Southland Park Gaming & Racing

The Arkansas Racing Commission has approved full casino licenses for a Hot Springs horse-racing track and a greyhound track in western Arkansas. read more >

Two Arkansas race tracks could be one step closer to being officially licensed for casino gambling at an upcoming state racing commission meeting. 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 >

The owner of Southland Gaming & Racing in West Memphis plans a $250 million expansion — including a 96,000-SF casino complex and a 20-story high-rise hotel — in the wake of Arkansas' vote in November to allow casino gambling. read more >

Caesars Entertainment will close a second casino in Mississippi's Tunica County, as the region's years-long decline in gambling revenues continues to weigh on business. 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 >

A campaign to legalize casinos in Arkansas has raised more than $2.7 million this month from two American Indian tribes in Oklahoma and the parent owner of a dog track in West Memphis. 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 >

I Square Management, a privately-owned hotel development and management company based in Little Rock, announced on Wednesday that Troy Keeping is its new president. read more >

Campaign finance reports show the Cherokee Nation gave $6 million to the group behind a casino legalization proposal that was disqualified from the November ballot, while a dog track and horse track gave more than $1.4 million to the campaign opposing it. read more >

Operators of Arkansas' two racetracks gave more than $100,000 last month to a committee fighting a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize casinos in three counties. read more >

A tourism resource to help navigate the leadership of the largest Arkansas companies or institutions. read more >

In Arkansas, for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 78.8 million bingo “faces” —the individual game cards — were sold. That’s more than 25 for every man, woman and child in the state. read more >

Oaklawn, Southland, lottery and bingo: a look at wagers and payouts from games of chance in Arkansas. read more >