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UNLV Gaming Abstract Lakes Entertainment Company Profile |
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Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (Lakes) has development agreements for various Indian-owned casino properties and intends to manage such casinos when applicable regulatory approvals have been received and other contingencies have been satisfied. Lakes is also involved in other business activities, including development of a Company owned casino and the purchase/license or development of new table game concepts for licensing to other casinos. In addition, Lakes owns a majority interest WPT Enterprises, Inc. (WPTE), a media and entertainment company primarily involved in the creation of branded entertainment and consumer products driven by the development, production, and marketing of televised programming based on gaming themes. |
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Lakes Entertainment News |
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| Lakes Entertainment History | ||
1998: CGI Lakes established as successor to the Indian gaming business of Grand Casinos (which is absorbed by Park Place Entertainment); its name is soon changed to Lakes Gaming 1998: Lakes assumes management contracts formerly held by Grand Casinos for two Louisiana Indian casinos, Grand Casino Coushatta and Grand Casino Avoyelles 2000: Grand Casino Avoyelles management contract terminated by early buyout 2002: Grand Casino Coushatta management contract expires 2002: Lakes Gaming changes name to Lakes Entertainment 2002: World Poker Tour Enterprises founded by Steven Lipscomb, and Lakes Poker Tour, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lakes Entertainment, Inc 2004: WPTE IPO brings that company public 2005: WPTE launches a World PokerTour- branded real-money gaming website. WPTonline.com featuring a live multiplayer poker room with head-to-head and tournament play, based in Alderney |
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| Lakes Entertainment : Current Properties/Products | ||
Casinos Lakes has agreements or plans to operate six casinos; when these open, they will be added Casino Games
World Poker Tour WPT Studios WPT Consumer Products WPTCorporate Alliances WPT Online |
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| Lakes Entertainment: Financial Info online | ||
Publicly-accessible sites Lakes Gaming Investor Relations SEC filings (Lakes Site) | SEC filings (finance.yahoo) Annual Reports (1998-present) For more detailed information, check out these databases. Note: use is restricted to current UNLV faculty, staff, and students. |
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| TEMPLATE: Gaming Collection/UNLV Holdings | ||
UNLV Gaming Collection main page Financial filings [full list pending] Promotional and Public Relations materials [full list pending] |
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