8021 stories by Devin O'Connor
Arkansas Casino Resort Plan Rejected by Pope County Officials
Arkansas lawmakers that backed a 2018 bill to authorize four commercial casinos likely couldn't have imagined the chaos that has ensued in Pope County. More than three years after Pope County was designated as a casino zone, state and local officials are...
FBI Cyber Crime Division Warns Tribal Casinos About Ongoing Threats
The FBI Cyber Crime Division says casinos owned by Native Americans should remain on high alert for ransomware attacks. Numerous counts of cyber attacks on tribal casino resorts have been reported in recent years. But there's been an uptick of such crime,...
North Carolina Sports Betting Bill Revived in State House
A North Carolina sports betting bill has found new life after sitting idle for more than two months in the Raleigh capital. Senate Bill 688, an act to authorize and regulate sports wagering in North Carolina, passed the General Assembly's upper chamber...
NJ Senate President Stephen Sweeney’s Defeat Could Hit Atlantic City Casino Smoking
New Jersey's much closer than anticipated gubernatorial race captured the headlines this week. That pushed another high-profile Election Day outcome largely into the shadows. Stephen Sweeney (D), the longest-running state senate president in New Jersey history, was upset by Republican Edward Durr,...
Election Day Explainer: Why Richmond Casino, NJ Sports Betting Questions Failed
Election Day 2021 featured two major questions that stood to impact the US gaming industry. But each ballot referendum was rejected by voters, which begs the question, "Why?" While Casino.org doesn't have all the answers, we dug deep to better understand why...
Station Casinos Accused of Not Abiding by Court Order in Unfair Labor Practices Case
Station Casinos stands accused of failing to adhere to a federal court's order. The complaint is in relation to the casino company's ongoing unfair labor practices lawsuit brought against the company by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In filings made with...
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Staves Off Gubernatorial Upset
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) got a wake-up call this week from more than 1.2 million people, who voted against him leading the state for another four years. Though the Democrat will presumably serve a second term, the former Goldman Sachs...
Hard Rock Atlantic City President Joe Lupo to Head Gaming Industry Trade Group
Hard Rock Atlantic City President Joe Lupo has been appointed the new leader of the Casino Association of New Jersey (CANJ). Following Terry Glebocki's surprise resignation last month as CEO of Ocean Casino Resort and her role as CANJ president, the trade...
Republican Glenn Youngkin Virginia Election Surprise Pays Bettors Liberally
Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Younkin (R) pulled off the upset many conservatives hoped for on Election Day, narrowly edging former Gov. Terry McAuliffe by roughly two percentage points. For savvy political bettors who wagered on Virginians putting a Republican in the governor's seat,...
Richmond Casino Question Rejected, $565M Resort Canned
The Richmond casino referendum outcome in Virginia was expected to be close. And close it was, as it took until Wednesday morning around 10 am to declare an outcome. Urban One, a publicly traded media conglomerate, and Peninsula Pacific Entertainment (P2E), a...
