7955 stories by Devin O'Connor
Nevada Casinos Set Fiscal Year Record, Gaming Revenue Tops $14.6B
Nevada casinos just experienced their best 12-month period ever. The Nevada Gaming Control Board reports that gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the 2021-22 fiscal year, which ended June 30, totaled $14.63 billion. That is easily the best 12-month span in the history...
Atlantic City Casino Union Contracts in Place Through May 2026
Atlantic City casino union contracts have now been signed and executed at all nine resorts. Officials at Golden Nugget today closed the books on the 2022 negotiations by signing the same collective bargaining agreement the eight others previously established. MGM Resorts and...
Macau Casino Bidding Period to Commence July 29, Says Newly Formed Committee
Macau casino operators will be able to submit applications to receive fresh concessions beginning tomorrow, July 29. That's according to the enclave's newly formed Committee for Public Tendering of Concessions for the Operation of Casino Games of Fortune. The regulatory body was...
Las Vegas Airport Sets Monthly Passenger Record, Spirit Agrees to JetBlue Merger
Harry Reid International, the primary Las Vegas airport that served nearly 40 million passengers last year, has set a new monthly passengers record. Las Vegas airport officials say its terminals facilitated more than 4.68 million travelers last month. That eclipses its previous...
Okada Manila Anarchy Escalates, as Kazuo Okada Son Attacks Father
The governance of Okada Manila in the Philippines' Entertainment City remains in chaos, as competing entities each lay claim as the rightful owner-operator. The tensions further mounted this week after Tomohiro Okada, one of Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada's adult children, penned a...
Pope County Judge Asks Arkansas Elections Board to Reject Casino Referendum
Pope County Judge Ben Cross is calling on the Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners to reject a casino ballot referendum effort. The measure is being pushed by a Native American tribe in Oklahoma. The Choctaw Nation owns and operates tribal casinos...
Mega Millions Jackpot Tops $1B, ‘Someone is Going to Win’
The Mega Millions jackpot hasn't been won since April 15. As the jackpot continues to roll over and grow -- now upwards of $1 billion -- someone will eventually win. Could it be you? Almost certainly not. Despite the dismal one in...
Bellagio Conservatory Debuts Exclusive Dining Experience ‘The Garden Table’
The Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens is now available for dining. Bellagio operator MGM Resorts announced today "The Garden Table," an exclusive eating opportunity inside the Conservatory. Billed as a never-been-done-before dining concept, the Strip casino icon says tables can be booked...
Massachusetts Casino Execs Tell State Lawmakers Sports Betting Critical
Massachusetts casino executives have told Beacon Hill lawmakers that legalizing sports betting is critically important. Enacting that would allow their three properties to better compete with casinos in neighboring states where wagering on sports is permitted. Officials from Encore Boston Harbor, MGM...
Mega Millions Dreamers Hoping for Life-Changing Luck Tonight During $810M Draw
Tonight's Mega Millions jackpot is an estimated $810 million, the third-largest prize in the history of the interstate lottery game. Mega Millions officials initially projected that the July 26 jackpot would be around $790 million. But with the generation-changing sum on the...
