7579 stories by Devin O'Connor
China Labor Day Major Win for Macau Casinos as Mainlanders Flock to Enclave
Labor Day in China is an annual celebration of worker achievements. The holiday typically affords employees three paid days off, and many tack on personal time and/or the weekend to make the most of the holiday with a week-long vacation. Macau has...
Coney Island Community Board Opposes $3B Casino: ‘We Don’t Want It’
Coney Island residents are mulling whether supporting a $3 billion casino resort proposed for the Brooklyn beach town is in the community's best interests. But a powerful group of government-appointed members says the development would diminish the quality of life in the...
Richmond Crusade for Voters Lambastes Effort to Relocate City’s Casino Opportunity
Richmond's Crusade for Voters, a nonprofit organization that works to elevate the political influence and voting strength of Blacks in the Virginia capital, says efforts to relocate the city's casino opportunity are unjust. Founded in 1956 during the civil rights struggle, the...
Gateway Casinos in Ontario Begin Reopening Following Cyberattack
Gateway Casinos began reopening some of its properties in Ontario over the weekend, roughly two weeks after a cyberattack forced the Canadian gaming firm to shutter most of its operations in the province. Gateway Casinos Innisfil was the first company property in...
Macau Maintains Recovery Momentum, April Gaming Revenue Totals $1.82B
Macau casinos maintained their recovery momentum in April, as gross gaming revenue (GGR) continued to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau revealed Monday that the region's six commercial casino operators won MOP14.72 billion (US$1.82 billion) in April...
Former Sands Exec George Markantonis Named to Nevada Gaming Commission
Former Las Vegas Sands President and Chief Operating Officer George Markantonis has been appointed to the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) by Gov. Joe Lombardo (R). Markantonis replaces Commissioner Steve Cohen, a Las Vegas attorney who opted not to seek reelection to the...
Bally’s Wins Over Rhode Island Senate President for iGaming, Legislation Introduced
Rhode Island-based Bally's Corporation has successfully convinced several of the state's most powerful lawmakers to support the legalization of iGaming. In February, Bally's began campaigning for online casino privileges. The company cited concerns that the emergence of online sports betting in neighboring...
SJM Holdings CEO Dr. Ambrose So Retiring After 48 Years With Macau Casino Giant
The executive director, vice chair, and CEO of Hong Kong-based SJM Holdings Limited and its Macau gaming subsidiary, SJM Resorts, is set to retire in June. Dr. Ambrose So Shu Fai, 68, who has served in an executive capacity at SJM since...
Nevada Resorts, Casino Union Spar Over Daily Housekeeping
The Nevada Resort Association and Culinary Union Local 226 chapter in Las Vegas are at odds over state legislation that seeks to repeal a lingering law stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. That law requires daily cleaning for hotel rooms in Clark and...
Churchill Downs Committed to Richmond Opportunity, Targeting 2023 Referendum
In February 2022, Churchill Downs Inc. agreed to purchase most of Peninsula Pacific Entertainment's (P2E) casinos and resort assets. The nearly $2.5 billion acquisition also delivered the Kentucky-based casino and horse racetrack group the potential opportunity to construct a new, from-the-ground-up casino...
