Ohio Gaming Revenues Pick Up

Three months of Covid-19 closures caused Ohio's 11 casinos and racinos to lose $487.5 million year-on-year in the first half of 2020. But business has been on the rise...

Published July 13, 2020

PA Bans Smoking in Casinos Due to Mask Requirement

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has temporarily banned smoking on casino floors in keeping with a state directive requiring masks in all indoor venues. The ban was ordered July...

Published July 13, 2020

Maryland Revenues Paltry On Reopening

Maryland’s six casinos posted revenues of $35 million for June, a measly total compared to $143 million in June 2019. Lawmakers are looking at ways close the gap, including...

Published July 13, 2020

Lockdown Drags On for N.Y. Casinos, Racinos

New York’s commercial gaming industry has been shuttered for more than three months and will remain so after it was excluded from the state’s latest round of statewide reopenings....

Published July 13, 2020

Pennsylvania to Revive Mini-Casino Auctions

Regulators in Pennsylvania say they will revive an effort to auction off 10 licenses for mini-casinos, in an effort to boost state gaming taxes in the wake of the...

Published July 13, 2020

Nevada, Indiana Gives Go-Ahead to Eldorado-Caesars Merger

The $17.3 billion mega-merger of Eldorado Resorts and Caesars Entertainment took a big step forward with a unanimous endorsement from the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the state Gaming...

Published July 13, 2020

A.C. Casinos Reopen, Cautiously

Most of Atlantic City’s nine casinos reopened July 2, welcoming guests for the busy Fourth of July holiday. For the most part, the game plan worked, despite a last...

Published July 13, 2020

Covid Hampers Colorado City’s Redevelopment Plans

The small casino town of Central City, Colorado, has big plans to recreate itself as an arts and culture destination. Those plans have smashed full on into the effects...

Published July 6, 2020

Gaming Company Donated to Missouri Governor PAC

Torch Electronics, which places gambling machines in gas stations and bars in Missouri, recently gave $90,000 to a political action committee connected to lobbyist Steve Tilley, an ally of...

Published July 6, 2020

Luxor Las Vegas Reopens Esports Arena

Luxor Hotel Las Vegas re-opened its HyperX Esports Arena (l.) for game competition. The hotel took considerable steps to make the game area is safe and clean, with players...

Published July 6, 2020

Massachusetts Soon to Reopen, Encore Furloughs 3,000

Awaiting the go-ahead to reopen from Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Encore Boston Harbor, the largest casino in the state, announced furloughs for 3,000 workers.

Published July 6, 2020

Rhode Island Casinos Add Back Table Games

Rhode Island’s two casinos, which reopened in June with slots-only gaming floors, added table games—and expanded their hours of operation—on June 30.

Published July 6, 2020

Casino Gambling Now Legal In Virginia

As of July 1, casino gambling became legal in Richmond, Bristol, Danville, Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. But before any casinos can be built, voters in those locales must approve...

Published July 6, 2020

Illinois Casinos Back In Business

Illinois’s 10 casinos reopened July 1 after a three-month shutdown due to Covid-19. Gaming Board Administrator Marcus Fruchter (l.) said the governor’s office and the state Department of Public...

Published July 6, 2020

Detroit Casinos Still Closed

Detroit casinos are preparing to reopen soon, though no official date has been handed down by Governor Gretchen Whitmer (l.). MGM Grand Detroit Casino, MotorCity Casino and Greektown Casino...

Published July 6, 2020

PA Lawmakers Push for Legal Skill Games, VLTs

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are pushing to legalize so-called “skill games” and VLTs in bars and restaurants before the legislature adjourns for the summer. State Senator Robert Tomlinson (l.)...

Published July 6, 2020

Twin River Completes Buy of Kansas City And Vicksburg Casinos

Rhode Island’s Twin Rivers has closed on its purchase of two casinos previously owned by Eldorardo Resorts, Isle of Capri Kansas City (l.) and Lady Luck Casino in Vicksburg,...

Published July 6, 2020

Some Fans Allowed at New Mexico Track

Racing fans are being allowed at Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino (l.) in New Mexico for the first time since the racino closed its doors on March 15....

Published June 29, 2020

Circa Las Vegas Vows Adults-Only Resort

The first ground-up casino to come to Downtown Las Vegas in decades will open in October with a ban on anyone under 21. Adults “need some mystique back in...

Published June 29, 2020

Illinois Senator Calls License Process ‘Ridiculous’

The Illinois Gaming Board's process for approving casino license applications is "ridiculous," says state Senator Dave Syverson (l.) of Rockford. While gaming board employees were "sitting around doing nothing,"...

Published June 29, 2020