Mandalay Bay and the Mirage will close their hotels midweek beginning later this month. They join a growing number of Strip resorts closed during the week because of soft customer demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic ...
20 November 2020
By Bryan Horwath
America's casinos are recovering from months of closures necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak, having regained 81% of the gambling revenue they saw in the ...
16 November 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
DraftKings wants to start plucking UNLV graduate talent in the area of casino game research and development. A $100,000 multiyear sponsorship agreement ...
15 November 2020
By Bryan Horwath
An NCAA official voiced concern Thursday over sports betting on the performance of individual student-athletes, and she suggested that gambling regulators consider ...
12 November 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
A Las Vegas lawyer who previously provided legal advice to Nevada gaming regulators as an assistant attorney general has been named chairman of ...
10 November 2020
By Bryan Horwath
New Jersey lawmakers want to amend the state constitution to allow sports betting on all major collegiate games, removing a big restriction in a wagering market that is smashing ...
9 November 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
The U.S. gambling industry won big at the polls Tuesday, with three states authorizing legal sports betting and three others either approving or expanding casino gambling.
4 November 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
The outgoing chairwoman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board is taking position on the Fidelity National Financial board of directors. Sandra Douglass Morgan said today she ...
30 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath
MGM Resorts International is considering closing some of its Las Vegas Strip properties during the middle of the week, company officials said today. “We’re ...
29 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Sandra Douglass Morgan is resigning as chairwoman and executive director of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, Gov. Steve Sisolak said today. Morgan will ...
29 October 2020
By John Sadler
Joe Yalda has worked for Station Casinos since he was a 16-year-old sophomore at Durango High School. He was drawn to the company because it treated its employees like family, he said. What he didn’t realize then was that his family ...
29 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath
The online sports betting company FanDuel will open an in-person sports book at Bally's casino in Atlantic City once the casino's sale to a Rhode Island company is finalized. When that happens, all nine Atlantic City casinos will have ...
28 October 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Las Vegas visitation is trending up but remains significantly behind last year’s pace, according to report released today by the region’s top tourism agency. In September ...
28 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath
A stat correction that changed a sack to a tackle for loss in the Chicago Bears-Los Angeles Rams game Monday caused a $997,000 fantasy football heartbreak for ...
28 October 2020
ESPN
The U.S. casino industry is seeking tax and regulatory relief from the government as it tries to recover from the coronavirus outbreak, which cost states more than $2 billion in lost tax revenue while casinos were shut down for four months this year. While 90% of casinos have reopened, they ...
27 October 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
