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Zappos to Cover Las Vegas Shooting Funeral Costs, Victim Fundraising Tops $15 Million
Online retailer Zappos is offering to pay for the funerals for all 58 victims of the October 1 Las Vegas shooting. In a statement to the Las Vegas Sun, Steven Bautista, who oversees the company's...
Pennsylvania Sands Bethlehem Has New Investment Suitor, Bid Expected Within 30 Days
The Sands Bethlehem, Pennsylvania’s largest and most profitable casino, has become the acquisition target of New York investment firm Keating & Associates LLC. The company, which also recently made a bid of $225 million for...
Appeals Court Sides with NFL, Rules Ezekiel Elliot Suspension Can Stand
Ezekiel Elliott may have run out of options in his effort to reverse his six-game suspension for alleged domestic violence. On Thursday, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans granted the NFL’s...
MGM and Las Vegas Metro Police Timelines Finally Align, Crisis Management Firm Called in by Mandalay Bay Parent
MGM Resorts International caused plenty of controversy when it publicly corrected law enforcement's record of the October 1 shooting at its Mandalay Bay property. After Metro Police and Sheriff Joe Lombardo revised the timeline of...
Puerto Rico Casino Resorts Provide Relief, as President Trump Threatens to Cut Off Aid
Almost 90 percent of Puerto Rico remained without power this week, more than three full weeks since Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm and the 10th-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, struck the US territory....
Lawrence Ho’s Melco Resorts Boasts Japanese Relationships in Casino Resort Bid
Melco Resorts and Entertainment, a casino resort developer headquartered in Hong Kong, is trying to convince lawmakers in Japan that it has long been a close friend of the Asian country. Melco officials are campaigning...
Crown Resorts High Rollers Return One Year on from China Arrests
VIP gamblers are slowly returning to the Crown Melbourne, according to a note by Morgan Stanley that comes a year to the day that a group of Crown employees were arrested in China on suspicion...
Landing International Sells London’s Uber-Elite Les Ambassadeurs Casino for $320.3 Million
Hong Kong-based Landing International has sold Les Ambassadeurs Club, the exclusive high-end casino in London’s affluent Mayfair district, for $320.3 million. Landing announced the sale had been completed on Wednesday. The buyer is believed to...
LeBron James Aggravates Ankle Injury, Might Miss NBA Season Opener
NBA superstar LeBron James is in danger of missing Cleveland’s home opener against Boston after aggravating an ankle injury he suffered nearly two weeks ago. He did not practice on Wednesday and will not play...
Russian Oligarch Pleads with Vladimir Putin to Save Azov-City Casinos
Maxim Smolentsev, president of the Shambala Casino in Russia’s doomed Azov-City casino zone, has written an open letter to President Vladimir Putin, with excerpts printed Wednesday in Betting Business Russia, begging him to reconsider the...
