8021 stories by Devin O'Connor
Las Vegas Strip Casino Revenue Down Through Three Quarters After September Disappoints
Casino revenue on the Las Vegas Strip through nine months of the year is now down 0.2% after September marked the third consecutive monthly decline. On Tuesday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board released its monthly gross gaming revenue (GGR) report for September....
Reno Casino Owner Asks City for Financial Assistance to Build Sports Arena
The owner of Reno's Grand Sierra Resort is seeking financial assistance from the city to build a sports arena. During the city's Redevelopment Agency Board and City Council meetings last week, representatives from the Meruelo Group, the parent company of the Grand...
Macau Increases Penalties for Illegal Gambling With Implementation of New Law
The Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Macau has strengthened rules geared toward combatting illegal gambling in the casino enclave. Earlier this month, lawmakers in the Macau Legislative Assembly passed the Law to Combat Crimes of Illegal Gambling. Assembly President Kou Hoi In...
Jimmy Kimmel Using His Celebrity to Encourage Nevadans to Vote Blue
Jimmy Kimmel hopes to use his status as a celebrity and popular late-night television host to convince voters in the critical swing state of Nevada to vote blue. Early mail-in voting in Nevada began on Oct.8 and early in-person voting got underway...
Illinois Sports Betting Options Reduced After NFL Requests Some Odds Be Punted
Sports bettors in Illinois have fewer things to bet on after state gaming regulators fielded a request from the NFL seeking to have certain lines removed from sportsbooks. Last week, Illinois Gaming Board Administrator Marcus Fruchter said a request from the NFL...
California Casino Fined $900K by FinCEN for Anti-Money Laundering Failures
A California casino has been hit with a massive fine to settle allegations brought against the commercial card room by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The owners of the Lake Elsinore Hotel and Casino in Southern California between Los Angeles and...
Hard Rock Rockford Casino Workers in Illinois Rally for Union Contract
Employees at the newly opened Hard Rock Casino Rockford in Illinois rallied last week for a union contract. In August, Hard Rock International opened the roughly $360 million casino in Illinois' Rockford. Less than two months later, many of the casino's approximately...
Donald Trump Praises Las Vegas Casino Billionaire Phil Ruffin During Joe Rogan Chat
Former President Donald Trump's highly-watched three-hour interview with podcaster Joe Rogan released on Friday included a lengthy discussion about how he went about appointing his key staff and administration officials while being a newcomer to politics. The host of the "Joe Rogan...
Gaming Expansion a ‘Threat to Public Health,’ Policy Experts Opine
The world's population is gambling unlike ever before, and without government action, a public health crisis is imminent, new research suggests. An international commission studying the global impacts of the continued expansion of gambling has concluded that easier access to games of...
Massachusetts Casino Study Concludes Gaming Has Delivered Net Benefit
The three commercial casinos in Massachusetts have overall benefitted the state, a new study finds. Two years after lawmakers authorized up to three full-scale casinos with slot machines and table games and a slots-only property, Massachusetts initiated a study commission to regularly...
