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Devin O'Connor

Devin O'Connor is a senior reporter for Casino.org, covering politics, casino business, and gaming news.

Devin came on board with Casino.org in 2014. He lives in Arlington, Va.

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Tilman Fertitta Says King Crab Priced Out of the Market, But Business ‘Very Good’
April 28, 2022

Tilman Fertitta Says King Crab Priced Out of the Market, But Business ‘Very Good’

Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire who owns five Golden Nugget casinos across the US, says inflation and ongoing distribution disruptions caused by the pandemic have rendered king crab financially obsolete.    Appearing on CNBC's "Power Lunch"...

Written by Devin O'Connor
Live! Casino Pittsburgh Expanding, Event Space Planned at Pennsylvania Satellite
April 27, 2022

Live! Casino Pittsburgh Expanding, Event Space Planned at Pennsylvania Satellite

Live! Casino Pittsburgh in Greensburg, Pa., is expanding its footprint with a new 7,000-square-foot events center. Dubbed The Venue at Live! Casino, the events facility, will occupy formerly vacant space inside the Westmoreland Mall. Live!...

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Macau Preparing to Open Borders to Foreign Travelers, Portugal First
April 27, 2022

Macau Preparing to Open Borders to Foreign Travelers, Portugal First

Macau is readying to open its enclave borders to foreign travelers for the first time in more than two years. Inside Asian Gaming relayed today that Macau Social Affairs and Culture Secretary Elsie Ao Ieong...

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Virginia Skill Gaming Company Sued for Using Late Sen. Yvonne Miller’s Likeness
April 27, 2022

Virginia Skill Gaming Company Sued for Using Late Sen. Yvonne Miller’s Likeness

Virginia skill gaming manufacturer and distributor Queen of Virginia Skill & Entertainment is the subject of a lawsuit filed in Portsmouth Circuit Court. The litigation was brought by the estate of the late state Senator...

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Missouri Sports Betting Bill Advances, Senate to Consider Gaming Expansion Measure
April 27, 2022

Missouri Sports Betting Bill Advances, Senate to Consider Gaming Expansion Measure

Missouri sports betting efforts have failed in each state legislative session since the US Supreme Court in 2018 repealed the sports gambling federal ban and gave such powers to individual states. Four years later, Missouri...

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Tilman Fertitta Las Vegas Rumors Intensify, as Billionaire Reportedly Acquiring Strip Frontage
April 26, 2022

Tilman Fertitta Las Vegas Rumors Intensify, as Billionaire Reportedly Acquiring Strip Frontage

Billionaire Tilman Fertitta is reportedly inching close to acquiring property on the Las Vegas Strip. The Golden Nugget casino owner is already invested in downtown Las Vegas. But Fertitta, who also owns the NBA Houston...

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Club Pro Guy ‘Lynx’ Up With betPARX Sportsbook and Online Casino Platform
April 26, 2022

Club Pro Guy ‘Lynx’ Up With betPARX Sportsbook and Online Casino Platform

Club Pro Guy (CPG) and online sportsbook and iGaming platform betPARX are partnering up. The satirical character, who depicts a fictional version of a local professional club pro online, has amassed a large following on...

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Macau Easing Testing Again for Zhuhai Entries as Labor Day Approaches
April 26, 2022

Macau Easing Testing Again for Zhuhai Entries as Labor Day Approaches

Macau is extending the validity of negative COVID-19 test results for travelers arriving from nearby Zhuhai. Yesterday, Macau's Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center announced that people from Zhuhai seeking entry to the casino hub...

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Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Glad Elon Musk Buying Twitter
April 26, 2022

Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Glad Elon Musk Buying Twitter

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy -- the "El Presidente" of the sports betting and pop culture social media empire -- is ecstatic that billionaire Elon Musk is taking Twitter private. Portnoy, 45, appeared on Fox...

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Steve Wynn Finally Finds Buyer for Las Vegas Mansion on ‘Billionaire’s Row’
April 25, 2022

Steve Wynn Finally Finds Buyer for Las Vegas Mansion on ‘Billionaire’s Row’

Steve Wynn disassociated from the Las Vegas gaming industry in early 2018. That was following a career-ending report published in The Wall Street Journal that detailed numerous allegations of sexual misconduct committed by the casino...

Written by Devin O'Connor