CA Governor Signs Pair of Gaming Bills

Governor Gavin Newsom (l.) of California has signed two bills connected with gaming. One relaxes some provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as it relates to the...

Published May 29, 2023

A’s, NV Lawmakers Reach Preliminary Deal for Stadium Funding

From the beginning, the Oakland A’s have made it clear that they’d like some public assistance in building a new $1.5 billion ballpark on the site of the Tropicana....

Published May 29, 2023

New York State of Mind

New York’s downstate casino competition plods along, as Las Vegas Sands secures a 99-year lease on the Nassau Coliseum site amid community protests and the Citi Field and Trump...

Published May 29, 2023

Temporary Caesars Virginia Debuts

Caesars Virginia in Danville (l.) opened May 15 in a 40,000-square-foot white tent with 740 slots, 25 table games, 28 electronic table games and sports betting kiosks. The permanent...

Published May 22, 2023

South Dakota Hard Rock To Open August 8

Hard Rock Rocksino will open on Main Street in Deadwood, South Dakota on August 8, complete with a traditional guitar-smashing ceremony. The facility will offer 86 slots, a 22-room...

Published May 22, 2023

Ocean Casino Spending to Rebuild Beach

Ocean Casino Resort (l.) in Atlantic City is spending $700,000 to repair the badly eroded beach the property fronts, to be reopened Memorial Day weekend.

Published May 22, 2023

Resorts World NJ Buffet Workers Win Court Decision

A U.S. appeals court has revived a nine-year-old lawsuit filed by buffet workers at Resorts World New York City (l.) claiming the operator illegally laid them off without notice.

Published May 22, 2023

Atlantic City “Road Diet” Concerns Casinos

The Casino Association of New Jersey and the Greater Atlantic City Chamber will commission an independent traffic study of the “road diet” project designed to improve safety for pedestrians...

Published May 22, 2023

New York’s Vernon Downs Track and Casino Facing Closure

Vernon Downs Racetrack and Casino (l.) in upstate New York lost $2 million last year. Owner Jeff Gural refuses to lose it again. But without lawmakers restoring a tax...

Published May 22, 2023

Texas Lawmakers Hand LVS Another Defeat

Despite spending millions on lobbyists to bring casino gambling to Texas, Las Vegas Sands was defeated once again, as lawmakers rejected a measure calling for a voter referendum on...

Published May 22, 2023

Casino Workers Want Smoking Ban

The advocacy group Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects originated in New Jersey and now has chapters in six states working to urge legislators to end casinos’ exemptions from state’s...

Published May 22, 2023

NV Regulators Accommodate License Swap After BP Deal

What do you do with a property that’s on the brink of closure? Call the previous owner and see if they’ll take it back. That’s exactly what TravelCenters of...

Published May 22, 2023

CA Senate Approves Card Club Bill

Both the California Senate and the Assembly have approved Assembly Bill 341 which would reimpose a moratorium on new cardrooms in the Golden State. It would “allow for measured...

Published May 22, 2023

A’s Ballpark Project Spurs Partnerships

Now that the A’s seem to have settled on the Tropicana (l.) for the site of its new ballpark, some new partnerships have formed: Bally’s and GLPI have partnered...

Published May 22, 2023

AGA: U.S. Gaming Sets Another Record

The American Gaming Association reports that the U.S. gaming industry has recorded its eight consecutive record for quarterly revenue, logging $16.6 billion for the first quarter.

Published May 22, 2023

New York Throws Lifeline to Catskill OTB

The Catskill off-track betting corporation, recently threatened with closure by New York Governor Kathy Hochul (l.), will be able to funnel money earmarked for capital expenses to continue operating.

Published May 15, 2023

Virginia Casino Fined For Alleged Violations

Rivers Casino (l.) in Portsmouth, Virginia was fined $275,000 by the Virginia Lottery for alleged violations including underage and voluntarily excluded individuals, slot-machine licensing requirements and unauthorized games.

Published May 15, 2023

IPI Sued for Failing to Return Casino Deposits

A junket operator, BigBang Entertainment LLC, is suing Chinese-based Imperial Pacific International (IPI.) The plaintiff alleges that IPI kept funds that had been deposited at IPI’s Imperial Palace Saipan...

Published May 15, 2023

Several States Introduce Anti-Gambling Addiction Education

Five years since the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the federal ban against sports betting, the industry has expanded like a wildfire. Now some states want to throw a little...

Published May 15, 2023

Ground Broken for LVCC Renovation

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off the $600 million renovation of the Las Vegas Convention Center (l.).

Published May 15, 2023