LVCVA Unloads 10-Acre Strip Plot for $125 Million

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has sold its 10-acre, Strip-facing plot (l.) to developers Brett Torino and Paul Kanavos for a price of $125 million, $5 million...

Published March 20, 2023

Problem Gambling Awareness Month Hosts N.Y. Events

The National Problem Gambling Awareness Month celebrated its 20th anniversary in March. The month included conferences and discussions to shine an important light on the options for those...

Published March 13, 2023

Bally’s Chicago To Offer Dealer Training

Partnering with City Colleges of Chicago, Bally’s Chicago casino will offer dealer training school for local residents beginning this spring. The new $1.7 billion casino will require hundreds of...

Published March 13, 2023

Two Groups Propose Missouri Casino

In Missouri, the Lake Ozark, Missouri board expressed support for a local investor group’s proposed casino. However, the Osage Nation also has bought and cleared acreage for its own...

Published March 13, 2023

Caesars Entertainment Reveals Nebraska Racino Plans

Caesars Entertainment officials shared renderings of Harrah’s Columbus Racing & Casino in Nebraska (l.), set to open in 2024 with the state’s only 1-mile thoroughbred racetrack. A temporary casino...

Published March 13, 2023

10 Years After Genting’s Bargain, Strip Land Values Higher than Ever

When Genting purchased the plot of land that eventually became Resorts World Las Vegas (l.), it probably didn’t imagine that it would be looked at 10 years later as...

Published March 13, 2023

Chicago Bears Land Deal Might Skate Around Gaming Ban

Da Bears saw a better option than Soldier Field in the 326-acre Arlington Park (l.), a former race track. Churchill Downs put a covenant barring a casino on the...

Published March 13, 2023

Fertitta Exec: No Decision on Strip Development

A top executive of Fertitta Entertainment says no decision has been made on the development of six prime acres on the Las Vegas Strip acquired last year (l.).

Published March 13, 2023

Judge Rules Wynn Resorts Lawsuit May Proceed

U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gordon (l.) ruled a class action lawsuit against Wynn Resorts may proceed. Shareholders accused management of deceiving investors by failing to disclose Steve Wynn’s...

Published March 13, 2023

Reno’s Sands Regency Rebrands as J Resort as Renovations Continue

The former Sands Regency in Reno has been rebranded as the J Resort (l.), as owners Jacobs Entertainment look to inject new life into one of the older properties...

Published March 13, 2023

Smoking Ban Gains Momentum in New Jersey, but Not Nevada

As of now, it would appear that the momentum has reached the point where a full smoking ban in Atlantic City casinos is more likely than ever. With that...

Published March 13, 2023

Renderings Revealed for ‘The Coney’ Casino, Nassau Casino

Thor Equities has released details and the first renderings of its proposed casino at Brooklyn’s Coney Island (l.), which would be called “The Coney,” while Las Vegas Sands...

Published March 13, 2023

Gaming Industry Once More Becomes Leading NV Political Donors

During the pandemic, contributions to political candidates fell sharply from the gaming industry. But now that the casinos are raking in money again, the amount of political cash has...

Published March 13, 2023

Hard Rock’s New York Casino Bid in Question

The planned bid by Seminole Hard Rock to build a casino near the Citi Field stadium (l.) in Queens, already the subject of local protest, is in question because...

Published March 13, 2023

Pedestrian Gaming Regulatory Websites

When a regulatory agency is asked to present its market for a transparent website or a full accounting of the year’s gross gaming revenues, they usually can’t—or won’t—because they...

Published March 6, 2023

Colorado Gaming Commission Approves Grants

The Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission approved its first distribution of grants totaling more than $1.5 million to nonprofits providing problem gambling services.

Published March 6, 2023

Cordish Challenges Nittany Mall Casino Award

Cordish Companies, a losing bidder for the Category 4 license won by Ira Lubert for a casino near the Pennsylvania State University campus, has appealed the license award to...

Published March 6, 2023

Minnesota Court Strikes Down Pulltab ‘Open-All’ Feature

A Minnesota appellate court has held that the “open-all” feature on electronic pulltabs, which opens all lines to play at once, is illegal under the state’s gaming law.

Published March 6, 2023

Boyd Applies For Kansas Historic Horse Racing License

Boyd Gaming applied for a license to build and operate a $160 million historic horse racing facility in Park City, Kansas. The venue would offer 1,000 HHR machines, a...

Published March 6, 2023

TMB Racing Terminates Attempt to Revive Oregon Horse Racing

Travis Boersma (l.), who made his billions by founding the lucrative Dutch Bros coffee company, has abandoned efforts to revive Oregon’s horse racing industry. He has informed Josephine County...

Published March 6, 2023