8021 stories by Devin O'Connor
German Lottery Winner Unknowingly Carried $39M in Purse for Weeks
A lottery winner in Germany who was unaware of her lucky fortune carried around the ticket that will make her a multimillionaire many times over for several weeks. Lotto Bayern, Germany's state-run lottery, confirmed yesterday that a 45-year-old mother residing in Lower...
Reno Casino Firm Jacobs Entertainment Sweetens Deal to Buy City Land
Reno casino owner and operator Jacobs Entertainment has entered into an agreement to acquire land from the city. This week, council members signed off on Jacobs paying more than $3.07 million for the properties. The Reno City Council this week voted in...
Yokohama Integrated Resort Plans from Genting, Melco Released
Yokohama officials have unveiled the city's two qualifying integrated resort (IR) bids from Genting Group and Melco Resorts. Now through August 7, an exhibit at the Yokohama City Hall displays models of the two large-scale casino design pitches. Each would be expected...
Melco Resorts Stock Rebounds, Investors Optimistic Despite Q2 Net Loss
Melco Resorts shares surged more than 10 percent today. The investor enthusiasm comes less than 24 hours after the Macau integrated casino resort operator reported a net loss of $185.7 million in the second quarter. Melco's US shares are traded on the...
Grand Lisboa Palace $5B Casino Opening July 30, Cotai Debut for SJM Resorts
Grand Lisboa Palace on Macau's Cotai Strip is set to welcome its first casino gamblers on Friday, July 30. Daisy Ho, chairwoman of SJM Holdings, recently announced the planned opening to GGRAsia. Daisy Ho revealed that the integrated resort has been granted...
Failed Biloxi Casino Project Land Worth $28M Donated To Charity
A Biloxi real estate developer has decided to donate some 30 acres of land he intended to build a casino on to a local charity. Chris Ferrara is one of the largest landowners in the Mississippi Gulf Coast town. The Sun Herald...
Un-Vaxxed MGM Resorts Las Vegas Workers to Pay for COVID-19 Tests
MGM Resorts has informed unvaccinated employees in Las Vegas that they need to either pay the company for ongoing COVID-19 testing or procure their own tests. Media reports surfaced today that Nevada's largest employer and operator of the most Las Vegas...
Simone Biles Olympics Team Event Withdrawal All-Around Loss for Bettors
Simone Biles is once again the biggest news story of the Summer Olympics. But unlike in 2016, when she won four gold medals in Rio, she's in the news in 2021 for her shocking withdrawal from the women's artistic team all-around competition....
Belgium Slashing Weekly Online Casino Deposit Limit by 60 Percent
Belgium online casino players could soon face a more stringent cap on how much they can deposit each week to their iGaming account. Belgium's Council of Ministers recently signed off on a Royal Decree that would cut the weekly deposit limit for...
Singapore Targeting September for Opening Border to International Travelers
Singapore remains relatively closed to the rest of the world because of ongoing COVID-19 concerns. And that is greatly damaging the nation's two integrated casino resorts -- Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa -- and inhibiting their pandemic recoveries. Currently, entry...
