6103 stories by Devin O'Connor
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...
Live! Casino Maryland Gives Workers Costco Superstore Sweep to Celebrate Anniversary
Live! Casino Maryland celebrated its 10-year anniversary this week by gifting 100 of its Anne Arundel County workers a 15-minute shopping spree at Costco. The Cordish Companies, a Baltimore-based casino and hospitality firm, calls Live! Maryland Casino its flagship property. Cordish developed...
Atlantic City Casino Union Claims Victory, as New Contracts Reached
The Atlantic City casino union Unite Here Local 54 has reached new collective bargaining agreements with MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment. The contracts cover workers at Borgata, Caesars, Tropicana, and Harrah's. The union's contracts terminated on June 1, but the casinos have...
Macau Casinos Win Just $310M in June, Worst Month So Far in 2022
Macau casinos in June experienced their worst monthly revenue performance since September 2020. June gross gaming revenue (GGR) totaled just MOP2.48 billion (US$310 million), 26% lower than May and a 62% drop from June 2021. To highlight the impact COVID-19 has had...
Bally’s Twin River Lincoln, Casino Union Extend Contract Negotiations, Strike Averted
Bally's Twin River Lincoln and its casino workers' union Unite Here Local 26 have agreed to extend their collective bargaining negotiations by two weeks. The move comes to halt a strike threatened by the employees' trade group. The Local 26 chapter of...
