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Mohegan Sun has reached agreements with two labor groups to hire union carpenters and tradesmen should it win approval to build a casino in Revere, Massachusetts.
The company also said Sunday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with several other Boston unions to allow for unionization of the casino’s permanent workforce.
Mohegan Sun is vying for the state’s only gambling license in the Boston area. Company executives have proposed a $1.3 billion resort on about 42 acres of land owned by Suffolk Downs horse track in Revere.
Mohegan Sun officials tell The Boston Globe the union agreements show they are committed to developing a healthy workforce if they secure both the state gambling license and voters’ approval.

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An Alabama woman got double lucky at a Mississippi casino, hitting $90,000 jackpots two days in a row.
Charlotte Moncrief of Anniston says the first came on her first pull on a $100 machine on New Year’s Day.
She returned the next day to the Silver Star Hotel and Casino in Philadelphia, Miss. - nearly a 4-hour drive from Anniston - and won again.
The Silver Star is one of two casinos at Pearl River Resort, owned by The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. A press release called it the luckiest New Year ever.

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A landmark Gardnerville, Nevada casino has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after approval of a reorganization plan.
Owner Hal Holder told Gardnerville’s Record-Courier that the plan presented to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Bruce Beesely was approved after a hearing last month.
Sharkey’s filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April to prevent a trustee’s sale after the company was accused of owing creditors $3.7 million.
Holder says no employee was released or had work hours reduced due to the filing, and all vendors, suppliers and creditors will be fully paid.
He says business continued to improve during the eight months it operated under Chapter 11 and capital improvements will move forward unabated.
Holder says he purchased Sharkey’s from Milos “Sharkey” Begovich on a handshake in January 2002 for $5 million.

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The U.K.’s famous (infamous ?) newspaper, the Guardian, which gave you the Snowden wikileaks information regarding spying by the National Security Administration (NSA), has given its approval of the Macau marketing strategy that is targeting China’s middle-class families.
According to the Macau Daily Times, a special correspondent was sent to the world’s gambling capital to see how Macau’s economy has been shaped around the gambling industry.
The correspondent described Macau as “a fitting Chinese counterpoint, a temple to the acquisition of extreme wealth by any means necessary.” But, as of now, he wrote, two-thirds of the gambling revenue still comes from closed-door VIP rooms, which are controlled by “junket operators.”
The Guardian, said the Times, portrays Macau as a city trying to reinvent itself with casinos providing not only gaming activities but also “lavish resorts, high-end shopping malls and elaborate stage show.”
The Macau Venetian (a property operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corp.), noted a Macau tourism expert at the University of Macau, “is leading the transformation” with a variety of entertainment presentations.
The bottom line, however, said another Macau professor, is that “Chinese gamblers don’t come here for fun; they come here to win…and play baccarat until first light.”
After wracking up more than $45 billion in gambling revenues during 2013, Macau, say analysts, will still enjoy revenue growth of 20 percent in this new year.

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A North Carolina company that attempted to provide illegal casino-style games to California cyber cafes is being sued by the City of Los Angeles.
The company, Figure 8 Technologies, was charged with unfair competition and false advertising. Prosecutors contend the company provided illegal games that masqueraded as legal sweepstakes.
The lawsuit says the games spun reels or dealt virtual cards as in real casino games. Players bought and wagered in points and their winnings could be redeemed for cash.
There were five cyber cafes involved and all are out of business, officials say.

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Some 1,600 workers will lose their jobs next week with the closing of the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. But, there is still hope of employment for some of them.
Operators of Maryland Live!, a casino owned by the Cordish Cos. and located in Arundel Mill Mall, halfway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., in Hanover, Maryland, has scheduled a jobs fair next month.
Maryland Live! said it has openings for 100 workers and interviews would be held for the employees being terminated by the closing of the Atlantic City casino.

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