MGM National Harbor Debuts Outdoor Gaming

MGM National Harbor last week opened a new experience for gamblers, outdoors on what the property described as an al fresco “gaming terrace.” The terrace includes popular slot games...

Published April 26, 2021

Caesars to Invest $400M in Atlantic City

Caesars committed $400 to revitalize its three properties in Atlantic City. The makeover begins now with $170 million room renovations at Caesars (l.) and Harrah’s. The commitment extends into...

Published April 26, 2021

Nebraska Lawmakers Approve Racinos, Lincoln Casino

Nebraska state Senators passed a bill allowing casino gambling at horseracing tracks in Omaha, Grand Island, Columbus, South Sioux City and Hastings, and at a new $200 million casino...

Published April 26, 2021

Alabama House Expected to Take Time on Gaming Vote

Legislation legalizing casino gambling, a state lottery and sports betting may not be voted upon by the Alabama House for several weeks, as lawmakers study the issue, said Speaker...

Published April 26, 2021

LV Sands Continues Push for Texas Casinos

Texas lawmakers are being targeted by a multimillion TV and radio campaign by Las Vegas Sands promoting a measure to authorize four casino resorts. The lure is billions of...

Published April 26, 2021

Bally’s Knocked Out of Richmond, Two Contenders Remain

Bally Corp. is out of the running to develop a casino in Richmond, Virginia, leaving Cordish Companies and Urban One in the competition. Both have proposed building a $600...

Published April 26, 2021

Resorts World Vegas Retailers Announced

Resorts World Las Vegas, the mammoth casino resort opening this summer on the northern end of the famous Strip, will span 70,000 square feet and include multiple high-end retail...

Published April 19, 2021

Court Rules Against Oregon Poker Club

Oregon poker clubs may be losers in an appeals court ruling that their business model violates the state’s gaming laws. The Oregon Court of Appeals ruling was against the...

Published April 19, 2021

N.H. Mulls Historic Horse Racing

The New Hampshire legislature is move forward on bills that would make it legal for the state’s 16 licensed gaming operators to deploy historic horse racing machines. A portion...

Published April 19, 2021

Elite Resorts Announces $100 Million Fonner Park Casino

Elite Casino Resorts will develop a $100 million casino resort at Fonner Park (l.) in Grand Island, Nebraska, including a 650-slot casino, sportsbook, restaurants, pools and spa and 116-room...

Published April 19, 2021

37-Foot Guitar Lit at Hard Rock Indiana

A 37-foot tall, 15-foot wide guitar has been lit at the $300 million Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana in Gary. The resort’s grand opening has been set for May...

Published April 19, 2021

AC Casinos Showed Profit in Pandemic Year

The coronavirus pandemic meant lower revenues and fewer profits in Atlantic City in 2020. Still, seven of the nine casinos managed to turn a profit, and one, Ocean Casino...

Published April 19, 2021

Alabama Senate Approves Lottery, Casinos Bill

The Alabama Senate has voted 23-9 for a constitutional amendment sponsored by Senator Jim McClendon (l.) that would allow voters to approve a statewide lottery and six casinos. The...

Published April 19, 2021

Nevada Could Open Fully by June

Stepped-up plans outlined by Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak call for the state’s counties to take back control over capacity limits and other pandemic-related restrictions this spring. Mask mandates, however,...

Published April 19, 2021

Sparks, Nevada Casino Breaks Ground

A new casino development has broken ground in Nevada’s Reno-Sparks area. Legends Bay Casino (l.), expected to open in mid-2022, will be the first all-new casino in the vicinity...

Published April 21, 2021

Appeals Court Sides with Wynn

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court decision to allow a defamation lawsuit filed by former casino mogul Steve Wynn against attorney Lisa Bloom to move forward.

Published April 21, 2021

Kentucky Task Force Studies Increasing HHR Tax Rate

Historical horseracing was declared a legal gambling option by the Kentucky legislature late last year. Now a task force will research how to increase the tax rate on HHR...

Published April 21, 2021

WSOP to Return In-Person Play for 2021

The World Series of Poker will return as a live, in-person event at the Rio (l.) in Las Vegas from September through November, with the No-Limit Main Event concluding...

Published April 21, 2021

Maryland Casinos Log Record March

Maryland’s six casinos recorded the largest single-month revenue in the industry’s history in March, recording a combined $169.2 million and topping the previous record.

Published April 21, 2021

PA Mini-Casino Wins Key Approval

Officials of Pennsylvania’s Shippensburg Township unanimously approved the plan of Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment to develop a Parx-branded mini-casino (l.).

Published April 21, 2021