7892 stories by Devin O'Connor
Atlantic City Casino Win in 2022 Tops 2019, Inflation Hurts Bottom Lines
Atlantic City casinos won more than $2.78 billion off of gamblers at the nine resorts in 2022. That's a 9% improvement from 2021, and 3.7% higher than what the casinos won in pre-pandemic 2019. Atlantic City's land-based casinos won a little more...
Osage Casinos CEO Kimberly Pearson Says Gaming Industry Smart to Promote Women
Osage Casinos CEO Kimberly Pearson hopes her recent appointment sets off a flurry of other females working in the commercial and tribal gaming industries being promoted to C-level positions. Osage Casinos owns and operates seven casinos in Oklahoma on behalf of the...
Las Vegas Tourism Authority Says Scrapped Strip Land Sale Won’t Stall Renovation
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) held its first meeting since its $120 million land sale fell through with a Chilean businessman. While disappointed, agency officials say the development won't impede the timeline of the Convention Center's makeover. In October...
New York Supreme Court Says Bangladesh Lawsuit Against Philippines Bank Can Continue
The New York Supreme Court has ruled that a lawsuit brought by the Bangladeshi government against a Philippines bank can proceed. In 2016, an international bank fraud case arose when a series of wire transactions were initiated for withdrawals from the Bangladesh...
Pickering Casino Opens Hotel Near Toronto, $500M Resort Nearly Complete
Pickering Casino Resort in Ontario, located just outside the province's Toronto capital, opened its on-site hotel on Monday, January 16. Pickering's 96,000-square-foot casino opened in July 2021. The casino offers 2,200 slot machines, 90 table games, 140 live dealer stadium gaming positions,...
North Carolina Pro Sports Teams Seek Control of State Sports Betting Market
North Carolina professional sports teams and organizations believe if the state wishes to legalize sports betting on their competitions and events, they should reap a financial benefit. More than 30 states have authorized gambling on sports since May 2018 when the US...
Cherokee Nation to Appeal Pope County Casino Ruling to Arkansas Supreme Court
The Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB) will appeal a judge's decision that came last Friday rescinding the company's gaming license to build and eventually operate a casino in Pope County. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox ruled that the Arkansas Racing Commission (ARC)...
State College Casino Hearing Set, Cordish to Make Case Against Bally’s Project
The State College casino project that many locals oppose -- and the College Township Council has expressed remorse for allowing to proceed -- will be discussed in Harrisburg on Jan. 25 before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). State College is being...
Mega Millions Finds a Winner, $1.35B Ticket Sold in Maine
The Mega Millions jackpot evaded players for 25 consecutive drawings. But the streak came to an end last night when a lucky player in Maine won the fourth-largest lottery prize in US history. The $1.35 billion win is payable over a 30-year...
Bally’s Atlantic City Sued by Decorated Paralympian on Valet Discrimination Claim
Bally's Atlantic City has been named in a lawsuit filed by a decorated Paralympian, who claims he was discriminated against by the casino's valet staff on two separate occasions. Douglas Heir's life was forever changed on Father's Day in 1978 when he...
