming it cannot remain in operation without the casino license it had bid for in partnership Mohegan Sun. Suffolk Downs was one of just two horse racetracks in Boston and the only thoroughbred track. It had invested US3.25m on…
