MGM Settles October 1 Shooter Lawsuits

The tragic Las Vegas shooting of October 1, 2017 left 58 people dead and many more injured. Because the incident happened from a hotel and on land owned by...

Published October 7, 2019

California Helps Bullet Train to Vegas Get Bonds

Assistance from California’s Treasurer Fiona Ma appears to have ensured that Richard Branson’s Virgin Trains USA will get the financial aid it needs to issue bonds to help finance...

Published September 30, 2019

Lawsuit Filed Against Eldorado

A group of shareholders have filed a lawsuit against Eldorado Resort and several of its senior executives, including CEO Tom Reeg (l.), over subpoenas they received about improper trading...

Published September 30, 2019

Questions Swirl Around West Virginia Racino Subsidy

In-person wagers on greyhound racing at West Virginia's two racinos fell 13 percent from 2014 to 2018. But the tracks still received transfers of $15 million annually from casino...

Published September 30, 2019

VGTs Go Live at Second PA Truck Stop

The Bald Eagle Truck Stop in McElhattan, Pennsylvania (l.) became the second in the state to open a lounge offering video gaming terminals under the state’s 2017 gaming expansion...

Published September 30, 2019

Elite Breaks Ground on Iowa Expansion

Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort (l.) in Larchwood, Iowa, owned by Elite Casino Resorts, has broken ground on an $8.5 million, four-story, 66-room hotel addition and will also...

Published September 30, 2019

Report Targets Former Illinois Gambling Chairman

While serving as Illinois Gaming Board Chairman, Don Tracy (l.) allegedly made loans and contributions to political committees, directly or through his wife, Wanda, in violation of state law,...

Published September 30, 2019

Illinois Racing Board Reluctantly Grants Arlington Dates

Arlington International Racecourse's 68 race dates for 2020 were approved—reluctantly—by the Illinois Racing Board. Previously, owner Churchill Downs announced the 91-year old racetrack (l.) would not apply for a...

Published September 30, 2019

Sacramento Gaming Scene to Get Hard Rocked

The new Hard Rock Sacramento is set to open on October 30 in a region that already has many gaming options. But Hard Rock will be different with a...

Published September 30, 2019

In Atlantic City, Ocean Ups the Ante

Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino Resort (l.) has revamped its player’s club in a marketing drive that’s already won the casino awards—and is turning the profit picture around. Ocean operates...

Published September 30, 2019

Ruffin to Buy Circus Circus in Las Vegas?

MGM and Phil Ruffin (l.), the billionaire owner of the TI, are said to have a verbal agreement on a deal for Circus Circus, the venerable North Strip resort....

Published September 30, 2019

LVCVA Terminates Consulting Deal with Ralenkotter

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority former CEO Rossi Ralenkotter (l.) was scheduled to receive $15,000 a month through March 2020. But the LVCVA ended the agreement after criminal...

Published September 23, 2019

In Nevada, Another Station Casino Goes Union

Workers at the Fiesta Henderson (l.) have voted to become the seventh Station Casinos property to unionize. Station, meanwhile, continues to hold to its position not to recognize any...

Published September 23, 2019

Upstart in Arkansas Forms Casino Committee

The city council of Russellville, Arkansas has formed a Community Gaming Evaluation Committee to review applications for a Pope County casino, even though county commissioners have recommended Cherokee Nation...

Published September 23, 2019

Massachusetts Spurns Bluhm Casino—Again

Neil Bluhm, the billionaire real estate developer who wants to build a casino at the Brockton Fairgrounds in Massachusetts (l.), has lost another bid to do so. Last week,...

Published September 23, 2019

Kentucky’s Beshear Details Expanded Gambling Plans

Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear recently said he would allow casinos, sports betting, fantasy sports and online poker if elected governor on November 5. He said expanded gambling would...

Published September 23, 2019

Illinois Board Recommends Chicago Tax Changes

The Illinois Gaming Board wants lawmakers to amend the new expanded gaming law’s Chicago tax structure. A study said taxes, fees and other charges add up to an effective...

Published September 23, 2019

New Day at Delaware Racino

Twin River Worldwide Holdings revives the fortunes of Delaware’s Dover Downs (l.) while continuing a program of expansion that hedges its bets in the company’s home Rhode Island market....

Published September 23, 2019

Kansas County Pulls Racino Proposal

Several residents of Sedgwick County, Kansas have voiced their opposition to a proposal that would reopen the shuttered Wichita Greyhound Park (l.) as a racino. The county commission tabled...

Published September 16, 2019

Arkansas Official Launches Anti-Smoking Ballot Issue

Pine Bluff, Arkansas Alderman Bruce Locket hopes to collect 2,000 signatures to place on the November 2020 ballot a proposal to ban smoking at the Saracen Casino Resort (l.),...

Published September 16, 2019