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Detroit Motor City Casino Fatal Shooting in Parking Garage is Latest US Incident
Detroit’s Motor City Casino parking garage was the scene of a fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man early Sunday, according to local news reports. The unnamed victim and a woman, described by police as his 25-year-old girlfriend, got into a fight at...
Las Vegas Live Entertainment Spaces Can Soon Apply for National COVID-19 Relief Grants
Las Vegas live performance venues and similar audience spaces nationwide can apply starting next month for over $16 billion in federal relief funds. Eligible spaces include those which were forced to shutter because of the coronavirus pandemic. Billions of dollars in grants...
Las Vegas Valley Casino-Dependent Economy Sees 9.9 Percent Unemployment
Las Vegas Valley’s hospitality- and gaming-reliant economy saw an unemployment rate of 9.9 percent in January. That was the second-highest of all the large US metro areas measured, according to recently released data. New numbers from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics...
GameCo Picks Gaming Industry Investment Executive to Serve as Its Next CEO
GameCo on Thursday announced the hiring of Adam Rosenberg as the Las Vegas-based gaming company's new CEO. Rosenberg comes to GameCo from Fortress Investment Group. He has served as the investment management firm’s global head of gaming and leisure investing. He has...
George W. Bush to Speak in Las Vegas at Carson Group October Convention, Further Sign of Recovery
Ex-President George W. Bush is scheduled to speak this October at the Las Vegas-based Excell 2021 convention, sponsored by the Carson Group. The convention is to take place between Oct. 12-14 at The Cosmopolitan. It will be held both in-person and virtually....
Georgia Illegal Sports Wagering Scheme Leads to Prison, Forfeiture, Feds Reveal
Three men have pled guilty in connection with an alleged illegal sports betting operation in Georgia. That has led to a pending prison sentence for at least one of the men, and a total of about $650,000 in forfeiture and restitution. One...
Katy Perry Reported to Headline at Resorts World Las Vegas
Pop megastar Katy Perry is planning a residency at Resorts World Las Vegas, Billboard reported on Friday. The publication said the show would start later this year at the still-under-construction megaresort on the Strip, and run through next year. The $4.3 billion...
Dream Las Vegas Hotel Project May Create Security Nightmare for McCarran Airport
A proposed $300 million Dream Hotel adjacent to Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport is likely to face multiple issues when the casino-resort is presented before a public meeting in May. The Clark County Commission initially was to review the application at an...
NY Gaming Update: Poll Finds Majority Support Mobile Sports Betting, Curfew Ends
Support for mobile sports betting in New York appears to be at an all-time high. That’s according to the latest poll from the Siena College Research Institute, which released its findings earlier this week. The poll finds 51 percent of registered voters...
Pamunkey Tribe Hires Virginia Native for Key Gaming Executive Role
One day after announcing his resignation as the Potawatomi Casino CEO and general manager, Rodney Ferguson officially landed his next role. It's one that will take him back home. The long-time gaming executive will become the executive vice president of gaming and...
