Greyhound Offers Direct Service to Barona Casino - DALLAS, TX -- Greyhound casino service, called Lucky Streak, now takes passengers to the front door of the Barona Casino, located in San Diego, CA. A round trip Greyhound ticket is priced at $15 and entitles customers to a $5 Barona Casino voucher to play games, 50 percent off the Barona buffet and 50 percent off their next Greyhound trip. Greyhound schedules to Barona leave Monday through Friday from the Greyhound terminals in Los Angeles and the downtown Greyhound location in Tijuana. Each bus makes stops in Anaheim, Santa Ana, Oceanside, Escondido, San Diego and San Ysidro. Greyhound Lucky Streak service is offered across the country to casinos in Atlantic City; Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut; Caesars in Lake Tahoe, California; Lady Luck Casino in Las Vegas; and the Sands Regency, Flamingo Hilton and Reno Hilton in Reno, Nevada. For more information on Greyhound Lucky Streak casino service call 1-888-2THEBUS (888-284-3287).

California Investor to Purchase Resorts Atlantic City - ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - The grand dame of the Boardwalk has a wealthy new partner who wants to restore some of her faded luster. Colony Capital LLC, a private investment firm with $6 billion in assets, won regulatory approval Match 28 to buy Resorts Atlantic City for $140 million. The deal was closed on March 30. Colony plans to add a 500-room hotel towel and is examining the possibility of developing a 10-acre property next door that is currently used for surface parking. Colony Capital, based in Beverly Hill, CA, is an international investment firm that specializes in real estate assets and operating companies but also owns Harvey's Casino Resort of Lake Tahoe, NV.

MGM Mirage to Develop Detroit Casino Riverfront Site - LAS VEGAS, NV - MGM Mirage on March 30 said it has signed an agreement with the city of Detroit to build a permanent casino on property along the Detroit River, and it expects to begin construction in summer 2002. The company did not disclose the cost of the project. MGM Mirage already operates a casino in a temporary location in downtown Detroit along with two other operators who have pledged money to develop land into a park near the new, permanent MGM Mirage riverfront casino. The other operators, MotorCity Casino and Greektown Casino, will remain at their present locations and construct their permanent hotel-casinos there, MGM Mirage said in a statement.