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
Las Vegas Sands is in talks to sell some or all of its Strip assets — the Venetian, Palazzo, and the Sands Expo and Convention Center. A Sands spokesman today confirmed a report by Bloomberg that the company is “exploring the sale of its flagship casinos in Las Vegas.”
26 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath
The new kid on the block, Circa is also a beacon on the horizon of a gloomy economy decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.
25 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath
The Cromwell, one of a handful of Las Vegas casinos still closed after the coronavirus shutdown was lifted, will open next week, according to a news release from ...
22 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Circa Las Vegas owner Derek Stevens is sitting in the massive sports book at his new downtown property. He looks around at the bright lights, projection screens and other features and can’t help soaking it all in.
21 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath
A forensic expert must examine the personal phone of an Atlantic City casino executive accused of taking valuable data on the Borgata's top customers to his new job at ...
16 October 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Las Vegas casino owner Michael Gaughan said he hopes the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is over by the spring, but Las Vegas might not fully recover until 2022.
16 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath
New Jersey's fast-growing sports betting market blew past its own national record in September, taking in more than $748 million in bets from sports gamblers finally ...
15 October 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
A coastal Mississippi city will be among the first sites to launch a hotel and casino backed by a major global ...
15 October 2020
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