Report: Grand Sierra Resort Owner Alex Meruelo Backing Judicial Candidate

Billionaire Alex Meruelo (l.), owner of the Grand Sierra Resort and Sahara Las Vegas casinos, is the main backer of a Washoe County judicial candidate that is challenging a...

Published November 2, 2020

MotorCity Casino to Refinance Debt

MotorCity Casino Hotel, located in Detroit, Michigan, has gotten approval from the Michigan Gaming Control Board to refinance its debt. This will give it more liquidity in case there...

Published November 2, 2020

Return of Table Games Doesn’t Cause Bay State Casinos to Rebound

The addition of table games, including roulette and craps, doesn’t appear to have significantly boosted attendance at Massachusetts’s Encore Boston Harbor (l.) and MGM Springfield casinos. Attendance is still...

Published November 2, 2020

Nevada Governor Has Plan for Bigger Conventions

Governor Steve Sisolak (l.) plans to unveil a plan soon that he hopes will help revive Nevada’s convention industry. The governor is asking that organizations that had planned to...

Published November 2, 2020

Casino Expansion Draws Mixed Reactions

In Maryland, the Worcester County Commission approved an overlay zone for an entertainment district that eventually could allow Ocean Downs Casino to build a hotel. Local hotel officials said...

Published November 2, 2020

Atlantic City Casino Workforce Down 17.5 Percent

Atlantic City’s casino workforce was down significantly for a third straight month after a nearly four-month shutdown for Covid-19. Atlantic City’s nine casinos reported 22,503 jobs in September 4,782...

Published November 2, 2020

Boyd to Delay Opening of Downtown Casinos

During a third quarter call with investors, Boyd Gaming Corporation CEO Keith Smith revealed the company will not reopen three Downtown Las Vegas casinos, including Main Street Station (l.),...

Published November 2, 2020

Cromwell Becomes Last Caesars Strip Property to Reopen

The Cromwell just reopened as an adults-only casino. Cromwell is the last Strip casino owned by Caesars Entertainment to reopen following the Covid shutdowns.

Published November 2, 2020

Virgin Hotels Approved in Las Vegas

The Nevada Gaming Commission licensed Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment to operate Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Mohegan becomes the first tribal company to run a casino in Las Vegas when...

Published November 2, 2020

U.S. Casinos Seeking Covid-19 Recovery Relief

The U.S. casino industry is looking for help to recover from Covid-19 lockdowns in the form of tax and regulatory relief, according to American Gaming Association President Bill Miller...

Published November 2, 2020

Twin River, Gaming and Leisure Buy Tropicana in Indiana

As part of its requirement to shed properties in the Eldorado Resorts merger, Caesars Entertainment Inc. sold Tropicana Evansville in Indiana. The buyers included Gaming and Leisure Properties and...

Published November 2, 2020

Voters In Seven States Face Gambling Questions

Gambling issues are on the ballots in seven states on Tuesday. In South Dakota, Louisiana and Maryland, voters will determine if they want to allow sports betting. Colorado voters...

Published November 2, 2020

Iowa Approves Greyhound Racing for 2021

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission has approved a pari-mutuel license for Iowa Greyhound Park in Dubuque for 2021. The commission also approved year-round simulcasting at the park and...

Published October 26, 2020

Pennsylvania Casino Poker Rooms Reopen

The poker rooms at Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County and Mohegan Sun Pocono in Luzerne County in Pennsylvania were allowed by the state Gaming Control Board to...

Published October 26, 2020

Circa Resort & Casino Debuts Two Retail Concepts

When Las Vegas’s newest casino, Circa Resort & Casino, opens October 28, it will include two retail concepts, Circa Collections and Fuel, done with its retail partner Marshall Retail...

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Hard Rock’s Vinyl Will be Rebranded as Virgin’s 24 Oxford

Vinyl (l.), a small showroom which operated for many years as the Hard Rock Hotel’s entertainment venue, will be rebranded as 24 Oxford when it reopens as Virgin Hotels...

Published October 26, 2020

Proposed Missouri Smoking Ban Advances

An ordinance banning smoking at the St. Jo Frontier Casino (l.) passed the first reading. It was proposed by Councilman PJ Kovac who previously voted against the mayor's mask...

Published October 26, 2020

MGM Springfield: No Increase in Problem Gaming

The MGM Springfield opened two years ago. A study commissioned by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission has determined that its increase in gambling has not led to a similar rise...

Published October 26, 2020

Star Acts Return to MGM Resorts Casinos

MGM Resorts casinos are the latest to bring back entertainment in Las Vegas, when some of its longest running acts return November 6. David Copperfield (l.), Brad Garrett and...

Published October 26, 2020

Steel Girders Lifted for MSG Sphere Project

The MSG Sphere moved a step closer to reality when two 240-ton steel girders lifted 140 feet off the ground.

Published October 26, 2020