Oaklawn Racing & Gaming

Oaklawn Racing and Gaming announces that it will now be known as Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. read more >

Jim Shamburger owns the Best Western Winner Circle Inn just across the street from Oaklawn Racing & Gaming in Hot Springs. When Oaklawn announced in mid-November its plans for a $100 million expansion on site to include a 200-room hotel, an 28,000-SF casino and a 14,000-SF events center, Shamburger couldn’t have been happier. read more >

Eric Jackson, vice president of Oaklawn Racing and Gaming, told the Rotary Club of Little Rock Tuesday details of the horse track’s history and its immediate future. read more >

Both Oaklawn and Southland have nine-figure plans for new casino space and soaring hotels, but they’re taking opposite approaches. read more >

Sports wagering is coming to Arkansas although its final form and true impact remain unknown. read more >

Terry Wallace, the longtime race announcer at Oaklawn Racing and Gaming in Hot Springs, died at age 74, track officials confirmed Thursday. read more >

Arkansas voters approved an amendment to the state's constitution allowing licenses for four casinos: two existing gambling facilities and two others that will be built. Now questions remain about where and when gambling will happen, and about how much revenue the casinos will generate. read more >

Two Native American tribes triumphed last week when the Arkansas secretary of state’s office said enough signatures had been gathered to put a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 6 ballot and let voters decide on legalizing casino gambling. read more >

Joan Botts has been hired as director of marketing for Oaklawn Racing & Gaming in Hot Springs. read more >

Director of Gaming Bruce Jones and Controller Scott Frederick have both been promoted to Oaklawn’s senior management team. read more >

The fourth-generation Cella running Oaklawn outlines his goals and recalls great moments with his dad, who died in December. read more >

Louis Cella, whose family founded the Oaklawn Jockey Club in 1904, has been named president of the Hot Springs racetrack and gaming facility as well as Southwestern Enterprises Inc. read more >

So what does an inventive and industrious tourism marketer do when he already has many of the state’s top attractions? In Hot Springs, one answer is coming up with weirder, stranger things. read more >

Wayne Smith was named general manager in March, becoming Oaklawn’s sixth general manager. read more >

Double-digit growth has been a constant companion for Advanced Cabling Systems LLC during its first 20 years of business. read more >

Oaklawn Racing & Gaming announces that Wayne Smith will be its sixth general manager, as longtime leader Eric Jackson steps down. read more >

The day after CJRW signed a hotly contested $34.5 million advertising contract on Feb. 16, a team led by Gary Heathcott at CJRW was busy putting a new face to the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. read more >

It wasn’t smooth, but the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has a new advertising agency, CJRW of Little Rock. read more >

Morgan Baden has been hired as the marketing director of Moses Tucker Real Estate in Little Rock. read more >

The Office of State Procurement has rejected the second of two rival protests to the awarding of a five year, $34.5 million contract to Little Rock advertising agency CJRW to work for the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. read more >