Nevada Gaming Board Votes for Anti-Discrimination Amendment

The Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) has approved an amendment that would introduce tougher measures on workplace discrimination and harassment. The measure crafted by GCB Chairwoman Sandra Douglass Morgan...

Published November 18, 2019

Animal Rights Groups Call for End to Horse Racing

Animal rights groups like PETA and the Humane Society of the United States are calling for better treatment of horses after another horse died at Santa Anita racetrack in...

Published November 18, 2019

Wyoming Bill Would Rein in Skill Games

A Wyoming state senator wants to end the Wild West lawlessness of gaming in the Cowboy State. Senator Ogden Driskill (l.) has introduced a bill that would create a...

Published November 18, 2019

Massachusetts Casino Yields ‘Significant Benefits’

Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville, Massachusetts has contributed “significant economic benefits” to the surrounding area, especially two counties, Bristol and Norfolk. That’s the conclusion of a study by the...

Published November 18, 2019

New Possibilities Emerge for Sale of MGM Grand

Reports are that MGM Resorts and MGM Growth Properties are jointly shopping MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay. And they’re looking for an investor interested in taking the plunge as...

Published November 18, 2019

Caesars, Eldorado Shareholder Approve Mega-Deal

The 17.3 billion purchase of Caesars Entertainment by Eldorado Resorts is OK, according to the shareholders of both companies. Two separate but simultaneous meetings were held—Caesars at the Tuscana...

Published November 18, 2019

California Cardrooms: $5.6 Billion in Economic Impact

An economic study issued last week by the California Gaming Association shows the Golden State’s cardroom industry, including the Commerce Casino (l.), generates more than 32,000 jobs and almost...

Published November 18, 2019

Chicago Mayor Loses Tax-Lowering Effort

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tried and failed to get Illinois lawmakers to lower the effective 72 percent tax rate on a future Chicago casino, an “onerous” burden that Union...

Published November 18, 2019

Chicago Lawmaker Charged In Bribery Scandal

Facing one count of federal bribery, Illinois state Rep. Louis Arroyo (l.) resigned November 1 from the House of Representatives. A 12-page federal complaint indicated he attempted to pay...

Published November 11, 2019

Nebraska to Determine Gambling Games’ Legality

The director of the Nebraska Gamblers Assistance Program recently spoke to the Hall County board of supervisors regarding touchscreen gambling games that are proliferating across the state. Officials will...

Published November 11, 2019

Horserace Betting Begins at Mississippi Casino

Betting on simulcast thoroughbred horseraces recently has begun at DraftKings at Scarlet Pearl Sportsbook in D'Iberville, Mississippi. The sportsbook will offer betting on races at 11 tracks. Scarlet Pearl...

Published November 11, 2019

Stadium Casino to Break Ground in Pittsburgh This Week

Stadium Casino will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its Live! Casino Pittsburgh satellite casino (l.) at Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield Township on Wednesday, November 13.

Published November 11, 2019

Historic Deadwood, SD: 30 Years of Gaming

Deadwood, South Dakota's gaming industry celebrated 30 years on November 1. Over the decades, Deadwood casinos have taken in $24 billion in wagers and more than $2 billion in...

Published November 11, 2019

Four Illinois Communities Compete For Casino Licenses

Four Chicago suburbs met the October 28 deadline to apply for a casino license: Calumet City, East Hazel Crest/Homewood (rendering of the casino proposed by Alabama’s Poarch Band at...

Published November 11, 2019

Riverwalk Opens Near Encore Boston Harbor

Encore Boston Harbor, the $2.6 billion Wynn Resorts property that opened in June, has completed work on a waterfront playground and walkway in Everett, Massachusetts. The attraction was part...

Published November 11, 2019

Rivers Casino Awaits Gaming Board Approvals

While officials at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Illinois await approval of their sports betting license, construction continues on an expansion including a sportsbook set to open by the...

Published November 11, 2019

Churchill Downs Announces Ohio Racino Expansion

A $100 million expansion will begin at Miami Valley Racing & Gaming in Lebanon, Ohio. A joint venture of Churchill Downs and Delaware North, the project will open by...

Published November 11, 2019

Atlanta Approves Casino Ballot Question

Atlanta City Council has voted 12-2 to approve an ordinance requesting that the Georgia General Assembly allow the city to propose a nonbinding ballot question to residents in a...

Published November 11, 2019

Monarch Suspends Colorado Expansion Plans

Reno-based Monarch Casino & Resort has pulled the plug—at least for now—on its planned expansion of the Monarch Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado. The delay was attributed to weaker...

Published November 11, 2019

Investors Worried Over Palms’ Wobbly Restart

The off-Strip Palms Casino’s high-profile Kaos nightclub (l.) has crashed and burned, and Red Rock Resorts has taken a $26 million loss on the disaster. It’s got investors and...

Published November 11, 2019