8105 stories by Devin O'Connor
Wife of Convicted Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Voices Opposition to Penn State Casino
Dottie Sandusky, the wife of convicted sex offender Jerry Sandusky, is stepping up to voice her opposition to a casino being built near the Penn State University campus. The 78-year-old recently submitted comments to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) to express...
Tokyo Odds of Entering Japan Casino Pool Remain Long, Leading Observer Says
Tokyo would be a most ideal setting for a multibillion-dollar integrated resort (IR) casino development. But Japan's capital city has thus far remained on the sidelines. Japan is slowly inching towards becoming a nation with legal commercial casinos. The country passed its...
MGM Resorts Secures Osaka Casino Rights, $9B Project Moves Forward
MGM Resorts and its Japanese partner Orix have secured Osaka's lone integrated resort (IR) development opportunity. With the prefecture and city blessing, the group will work with government officials to finalize its pitch to Japan's central government for licensure. According to Japanese...
Caesars $500M Virginia Casino Will Preserve Elements of Historic Dan River Mills Factory
Caesars Entertainment this week unveiled its casino resort blueprint for Danville, Va. The half of a billion-dollar project will result in Caesars Virginia, a casino destination featuring a 500-room hotel, casino floor with 1,400 slot machines and 75 table games, 16-table WSOP...
Rhode Island Casinos Rebranded, Bally’s Lincoln Resort Details $100M Expansion
The two Rhode Island casinos in Lincoln and Tiverton are adding the Bally's brand to their names. The Bally's Corporation is the newly formed, Rhode Island-headquartered entity created from Twin River Worldwide Holdings' 2020 acquisition of the iconic Bally's casino moniker from...
Hurricane Ida Postpones Louisiana Elections, Slidell Casino Vote Rescheduled
Hurricane Ida has delayed Louisiana voters in St. Tammany Parish voicing their stance on a proposed casino resort on the Lakeshore Marina. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) signed an executive order last week that postponed the state's fall elections. The general...
Atlantic City Casinos Win $262.4M in August, Down Eight Percent From 2019
Atlantic City casinos won $262.4 million on their nine brick-and-mortar gaming floors last month. August gross gaming revenue (GGR) from retail slot machines totaled a little more than $198 million, with table games accounting for just shy of $64.4 million. The land-based...
North Carolina Sports Betting Bill Odds Long as Lawmakers Hurry to Adjourn
North Carolina sports betting gained Senate approval in August after lawmakers there passed Senate Bill 688 by a vote of 26-19. This week, nearly a month later, legislation has been referred to the House Committee on Commerce for initial review. SB 688...
Deadwood Casinos Optimistic About Future with Legal Sports Betting
Deadwood casinos debuted legal sports betting last week. The expanded gaming is delivering an influx of new visitors to the remote historic Black Hills Gold Rush town. September is halfway over, and the cold, long winter will soon set in. For Deadwood's...
‘Life is Beautiful’ Downtown Las Vegas Concert Has Casino Hotel Rooms at Ultra-High Rates
The "Life is Beautiful" annual music and arts festival is back in downtown Las Vegas following a year off due to pandemic closure. The festival brings more than 100,000 music fans to downtown Las Vegas each year. Tickets remain for the three-day...
