Nebraska Voters to Consider Casino Gaming

Proponents of three measures that would amend the Nebraska constitution to allow casino gaming have been submitted the Secretary of State by Keep the Money in Nebraska. They gathered...

Published July 20, 2020

Mixed News from the Strip

Caesars Entertainment announced that Bally’s (l.) on the Las Vegas Strip will reopen July 23, while Las Vegas Sands Corporation announced that it will close its Palazzo tower...

Published July 20, 2020

Cuomo Stops NY Casinos From Reopening

New York’s four commercial casinos were removed by Governor Andrew Cuomo from his Phase IV reopening order. It is unknown when they will be able to reopen.

Published July 20, 2020

All Three Massachusetts Casinos Open

Massachusetts’s three casinos are all now open. Plainridge Park Casino led the way on July 8, followed by Encore Boston Harbor (l.) on July 12 and MGM Springfield on...

Published July 20, 2020

Arkansas Disqualifies Casino Petitions

The political group Arkansas Wins 2020 submitted 97,000 signatures on petitions to place on the ballot a constitutional amendment allowing 16 casinos statewide. However, Arkansas Secretary of State John...

Published July 20, 2020

Is Nevada Re-opening Plan the Gold Standard?

Regulatory oversight of Nevada casinos re-openings should be celebrated to provide comfort that visiting is safe, says Virginia Valentine (l.), president of the Nevada Resort Association.. Such oversight is...

Published July 20, 2020

Illinois Casinos Must Follow New Rules Or Lose Licenses

After being closed three months due to Covid-19, Illinois casinos and video gambling machine locations were allowed to reopen July 1 with new health and safety protocols. Recently Illinois...

Published July 20, 2020

Bars Take Sisolak to Court Over Second Lockdown

Governor Steve Sisolak’s (l.) most recent shutdown applies to taverns in seven Nevada counties where Covid transmission rates are spiking. Operators, however, say they’re being unfairly singled out. In...

Published July 20, 2020

Edwards Signs Casino Tax Incentive

Despite concerns about its impact on the state treasury, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (l.) signed into law an $83 million incentive allowing the state's casinos and racinos to...

Published July 20, 2020

Strip Casinos Move to Limit Smoking

Nevada regulators mandated face coverings at table games back in June, A statewide order followed shortly after requiring face coverings in all public places, including casinos. But what happens...

Published July 20, 2020

Boyd Gaming Lays Off Thousands

In line with a warning issued in May, the company is cutting 25 percent of its workforce of 25,000 in 10 states. Boyd has reopened all but three of...

Published July 20, 2020

Caesars Indiana Workers Demand Smoking Ban

Hundreds of casino workers have signed a petition demanding a smoking ban or designated smoking area at Caesars Southern Indiana. The workers earlier protested that guests did not have...

Published July 13, 2020

Coronavirus Spike: Bars Close in Vegas

With the nationwide surge in new Covid-19 infections, travel fears are on the rise. That can’t be good for the Las Vegas gaming industry, which is trying to put...

Published July 13, 2020

Massachusetts Casinos Reopen

Massachusetts’ three casinos are all scheduled to be back in business this week. The first to open was Plainridge Park Casino on July 8; the last will be the...

Published July 13, 2020

California Card Rooms Forced to Close Again

Three weeks after reopening, California’s commercial card rooms have closed their doors again, the result of a pandemic surge in the Golden State. Governor Gavin Newsom (l.) said the...

Published July 13, 2020

Illinois Casinos Reopen Under Tough New Rules

Illinois' 10 casinos have reopened with new health protocols and an assurance from the Illinois Gaming Board that it will revoke the license of properties that don’t follow them....

Published July 13, 2020

Arkansas Pro-Casino Group Presents Signatures

An Arkansas pro-casino group has gathered 97,000-plus signatures hoping to get a casino measure on the November ballot. In 2018, voters approved an amendment expanding gambling at Hot Springs...

Published July 13, 2020

Peninsula Pacific Has ‘Backup Plan’ for Virginia

Caesars Entertainment has been tapped to develop a casino in Danville, Virginia if voters approve, but Pacific Peninsula—which owns Colonial Downs—has proposed an OTB facility if that plans falls...

Published July 13, 2020

Churchill Downs Closes Florida Casino—Again

Churchill Downs Inc. shuttered its Calder Casino in Miami in March and reopened it in mid-June. Now it’s "temporarily suspended" operations again in response to a spike in Covid-19...

Published July 13, 2020

Nebraska Group Pushes for Casino Referendum

The pro-casino organization Keep the Money in Nebraska hopes to get gaming measures on the November ballot, despite past failures. To that end, it’s collected hundreds of thousands of...

Published July 13, 2020