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Final Arkansas Casino License Issued to Cherokee Nation, Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones Firm
More than three years after Arkansas legalized commercial gambling in four counties, the final license has at long last been issued. Following years of legal contentions, the Arkansas Racing Commission (ARC) last Friday issued the gaming permit allocated for Pope County to...
New Jersey Online Casino Players File Lawsuits Against iGaming Firm
New Jersey online casino players who gambled on an interactive slot manufactured by American Gaming Systems (AGS) are demanding compensation for a tech glitch that wrongly told them that they had won big. Plaintiff Lisa Piluso, a suburban Philadelphia resident who works...
Cherokee Nation Ready to Begin Construction on Arkansas Casino in Pope County
Oklahoma's Cherokee Nation is hoping to soon begin construction on its proposed $225 million Arkansas casino resort in Pope County. Legends Resort & Casino was presented to state and local Pope County officials in 2019. The project targeting Russellville comes from the...
Rivers Casino Des Plaines Gambler Claims He Was Robbed After Winning $40K in Cash
A 34-year-old Arizona man claims that after visiting Rivers Casino Des Plaines in Illinois, two assailants robbed him at gunpoint and stole some $40,000 in cash that he had just won while gambling. The alleged victim, Cordero Supe, told police that a...
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Owners Say Longstanding Strip Eyesore Will Open in 2023
The new owners of Fontainebleau Las Vegas committed yesterday to bringing the Strip's notorious 67-story idled eyesore to completion in two years. Fontainebleau Development and Koch Real Estate Investments, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, acquired the unfinished casino resort from New York...
Rhode Island Casinos in Lincoln and Tiverton Begin Bally’s Rebranding
Rhode Island's lone casino operator -- the recently formed Bally's Corporation -- has begun the rebranding process of its two casinos in the state. Formerly Twin River Worldwide Holdings (TRWH), the group changed its corporate identity to Bally's following its acquisition of...
MGM Resorts Osaka Partner in Japan Sets Aside $2.4B for Casino Project Start
An integrated resort (IR) consortium led by MGM Resorts and Orix Corporation is the preferred casino developer in Japan's Osaka Prefecture. The combined group has proposed an IR development with a total investment budget in the neighborhood of $10 billion. Orix, a...
Richmond Casino Defeat Good for Norfolk, Portsmouth Gaming Resorts, Economist Says
Richmond voters rejected a local ballot referendum on Election Day asking if they support allowing a single commercial gaming development to be built in the Virginia capital city. Urban One, a publicly traded media conglomerate, and casino operator Peninsula Pacific Entertainment (P2E),...
Mohegan Gaming Expansion Focus Shifts from Greece to South Korea
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE) last week officially withdrew its involvement in a more than $1 billion integrated resort casino project in Athens, Greece. MGE, the gaming entity owned by the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut, says it will instead devote all of...
Live! Casino is Top Maryland Earner for Only Second Time Since 2016 MGM Opening
Live! Casino Hotel Maryland was the state's top grossing casino in October. It's only the second time since MGM National Harbor opened in December of 2016 that the Anne Arundel County gaming floor outpaced its primary competitor. Gross gaming revenue (GGR) from...
