Billionaire Fertitta Considers IPO

Texas billionaire, casino and restaurant owner Tilman Fertitta (l.), is considering taking those parts of his empire public with an IPO. He needs to raise money to pay down...

Published December 7, 2020

Illinois Commences Gambling Addiction Study

A $500,000, 1-year-long study by the Illinois Department of Human Services recently launched with the goals of helping the agency plan future problem gambling prevention programs and increase access...

Published November 30, 2020

Monorail Sale Approved to LVCVA

The sale for $24.2 million of the Las Vegas Monorail to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, has been approved by a bankruptcy judge. The sale will make...

Published November 30, 2020

Atlantic City Brings Back Live Entertainment

Atlantic City casinos have taken the first small steps to bring back live entertainment. Though headliners in the showrooms and arenas still remain elusive under Covid-19 restrictions, lounge style...

Published November 30, 2020

Gateway Arches Brighten Downtown Las Vegas

After a truck damaged a welcome sign in downtown Las Vegas, the city embarked on creating 80-foot-high steel arches known as the Gateway Arches. The new $6.5 million landmark...

Published November 30, 2020

Caesars Gets 1-Year Extension For Horseshoe Sale

Caesars Entertainment received a 1-year extension from the Indiana Gaming Commission to sell the Horseshoe Hammond Casino (l.). Commissioners agreed Covid-19 and possible gambling expansion in Illinois created "unique...

Published November 30, 2020

Indiana Spectacle Investigation Nearly Complete

The Indiana Gaming Commission has been investigating Spectacle Entertainment for several months regarding actions that could lead to the loss of its license and placing new casinos in Gary...

Published November 30, 2020

Illinois Casino Will Be Golden Nugget Danville

The new casino to be developed in Danville, Illinois will be branded Golden Nugget and feature an iconic Landry's seafood restaurant (l.). Also, Golden Nugget Online Gaming Inc. and...

Published November 30, 2020

Atlantic City Third Quarter Earnings Fall

The casino industry in Atlantic City saw profits decline more than 37 percent in the third quarter despite seeing the properties reopen, albeit with restrictions. Only Ocean Casino Resort...

Published November 30, 2020

Adelson Eyes Legalized Casino Gambling In Texas

Las Vegas Sands Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson (l.) donated $4.5 million to Republicans running for the Texas House in the recent election cycle and hired eight...

Published November 30, 2020

Covid Continues to Dog U.S. Casinos

As Covid-19 cases continue to soar in Illinois, Governor J.B. Pritzker (l.) ordered the state's 10 casinos and 37,459 video gambling machines in 7,135 locations to close indefinitely. It...

Published November 30, 2020

Elon Musk’s Company Reveals LV People Mover Route

The Boring Company has unveiled the proposed route for an underground people mover (l.) to serve downtown Las Vegas. If built it could save considerable time for commuters and...

Published November 23, 2020

New Jersey Agency Approves New Dorm, Waterpark

The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority approved a new six story, 416-bed dorm for the Atlantic City campus of Stockton University. The agency also gave preliminary approval for an indoor...

Published November 23, 2020

New York Comptroller Questions Problem Gambling Resources

A report issued by New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli (l.) addressed whether problem gambling services are receiving enough funding, while more than $270 million is spent yearly to...

Published November 23, 2020

$1 Million Fishing Contest Comes to Atlantic City

A fishing tournament with a $1 million prize purse comes to the Golden Nugget Atlantic City Senator Frank S. Farley State Marina (l.) July 12 to 17. Dubbed Jimmy...

Published November 23, 2020

LV Convention Business Returns Slowly

Conventions are one of Las Vegas’s biggest moneymakers. The massive CES convention (l.) won’t return this year. Shows are not expected to resume at least before next June.

Published November 23, 2020

Station Casinos Plans New Las Vegas Valley Casino

Station Casinos is mulling developing a new property on South Durango Drive in Las Vegas, even though the Las Vegas locals operator has still not reopened four of its...

Published November 23, 2020

Wisconsin Judge Holds ‘Skill Games’ Legal

A Wisconsin judge has ruled that video gaming machines in convenience stores (l.) are not gambling devices, because of a preview feature that involves a choice by the player.

Published November 23, 2020

Nebraska Gambling Initiatives Will Benefit Racing

Nebraska voters overwhelmingly approved three initiatives that will greatly benefit horseracing. Purses at Fonner Park in Grand Island will increase, said Chief Executive Officer Chris Kotulak (l.), similar to...

Published November 23, 2020

Urbana, Illinois Approves Video Gambling Terminal Increase

In a 4-1 vote, the city council in Urbana, Illinois approved allowing bars and restaurants to offer six video gambling terminals, not five. The increase was authorized by gambling...

Published November 23, 2020