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Petersburg, Virginia Casino Bills Gain Support, Seek Budget Inclusion
Petersburg casino bills in the Virginia General Assembly made progress this week in their assigned committees. House Bill 1373, introduced by Del. Kim Taylor (R-Dinwiddie), and Senate Bill 780, proposed by Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond, Petersburg), both seek to qualify Petersburg as...
Atlantic City Casino Smoking Hearing Set, Grassroots Campaign Organizers Optimistic
Atlantic City casino smoking will finally have its day in Trenton this month. That will happen when a Senate committee begins deliberating the merits of legislation that seeks to close an indoor smoking loophole for the city's nine resorts. New Jersey's 2006...
Pennsylvania Casino Smoking Faces Ban, as Clean Indoor Air Act Amendment Initiated
Pennsylvania casinos can allow cigarette smoking on sections of their gaming floors. But efforts in Harrisburg are once again underway to extinguish the gaming exemption from the state's Clean Indoor Air Act. Pennsylvania passed its Clean Indoor Air Act in 2008. The...
Vermont Sports Betting Bill Introduced to Allow Online Wagering
Vermont sports betting is one step closer to becoming legal in the Green Mountain State. That's after legislation to authorize such gambling was introduced this week in the Montpelier capital. Filed by state Rep. Matthew Birong (D-Addison 3) and cosponsored by six...
Mohegan Joins Soloviev Group New York City Casino Bid Targeting Manhattan’s East Side
Mohegan -- formerly Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment -- the gaming and hospitality unit owned by the Mohegan Tribe in Connecticut, is joining a bid to acquire a New York City casino license. New York is expected to issue three gaming concessions for...
Macau Casinos Begin 2023 Strong, January Gaming Win Highest in Three Years
Macau casinos are ready to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind them and move forward. And January was precisely the kind of new year start the six gaming giants in the region sought. Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau reported Wednesday that gross...
Powerball Drawing Wednesday Offers Game’s Eighth-Largest Prize, Inflation A Key
Powerball is at it again. Less than three months after a Powerball player in California won a record $2.04 billion jackpot -- the game's all-time richest prize -- the lottery is running up another life-changing payout. After that record $2.04 billion Powerball...
Nevada Casinos Win $14.84B in 2022, Set All-Time Revenue Record
Nevada casinos won more than $14.84 billion in 2022, the state's all-time best year. Casino gambling was legalized in Nevada in 1931. Silver State casinos never won more from gamblers than they did last year. The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) revealed...
Alabama Casinos Announce Layoffs Following State Supreme Court Ruling
Alabama casinos in Macon and Lowndes counties were ordered by the state's highest court to cease their charitable gaming operations by January 15. The legal ruling has cost hundreds of workers their jobs. In September, the Alabama Supreme Court unanimously overturned lower...
Rivers Casino Portsmouth Changes Smoking Policy, Nonsmokers Still Unhappy
Rivers Casino Portsmouth's opening certainly hasn't gone as parent company Rush Street Gaming had planned. After receiving a heap of backlash for allowing indoor smoking across the 90,000-square-foot gaming floor, Rivers Portsmouth has announced new indoor smoking policies. Rivers Casino Portsmouth opened...
