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Las Vegas Sands Owner Dr. Miriam Adelson Says Hamas Supporters ‘Dead to Us’
Las Vegas Sands' controlling shareholder, Dr. Miriam Adelson, who inherited the stake following her husband's passing in January 2021, says Hamas supporters are enemies of the Jewish community and should be considered "dead to us." In an op-ed published this week in...
Vietnam Government Mulling $2.2B Casino Resort in Van Don Special Economic Zone
Vietnam is considering building a nearly $2.2 billion integrated resort casino in the Van Don Special Economic Zone in the Quang Ninh Province located in the northeastern corner of the country. Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment this week submitted a report...
Pope County Casino License Remains Fluid Following Arkansas Supreme Court Ruling
The Pope County casino license in Arkansas authorized by voters through a 2018 statewide ballot referendum remains in flux. The Arkansas Supreme Court last month upheld a lower judge's ruling that the Arkansas Racing Commission (ARC) wrongly deemed Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB)...
Mohegan to Open Inspire Integrated Casino Resort in Incheon, South Korea
Mohegan's Inspire at Incheon International Airport in South Korea is slated to open later this month. The years-long project is finally nearing the opening of its doors. Mohegan, the tribal and commercial gaming unit owned by the Mohegan Tribe in Connecticut, says...
Macau Government Encourages Casino Operators to Increase Wages
The Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) government is encouraging its six commercial casino operators to consider increasing employee wages, as gaming activity continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. A top government official said this week that with gaming surging this year,...
Atlantic City Casino Reinvestment Development Authority Director to Depart
The executive director of New Jersey's Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) is reportedly set to resign. ROI-NJ, a media outlet focused on business matters in the Garden State, reported Wednesday that Sean Pattwell will leave his role in the near future. The...
Petersburg City Council Reignites Casino Effort After Richmonders Vote ‘No’
During its Tuesday meeting, the Petersburg City Council voted to renew its push to gain the legal right to ask its citizens if they want to welcome in a commercial casino resort. Earlier this month, voters in the Virginia capital rejected a...
China Travel Booking Site Says Outbound Tourism Recovery Ongoing
Trip.com, a leading online travel booking website in China, reports that outbound tourism from the mainland continues to recover in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. In its third-quarter earnings report, Trip.com reported net revenue of approximately RMB13.7 billion ($1.9 billion), nearly...
Fanatics Sportsbook Goes Live in Virginia, PointsBet Accounts Migrated
The Fanatics Sportsbook is officially live in Virginia as of Nov. 21, 2023. The entry is among the emerging sportsbook's most critical states, as the commonwealth is home to about 8.7 million residents, many of whom live in some of the wealthiest...
DouYu CEO Chen Shaojie Arrested in China on Gambling Charge
DouYu Chairman and CEO Chen Shaojie, 39, was arrested earlier this month in China for allegedly allowing gambling on his livestreaming service. DouYu is the equivalent of Twitch in China, though it has far more active monthly users than its U.S. counterpart....