7782 stories by Devin O'Connor
US Commercial Casinos Win Record $16.6B in First Quarter of 2023
US commercial casinos won a record $16.6 billion in the first three months of 2023. It's the best three-month revenue period ever for the country's commercial gaming industry. The American Gaming Association (AGA) reported Tuesday that Q1 2023 gross gaming revenue (GGR)...
Ontario Casinos Report Increased Suspicious Activity at Cashier Cages
Ontario casinos reported more than $372 million in suspicious financial transactions at their cashier cages last year. The record level of questionable monetary movement at casinos has prompted calls for the province to better investigate the true source of the dubious funds....
Hofstra University Could Have Ace Up Its Sleeve in Opposing Sands Long Island Casino
Hofstra University's leadership doesn't want a casino near its campus in Nassau County on New York's Long Island. The private school has gone so far as to block a gaming resort from being authorized at the Nassau Coliseum and to file a...
Resorts World New York City Buffet Lawsuit Ongoing Nine Years After Restaurant Closed
Resorts World New York City officials made the decision to close the property's Aqueduct Buffet in January 2014. More than nine years later, some employees who worked at the eatery continue to make their legal case that they were wrongly terminated without...
Caesars Virginia Opens Danville Casino, Company Touts Forthcoming ‘Big Bad Boy’
Caesars Entertainment in Virginia opened its Danville Casino on Monday morning. The debut was for a temporary gaming facility adjacent to an integrated resort where the company is investing $650 million. The Danville Casino, as the provisional gaming venue is called, commenced...
Ocean Casino Resort Rebuilding Atlantic City Beach
Ocean Casino Resort, located on the northern end of the Atlantic City Boardwalk, is spending $700K to rebuild the beach in front of the $2.5 billion property. The Associated Press reported on Friday that the casino isn't waiting for the state or...
Harrah’s Nebraska Sets June Opening Date After Receiving State Gaming License
Harrah's Nebraska is poised to become the third casino in the Cornhusker State to commence gaming operations. Last Friday, the Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission found Caesars Entertainment and its local investors suitable to receive a state gaming license. The regulatory agency...
US Sports Betting Industry Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary of SCOTUS Decision
Five years ago today, the US gaming industry was forever changed when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a 7-2 decision that the federal law that had limited single-game sports betting to Nevada was unconstitutional. Today, 33 states and...
Missouri Sports Betting Obstructionist Again Blocks Senate Vote, as Legislature Adjourns
Missouri sports betting legislation in 2023 has been dealt a similar fate as in recent years. After gaining bipartisan support in the state House of Representatives, a bill to allow Missourians to bet on sports legally stalled in the state Senate, with...
Melco Resorts Announces City of Dreams Mediterranean Opening in Cyprus
Melco Resorts has announced that its next casino will open this July in the island country of Cyprus. Located in the Mediterranean Sea, Cyprus is geographically in Western Asia but its culture and political values are more closely aligned with Southeastern Europe....
