8021 stories by Devin O'Connor
Mohegan Joins Soloviev Group New York City Casino Bid Targeting Manhattan’s East Side
Mohegan -- formerly Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment -- the gaming and hospitality unit owned by the Mohegan Tribe in Connecticut, is joining a bid to acquire a New York City casino license. New York is expected to issue three gaming concessions for...
Macau Casinos Begin 2023 Strong, January Gaming Win Highest in Three Years
Macau casinos are ready to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind them and move forward. And January was precisely the kind of new year start the six gaming giants in the region sought. Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau reported Wednesday that gross...
Powerball Drawing Wednesday Offers Game’s Eighth-Largest Prize, Inflation A Key
Powerball is at it again. Less than three months after a Powerball player in California won a record $2.04 billion jackpot -- the game's all-time richest prize -- the lottery is running up another life-changing payout. After that record $2.04 billion Powerball...
Nevada Casinos Win $14.84B in 2022, Set All-Time Revenue Record
Nevada casinos won more than $14.84 billion in 2022, the state's all-time best year. Casino gambling was legalized in Nevada in 1931. Silver State casinos never won more from gamblers than they did last year. The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) revealed...
Alabama Casinos Announce Layoffs Following State Supreme Court Ruling
Alabama casinos in Macon and Lowndes counties were ordered by the state's highest court to cease their charitable gaming operations by January 15. The legal ruling has cost hundreds of workers their jobs. In September, the Alabama Supreme Court unanimously overturned lower...
Rivers Casino Portsmouth Changes Smoking Policy, Nonsmokers Still Unhappy
Rivers Casino Portsmouth's opening certainly hasn't gone as parent company Rush Street Gaming had planned. After receiving a heap of backlash for allowing indoor smoking across the 90,000-square-foot gaming floor, Rivers Portsmouth has announced new indoor smoking policies. Rivers Casino Portsmouth opened...
Rivers Casino Portsmouth Hears Smoking Criticism, Takes Action
Rivers Casino Portsmouth is heeding early feedback about Virginia's first permanent casino. Rivers Portsmouth opened last week as the first standalone casino to open in the state's history. But the grand opening fanfare was short-lived for some nonsmokers, who voiced their disapproval...
Florida Lottery Winner Says Ticket Purchased After Fellow Player Cut in Line
A Florida Lottery winner says he might not have experienced his lucky win if it hadn't been for an unruly customer who cut the line in front of him. Stephen Espinoza, 43, recently stopped in the Publix grocery store along NE 5th...
EuroMillions Winner Blew Through £161M Fortune Before Death
Colin Weir and his then-wife, Chris Weir, won one of the largest EuroMillions jackpots ever in 2011. It was a £161M life-changing fortune that would eventually result in him going on a years-long spending spree. A camera operator for a local television...
Petersburg, Virginia Casino Effort Remains Alive, Fairfax Casino Bill Dead
A Virginia Senate subcommittee gave hope to a Petersburg casino effort on Thursday by advancing legislation that would designate the town as a qualified gaming host jurisdiction. Virginia legalized commercial gaming in 2020, but only in the cities of Richmond, Norfolk, Portsmouth,...
