Gambling Resorts & Casinos Industry Competitors

Boardwalk Casino, a subsidiary of casino giant MGM MIRAGE, operates the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas strip. The casino offers 550 slot machines, about 25 gaming tables, and a race and sports book in addition to its 654-room hotel, conference rooms, a live entertainment venue, two swimming pools, five restaurants, a gazebo for weddings, and about a dozen shops....

Casino Pauma is run by the Pauma Band of Mission Indians in the Pauma Valley of California near San Diego. Casino attractions include 65,000 square feet of slot machines, craps, roulette, as well as blackjack and poker. Live entertainment and dining are also available onsite....

Circus and Eldorado Joint Venture owns and operates the Silver Legacy Resort Casino in Reno, Nevada. The Silver Legacy, which features a 19th-century silver-mining theme, offers a more than 85,000-sq.-ft. casino with about 1,600 slot machines and nearly 70 table games....

Vegas, baby! Vegas! Colony Resorts LVH Acquisition is behind the famed Las Vegas Hilton, a hotel near the Strip with some 3,000 rooms and a casino with games of chance. The hotel-casino changed hands in 2004, as Caesars Entertainment sold the property to Colony Capital, a private equity firm, for $280 million....

Emperor Entertainment Hotel Limited owns and operates the Grand Emperor Hotel in Macao, the Chinese version of the Las Vegas Strip. The Grand Emperor offers 300 rooms, as well as gaming facilities, entertainment services, restaurants, and shopping outlets....

This might be one of the only times in your life that you can find a Rolling Stone pinned to The Wall as you contemplate the glamour of Ziggy Stardust. Hard Rock Hotel, Inc. owns and operates the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Using the successful cafe with the same name as its inspiration, the hotel boasts a collection of rock memorabilia as well as the giant outside guitar synonymous with the Hark Rock name....

Jacobs Entertainment wants you to come out and play. The company operates The Lodge Casino and Gilpin Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado; and the Gold Dust West Casinos in Reno, Carson City, and Elko, Nevada. The company also has about 20 truck stop video gaming facilities throughout Louisiana, and the Colonial Downs horseracing track in New Kent, Virginia; and eight satellite pari-mutuel wagering locations throughout Virginia....

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe certainly doesn't lack ingenuity. The Native American tribe owns and operates Grand Casino Mille Lacs and Grand Casino Hinckley on the Mille Lacs Reservation in rural east central Minnesota. The casinos offer bingo, blackjack, poker, slot machines, and table games....

Come on, lucky seven! Rio Properties operates the Mardi Gras and Carnival-themed Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, situated near the Las Vegas Strip. The hotel has more than 2,500 suites, while the more than 100,000-square-foot gambling area includes some 1,200 slot machines, more than 80 table games, and a race and sports betting parlor....

The Seminole Tribe of Florida owns Hard Rock Cafe International, which includes a network of more than 120 Hard Rock Cafes in some 45 countries. In addition to the Hard Rock restaurants, the Seminole Tribe owns two Seminole Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos (in Tampa and Hollywood, Florida), as well as three more non-Hard Rock casinos, also in Florida....

The Mirage Casino-Hotel imagines itself an oasis in the desert of Las Vegas. Part of the MGM MIRAGE family of about a half dozen Vegas resorts, The Mirage offers guests more than 3,000 rooms and 100,000 square feet of gambling space along with a spa, over a dozen restaurants, shops, and a handful of attractions including the famed Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden....

The dogs, slots, and money all go round and round at Wheeling Island Gaming. The company runs the Wheeling Island Racetrack & Gaming Center in Wheeling, West Virginia. The 270,000 sq. ft. facility includes more than 2,300 slot machines, a 150-room hotel, a full-service and buffet-style restaurants, as well as concession stands, lounges, and bars....

Adamar of New Jersey admires the gambler in everyone. The company operates the Tropicana Casino and Resort, the largest such complex in Atlantic City. The Tropicana offers risk takers more than 4,300 slot machines, 180 table games, a poker room, a club to view and bet on horse races around the country, a spa, eight restaurants, and more than 2,100 hotel rooms....

When you wish upon Ameristar, you can hit the jackpot on land or on boat. Ameristar Casinos owns six casino hotels and two casinos. Properties include Ameristar St. Charles and Ameristar Kansas City (both in Missouri), Ameristar Black Hawk (Colorado), and The Jackpot Properties (Nevada)....

Archon is banking on gamblers to follow the trail of the Pioneer. Formerly Santa Fe Gaming, the embattled company owns and operates one casino, the Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall, in Laughlin, Nevada. The Pioneer features some 400 guest rooms and gaming operations that consist of approximately 730 slot machines, eight blackjack tables, one craps table, one roulette wheel, and five other gaming tables....

Aztar wants a full house at its casino hotels and riverboats. The company's handful of properties include the Tropicana Express Hotel and Casino in Laughlin, Nevada, and the Tropicana Resort in Las Vegas (one of the last big redevelopment opportunities on the Vegas Strip)....

Business is booming for folks in Boomtown, but who benefits is a matter of Lady Luck. Boomtown owns and operates three Old West themed casinos in Bossier City, Louisiana; Reno, Nevada; and New Orleans. Profits from these operations flow back to Boomtown's parent, Pinnacle Entertainment....

A key ingredient for Boyd Gaming's success is -- or was -- stardust. One of the country's leading casino operators, Boyd demolished the iconic Stardust Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in 2007 to make way for a new development, Echelon Place, which is set to open in 2010....

In the 19th century, people rushed to Cripple Creek, Colorado, seeking their fortune in gold. Today, thanks to Century Casinos, they can do basically the same thing. Its Womacks Casino and Hotel in Cripple Creek offers some 500 slot machines and video devices, as well as a handful of gaming tables....

Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise operates the Pearl River Resort, which includes the Silver Star Hotel & Casino, the Golden Moon Hotel & Casino, and the Dancing Rabbit Golf Club. Both casinos offer a wide assortment of games and slots, including poker and roulette....