7955 stories by Devin O'Connor
Silver Slipper Casino GM Tells Parents To Get a Babysitter, Resort Becoming 21+
The Silver Slipper Casino Hotel in the southernmost part of Bay St. Louis, Ms., will soon only be for guests aged 21 and older. Management at the Mississippi casino owned and operated by Full House Resorts said the change comes in response...
Caesars Atlantic City Gets Bulk of Parent Company’s $400M Local Investment
Caesars Atlantic City is being allocated the majority of Caesars Entertainment's $400 million investment budget for its three casinos in town. When Caesars Entertainment sought to merge with Eldorado Resorts in 2020, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission signed off on the...
Las Vegas Strip Land Across From Mandalay Bay Sold to Anonymous Buyer
Las Vegas Strip real estate continues to be a hot commodity, as casinos report record revenue in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Lily Funds' Tom McManus has found another buyer bullish on the Strip. McManus...
Maryland Casinos Win Nearly $180M in May, State Industry’s Second-Best Month
Maryland casinos reported gross gaming revenue (GGR) last month of $178.76 million. The haul represents the second-best month on record. Maryland's first casino opened in September 2010. May 2022 represented a 3.7% improvement on May 2021, and 17.4% better than the approximately...
Kazuo Okada Addresses Okada Manila Staff, Ousted Ownership Files Lawsuit
Kazuo Okada, 79, was ousted from control of his namesake casino resort in the Philippines in 2017. Now, it's the Japanese billionaire who is doing the ousting. Okada led a forcible takeover of the $2.4 billion Okada Manila casino last week. Armed...
Phil Mickelson Comes Clean About Excessive Gambling, Admits Addiction
Phil Mickelson has earned nearly $95 million on the course during his World Golf Hall of Fame career and an estimated $700 million more from endorsements. But the 45-time PGA Tour winner admits gambling has taken a toll on his fiscal health....
Universal Entertainment Accuses Philippines of Taking Sides in Okada Manila Dispute
Universal Entertainment Corporation, which owns and operates Okada Manila through its subsidiary Tiger Resort, Leisure & Entertainment (TRLEI), says government officials in the Philippines have wrongly picked sides in its "intra-corporate dispute." Last week, a raid led by Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada...
Atlantic City Casino Taxes Donated to Jewish Causes, Truck School
Atlantic City casinos by law are required to direct 1.25% of their gross gaming revenue to the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA). The CRDA is to use the gaming money to help fund projects and events that act "as a...
Chris Rock Inducted into Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame at Connecticut Casino
Chris Rock is the newest member of the Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame. Prior to Rock's sold-out show at the Mohegan Sun Arena on June 4, the Connecticut tribal casino resort inducted the 57-year-old comedian into its Walk of Fame. The Grammy...
Steve Wynn Sells Las Vegas Mansion on ‘Billionaire’s Row’ at Deep Discount
Steve Wynn exited the Las Vegas gaming industry in early 2018 by selling off his entire stake in Wynn Resorts for $2.2 billion. The divesture rendered the billionaire landless on the Strip, but only now is the 80-year-old doing away with his...
