NEWS & NOTES

A recruitment event was recently held in Seoul, South Korea, seeking candidates for employment at the Inspire Entertainment Resort at Incheon. Inspire, a $1.6 billion project of U.S.-based Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, is seeking to hire approximately 3,000 workers. ● Australian casino operator Crown Resorts has agreed to pay AU$1.2 million (US$804,000) in back pay to about 200 staffers at Crown Melbourne and Crown Perth. The workers were shortchanged on their pay between July 2014 and June 2020. Crown will also make a “contrition payment” and has agreed to independent audits for the next three years to ensure compliance. ● The Japanese arm of Deloitte Touche has been chosen by Osaka, Japan to provide support services for the prefecture’s planned integrated resort with casino. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s role will monitor financial, legal and technological IR-related activities of the casino complex at Yumeshima Island in Osaka Bay. ● In a 10-1 vote, the Aurora, Illinois city council recently approved Penn Entertainment’s final plans to relocate Hollywood Casino Aurora, built in 1991, from its downtown site on the Fox River to a new 18-acre location near the I-88 expressway. The new $360 million Hollywood Casino Aurora will feature a gaming floor with 900 slots and 50 live table games including a baccarat room and a poker room, plus a Barstool Sportsbook, 200-room hotel, full-service spa, bars and restaurants and a 10,000-square-foot event center. Construction will start later this year, creating 1,000 construction jobs and 700 permanent jobs. ● Camrose Casino was denied a second time in its efforts to relocate to Edmonton. Alberta’s gaming regulator said the plan lacked sufficient community support and that it would have negative consequences for local casinos and racing entertainment areas. The casino had threatened to close if they were not allowed to move 60 miles north to Edmonton. They made the first request in 2021. ● A group of sports betting companies including FanDuel, DraftKings, and BetMGM, calling themselves Sports Betting Alliance, were fined $48,000 by the Maryland State Board of Elections for failing to comply with the state’s disclosure policy. The violation was related to the state’s 2020 campaign. A spokesman for Sports Betting Alliance said it was a clerical error.