Fitch Ratings expects that the gaming industry, slammed by the credit crunch and consumers cutting back on discretionary spending, will not recover until 2010.

“The gaming industry experienced a greater impact from the difficult financial conditions for consumers in 2008 than many investors…

Two of the region’s biggest casino companies have poured $11.6 million since July into an effort to end Missouri’s $500 casino loss limit policy, according to campaign finance reports filed today.

Ameristar Casinos and Pinnacle Entertainment, operator of Lumiere Place Casino…

The group pushing for an end to loss limits at Missouri casinos has a new name.

It’s no longer the “Yes for Schools First Coalition.” It is, rather, “the YES on A Coalition.”

Why the change? Well, the Secretary of State recently…

Two of the region’s biggest casino companies - Ameristar Casinos and Pinnacle Entertainment - poured another $500,000 into their bid to overturn Missouri’s casino loss-limits law in the second quarter, according to a filing this week with the Missouri Ethics…

The new Lumiere Place casino complex downtown posted a small loss in its first full quarter of operation, owner Pinnacle Entertainment reported this morning.

Thanks largely to marketing and staffing expenses associated with its opening, the property lost $760,000, on $47.2…

Ameristar Casino in St. Charles opened its 400-room luxury hotel in St. Charles today.

Workers were putting in the finishing touches Monday morning on the first 100 rooms, which will open to guests this week. Another 80 to 100 rooms will open…