South Carolina Horse Study Group Meets

The South Carolina Equine Industry Support Measures Study Committee held its first meeting to review the horse industry’s impact on the state’s economy. Some members suggested also studying legalizing...

Published July 26, 2021

Fresno Card Club to Relocate

Now that Club One Casino (l.), a cardroom in Fresno, California, is permitted to open again, a new location is in the offing, which will add more tables and...

Published July 26, 2021

Sands Expo Changing Name to Venetian Expo

The Sands Expo & Convention Center, site of the Global Gaming Expo conference and trade show, will change its name to the Venetian Expo beginning September 2.

Published July 26, 2021

No Plans for Poker Return to Encore Boston Harbor

Poker may have disappeared for good from Wynn Resorts’ Encore Boston Harbor as the property responds to complaints from players that the game hasn’t returned post-pandemic.

Published July 26, 2021

Judge Orders Station Casinos to Negotiate With Union

Station Casinos has been known as anti-union for many years but has been constantly pressed by the local culinary union. The union won the latest round when a federal...

Published July 26, 2021

Wildwood Hotel Opens In Cripple Creek

The first new hotel In Cripple Creek, Colorado in decades, the $14 million Wildwood Hotel (l.) recently opened with 101 rooms and meeting and banquet facilities. Hotels also are...

Published July 26, 2021

R&R Partners Must Share Tourism Account

Longtime Las Vegas marketing group, R&R Partners, had its contract renewed by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority but now will be required to work with another firm....

Published July 26, 2021

Arkansas Group Aims To Amend Casino Amendment

The anti-casino group Fair Play for Arkansas plans to gather signatures to place on the statewide 2022 ballot an amendment to change the state constitution retroactive to 2018, to...

Published July 26, 2021

Linn County, Iowa Voters To Determine Gambling Reauthorization

Linn County, Iowa voters passed a gambling referendum in 2013. Under state law, they must approve It again, eight years later. The county board of supervisors approved the resolution...

Published July 26, 2021

Missouri Senator Will File Gambling Legislation

Missouri state Senator Denny Hoskins (l.) said he’ll file legislation in December to tax and regulate video lottery terminals. He also will propose measures allowing sports betting, esports and...

Published July 26, 2021

Petition, Two Lawsuits Seek To Stop Louisiana Casino

Two lawsuits and now a petition to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board seek to stop the transfer of the gaming license for the now shuttered DiamondJacks casino (l.)...

Published July 26, 2021

Gambling Operators Form Georgia Lobbying Coalition

A coalition of 16 casino developers and operators formed a lobbying coalition to influence Georgia legislators to expand state gambling laws. Multiple polls have shown most Georgians approve expanding...

Published July 26, 2021

Ill-Fated Fontainebleau to Reopen As JW Marriott Las Vegas

With little fanfare, JW Marriott last week revealed that the former Fontainebleau hotel casino (l.) on the Las Vegas Strip would open in late 2023 as the JW Marriott...

Published July 26, 2021

Masks Return For Las Vegas Employees as Covid-19 Rises

The Clark County government last week re-instituted a mask policy, but only for employees of businesses in the county where the Delta variant of the Covid virus is soaring,...

Published July 26, 2021

Circus Circus, Insurer AIG Take It to Court

Attorneys for Las Vegas’s Circus Circus (l.) and AIG Specialty Insurance Co. have filed arguments with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to see if AIG must pay the...

Published July 19, 2021

Gaming Board to Hold Hearing on PA Casino

On August 16, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hear public input on a Category 4 casino planned for College Township, Centre County. The casino is being proposed by...

Published July 19, 2021

Lightfoot: Chicago Eager For Casino

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (l.) continues to talk up the Windy City as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” for casino developers. She says the chosen operator will find a ready workforce...

Published July 19, 2021

Hard Rock Indiana Closes In on the Competition

The Hard Rock Casino in Gary, Indiana, which opened in May, is already challenging Horseshoe Casino in Hammond. In June, Horseshoe reported $34.4 million in net revenue compared to...

Published July 19, 2021

Illinois Gaming Board Approves Rockford Casino Participants

The Illinois Gaming Board has approved key players associated with Hard Rock Rockford, including company CEO Jim Allen (l.). Last month the board approved a two-year temporary location for...

Published July 19, 2021

Report: Genting Spending Big to Bring NYC Casinos

The New York-based arm of Genting Malaysia was one of the Top 10 highest-spending lobbying groups in the Empire State in 2020. Genting is heavily and literally invested in...

Published July 19, 2021