MGM Resorts International has been recognized for its dedication to volunteer service. The company was named an honoree of the 2018 Civic 50, which recognizes corporations that ...
27 June 2018
By Michelle Williams, MassLive.com, Springfield, Mass. (TNS)
As the U.S. and China steam toward a full-fledged trade war, American casinos across the world could become collateral damage. “The risks for Sheldon Anderson’s Sands casinos are quite high,” says China Market Research Managing Director Shaun Rein. “It is quite possible that China will target his casinos specifically because he is a ...
26 June 2018
By Muhammad Cohen, Forbes
The last time there was so much hype about the future of this troubled seaside resort, Donald Trump was doing most of the hyping. The president, then a casino impresario, opened the Trump Taj Mahal with great fanfare in 1990 ...
26 June 2018
By Patrick Mcgeehan and John Taggart, New York Times News Service
Initial tests show samples of drinking water in Laughlin are meeting water-quality standards but officials want to conduct more tests before lifting an boil-water advisory that's been in place since ...
25 June 2018
Associated Press
Players of the video game phenomenon "Fortnite" will face off this weekend on the Strip, with about 100 people expected to take part in the Fortnite in the Park tournament from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday at ...
25 June 2018
By Mick Akers
A terminally ill New Jersey man says he got one of his last wishes fulfilled this week: to drink a cold beer and play a few more hands of blackjack at his favorite casino in Atlantic City. John Mudry and his family visited Bally's Atlantic City on Tuesday to fulfill one ...
24 June 2018
Associated Press
Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem is still Pennsylvania's table games king, but in recent months its stranglehold on the throne doesn't seem quite as firm. For instance, in May, Sands Bethlehem generated $19.6 million in table games revenue, the 15th-highest monthly total in ...
21 June 2018
By Jon Harris, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. (TNS)
Palace Station’s $192 million modernization is nearly complete, enhancing the flagship Station Casinos property with upgrades to amenities, gaming and dining. The ...
21 June 2018
By Mick Akers
Before joining Foxwoods, Rappaport worked Station Casinos, Hershey Entertainment and Resort Co. Mirage and Treasure Island ...
20 June 2018
By Associated Press
The Silverton saw a gambler hit the largest jackpot in the property’s history. An unidentified player won $3.2 million June 9 with a $5 wager ...
19 June 2018
By Mick Akers
Thousands of unionized workers at Las Vegas casino-resorts operated by MGM Resorts International, including Bellagio, Aria and Mandalay Bay, approved a new five-year contract ...
19 June 2018
By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press
When Revel, Atlantic City's $2.4 billion casino shut down in 2014, Meg Timson wondered what would happen to a building that was only ...
18 June 2018
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Housekeepers, bartenders and other unionized workers at Las Vegas casino-resorts operated by Caesars Entertainment approved a new five-year contract, ending the possibility of a strike at those properties. A few thousand members of the Culinary Union voted in ...
14 June 2018
By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press
In 1978, the Democratic governor of New Jersey threw the first dice at an Atlantic City casino to kick off an era of legal gambling in the state. Forty years later ...
14 June 2018
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
The casino told The Associated Press it will begin taking sports bets at 11 a.m. That's 30 minutes after Gov. Phil Murphy places the state's first legal sports ...
13 June 2018
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
