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Las Vegas Visitors Returning, March 2022 Numbers Highlight Ongoing Recovery
Las Vegas is bustling once again, and numbers released this week show that the world's most famous casino market is approaching pre-pandemic visitor levels. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) revealed in its...
Massachusetts Sports Betting Bill Passes Senate, But Much Work Remains
The Massachusetts sports betting bill passed last July by the House of Representatives has finally gained approval in the upper assembly chamber. Yesterday, the State Senate approved Senate Bill 2844 (House Bill 3933) by a...
Single Powerball Ticket Hits $473.1M Jackpot, Top 20 All-Time Lottery Win
Last night's Powerball draw made one very lucky player in Arizona a multimillionaire many times over. Powerball's April 27 drawing turned up the winning white ball numbers of 11, 36, 61, 62, and 68. The...
Nevada Gaming Win Eclipses $1B for 13th Consecutive Month, as Record Play Continues
It's a baker's dozen for Nevada casinos, as gross gaming revenue (GGR) in March eclipsed $1 billion for the 13th consecutive month. Today, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) revealed statewide March casino revenue totaled...
Hard Rock Bristol Receives First Virginia Commercial Casino License
Hard Rock Bristol has received the first commercial casino license to be issued in Virginia. It was seemingly unimaginable that Virginia would move to legalize commercial casinos just a decade ago. The state had long...
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"...
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!...
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...
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...
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...
