No Purchaser So Far for NH Casino Ordered to Sell

Concord Casino in Concord, NH is facing a deadline. After being shut down in January, owner Andy Sanborn (l.) has six months to sell or the casino loses its...

Published April 22, 2024

Mississippi Official Wants Tidelands Law Approval

Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson said lawmakers must pass a bill giving his office sole control over coastal tidelands, since a recent Supreme Court ruling “effectually gutted” the...

Published April 22, 2024

Kentucky Lawmakers Overturn Governor’s Veto for New Reg. Body

Kentucky’s Republican-controlled legislature overturned Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s (l.) veto of Senate Bill 299, which will create a new independent agency to regulate gambling. Beshear called the bill “unnecessary...

Published April 22, 2024

Pennsylvania Casino Smoking Bill Stalls

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives planned to vote on amendments to a casino smoking bill last week. But sponsors pulled the legislation from the agenda due to lack of...

Published April 22, 2024

Virginia Replaces Richmond With Petersburg

The Virginia General Assembly approved a November referendum for Petersburg voters to determine if they want a casino. Petersburg will replace Richmond, where voters twice rejected a casino, as...

Published April 22, 2024

Century Casinos Opens New Missouri Hotel

Century Casinos’ new $30.5 million, 68,000-square-foot Riverview Hotel recently opened at Century Casino Cape Girardeau in Missouri. The company also buried a time capsule at the new hotel to...

Published April 15, 2024

Polls on Metropolitan Park Show Opposite Results

Two recent polls involving the proposed Metropolitan Park casino adjacent to the New York Mets ballpark in Queens show opposite results of public opinion on the project.

Published April 15, 2024

Genting Predicts $1 Billion in Taxes from RWNYC

Genting Malaysia has predicted an expansion of gaming at Resorts World New York City, made possible with one of the downstate casino licenses, would generate $1 billion in taxes...

Published April 15, 2024

Churchill Downs Celebrates Indiana Casino Opening

A grand opening celebration was held at Churchill Downs’ $290 million, 400,000-square-foot Terre Haute Casino Resort (l.), in Indiana, featuring 1,000 slots, 36 table games, live poker, a sportsbook...

Published April 15, 2024

Minnesota Moves to Ban HHR

A Minnesota House bill would ban historical horse racing machines, authorized by the state Racing Commission but challenged by a state Indian tribe.

Published April 15, 2024

New Jersey Senator Supports Anti-Smoking Lawsuit

A prominent New Jersey state lawmaker has come out in support of a lawsuit filed by casino employee groups to end the casino exemption to the state’s indoor smoking...

Published April 15, 2024

Virginia’s Youngkin Rewrites Skill Game Bill

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (l.) sent cleared skill game legislation back to the General Assembly with significant changes, including stricter regulations on the games.

Published April 15, 2024

NCLGS President Targets Online Ads

National Council of Legislators from Gaming States President Shawn Fluharty (l.), West Virginia Minority Whip, told Casino Reports online gambling advertising that targets problem gamblers is a serious problem.

Published April 8, 2024

Wynn: Still No Plans for Former New Frontier Site

The site of the former New Frontier casino on the Las Vegas Strip has sat vacant for nearly 20 years now, and that streak will likely continue for the...

Published April 8, 2024

Full House Delays Waukegan Construction

Full House Resort’s American Place Casino Resort in Waukegan, Illinois is on hold pending the state Supreme Court’s ruling on a lawsuit brought against Waukegan and the Illinois Gaming...

Published April 8, 2024

Kentucky Gaming Bill Awaits Beshear’s Signature

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (l.) is expected to sign a bill establishing the new Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Commission to replace the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and Department...

Published April 8, 2024

888 Sells Some U.S. Assets to Hard Rock

The international sportsbook company 888 Holdings has begun a phased exit from its U.S. operations. The company’s exit will be Hard Rock Digital’s gain. It may also enable its...

Published April 8, 2024

Illinois Proposal Would Add VGTs to Chicago

A proposal from an Illinois lawmaker would end the city of Chicago’s ban on slot machines and video poker machines legal elsewhere under the state’s 2009 VGT law, after...

Published April 8, 2024

Investors Advise Against Bally’s Takeover Bid

Prominent venture capitalists said Bally’s Chairman Soo Kim’s takeover bid is “woefully undervalued” and “jeopardizes the completion of the Chicago project,” for which Bally’s has a “funding gap” of...

Published April 8, 2024

Queens Councilman Backs Cohen Casino Plan

Queens Councilman Francisco Moya (l.) has endorsed the $8 billion proposal of New York Mets owner Steve Cohen in the competition for a New York City casino license.

Published April 8, 2024