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Las Vegas Spree Part of Charges Against IRS Employees Accused of Stealing COVID-19 Funds
Five current and former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees are facing -- or have already pleaded guilty to -- wire fraud and other charges. The pleas stem from their alleged involvement in a scheme that...
Spectrum Gaming Releases Top 10 Trends for Global Gaming Industry in 2023
Spectrum Gaming Group has released its top trends to watch for in the global gaming industry next year. Spectrum, a Pennsylvania-based gaming consultancy specializing in the economics, regulation, and policy of regulated gambling markets worldwide,...
Kazuo Okada Indicted by Philippines Department of Justice on ‘Grave Coercion’
Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada, 80, has been charged in the Philippines along with several of his business associates. The legal actions stem from their roles in the forcible takeover of Okada Manila back in May....
Station Casinos to Top Off Durango Resort, Company Bullish on Southern Nevada
Station Casinos expects to top off its 15-story Durango Casino & Resort in Las Vegas later this week. Station Casinos is a locals-focused casino operator in Southern Nevada. Along with its publicly traded sister company,...
Penn & Teller Postpone Rio Show, Rod Stewart Extends Caesars Palace Residency
Penn & Teller have temporarily shuttered their Las Vegas residency at the Rio because of health reasons. Teller, 74, the silent partner of the magic duo, recently underwent open-heart surgery. The act's longtime manager Glenn...
Pennsylvania Casino Diversity Report Shows Employment Demographics Unchanged
The Pennsylvania casino industry continues to employ about as many diverse people as the state's overall demographics suggest it should. On Friday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) released its 15th diversity report. The annual...
Alabama Supreme Court Rules Against Electronic Bingo, Three Casinos to Close
The Alabama Supreme Court has issued the final say on a years-long legal dispute regarding the legality of electronic bingo machines located outside of tribal lands in the state. The state's highest court says electronic...
Macau Casinos Suffer Another Dismal Month, Gaming Win Down 50 Percent
Macau casino operators continue to bleed cash, keeping their multibillion-dollar integrated casino resorts open despite an inadequate number of visitors traveling to the Chinese enclave. Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau said casinos won just...
Pope County Casino License Still Unsettled as Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit
Pope County in Arkansas was allocated a single commercial casino license through a gaming ballot referendum passed by state voters in November 2018. Nearly four years later, the recipient of that lone development opportunity remains...
Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino Breaks Ground on $275M Expansion
Harrah's Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel has long played second fiddle to Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort, the tribe's larger sister property in North Carolina. But Caesars Entertainment and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians...
