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Cordish Unveils $250M Overhaul of Diamond Jacks Casino in Louisiana’s Bossier City
The Cordish Companies earlier this month tentatively reached an agreement with Foundation Gaming to acquire the long-shuttered Louisiana riverboat that was called Diamond Jacks until it closed in March 2020. The Baltimore-based gaming and hospitality firm, which operates Live!-branded casinos in Maryland...
Macau Chief Executive: Casino Hub Needs More Mass-Market Hotel Rooms
Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng believes the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR) needs to stop prioritizing visitors based on their spending capabilities. Instead, the focus shoul be on providing guestroom accommodations for visitors from all walks of life. Ho succeeded Fernando...
Vanna White Starring in ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Online Casino Marketing for BetMGM
Vanna White and "Wheel of Fortune" have gone hand-in-hand for over 40 years. And with the recent introduction of the first "Wheel of Fortune" online casino platform debuting in New Jersey, the longtime gameshow co-host is allowing her likeness to be used...
Nagasaki Casino Resort Bid Ongoing, Prefecture Officials Confirm
Officials in Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture have confirmed that the region's integrated resort (IR) bid remains active. Japan's Casino Administration Committee fielded just two IR bids a year ago this month. They came nearly four years after the controlling Liberal Democratic Party in...
Gateway Casinos Shutter Ontario Properties, IT Outage Cited
Gateway Casinos in Ontario are dark Monday morning after an information technology (IT) outage forced the Canadian gaming operator to shutter its properties in the province. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, Gateway Casinos is one of the largest...
Casino New Brunswick Manager’s Death Results in Manslaughter Charge
The death of a food and beverage manager who worked at Casino New Brunswick has resulted in criminal charges against a local man who allegedly assaulted the victim. Following an investigation into the death of 56-year-old Rodney Frenette, the Royal Canadian Mounted...
Academy of Country Music Announces Casino of the Year Nominees
The Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards has announced its nominees for "Country Music's Party of the Year," scheduled for next month on Thursday, May 11. Among the list of nominees are 11 casinos that are finalists for two categories: "Casino of...
MGM Resorts Wins First Casino License in Japan With $8.1B Osaka Bay Resort
MGM Resorts International, the largest operator of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip that is also licensed in China's Macau, is further expanding its international portfolio by way of Japan and Osaka. Japan's central government on Friday signed off on the Osaka...
Mississippi Tribe Breaks Ground on Gaming Facility and Travel Plaza
Ground was broken Wednesday on the next Mississippi casino. The project comes from Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise, Inc. (CRDE), the gaming and hospitality subsidiary owned and operated by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Tribal officials yesterday moved the first dirt at...
Ontario Officials Seek $40M Forfeiture of Assets Seized in Alleged Sports Betting Ring
The Ontario government is seeking to retain $40 million in cash and assets seized from an alleged sports betting ring foiled by law enforcement in late 2019. Ontario police executed numerous search warrants in December 2019 that resulted in more than 30...
