6087 stories by Devin O'Connor
Dream Las Vegas Casino Hotel Ready to Break Ground on $550M Strip Development
The Dream Las Vegas Hotel & Casino project adjacent to Harry Reid International Airport plans to break ground on the more than half billion-dollar undertaking tomorrow, July 8. The Dream Hotel Group, based in New York City, currently operates four properties in...
Washington Casino Gambler Charged with Pointing Firearm at Dealer
The Point Casino & Hotel in Kingston, Wa., was the site of an incident last month involving an unruly 24-year-old gambler. His intoxicated state led to him brandishing a firearm and pointing it at a blackjack table game dealer. Kitsap County police...
FireKeepers Casino Helping Fund Mascot Name Changes for Michigan Schools
The FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek, Mich., is helping cover the costs associated with removing mascot names and logos deemed offensive and/or racist from four public schools. Each year, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, a federally recognized Native American...
Pennsylvania Lawmaker Seeks to End Diesel Requirement for Video Gaming Terminals
A Pennsylvania lawmaker says gas stations and truck stops shouldn't have to sell a certain amount of diesel fuel each month in order to qualify for video gaming terminals (VGTs) inside their businesses. State Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) believes the state's 2017...
Wynn Macau President Ian Coughlan to Step Down Early Next Year
Wynn Macau Limited President Ian Coughlan plans to hand off the reins of Wynn Resort's Chinese operating unit come March 2023. Coughlan has been in the Chinese casino enclave nearly since Wynn Resorts ventured there with its 2006 opening of Wynn Macau,...
New York Casino Union Celebrates New State Gun Law in Wake of Supreme Court Ruling
The New York casino union that represents workers employed in the gaming industry says the state's new gun law adequately provides protection for its members. The US Supreme Court last month expanded gun rights in New York by striking down a 109-year-old...
Casino Ship Sunk in Atlantic Ocean, Vessel Becomes Part of Artificial Reef — Video
A vessel formerly used as a casino ship with slot machines and table games now calls the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean home. Delaware's Department of National Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) last week oversaw the sinking of the Texas Star, a...
Circus Circus Adds Coin-Operated Slots, D Las Vegas Celebrates Sigma Derby
Circus Circus Las Vegas is the only casino on the Strip that still offers coin-operated slot machines. And while the traditional three-reel devices have long been a thing of the past at most other casino resorts in Southern Nevada and across the...
Macau Casino Retendering Rules Published in Chinese Gaming Enclave
Macau casino licenses for the six commercial gaming operators are set to expire at the end of the year. The local enclave government, following years of legislative deliberations, today unveiled the retendering conditions that will oversee the issuance of new operating privileges....
Atlantic City Casino Smoking Takes Center Stage Following New Union Contracts
Gaming industry officials and the state's top lawmakers are now focusing their attention on the divisive debate regarding the ongoing permittance of indoor smoking. That's after a potentially catastrophic strike at Atlantic City casinos was avoided. Atlantic City casinos are allowed to...
