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Star Entertainment Rescinds $6.6B Crown Offer, Cites Melbourne Inquiry
Star Entertainment has withdrawn its AU$9 billion (US$6.64 billion) buyout offer of rival Australian casino operator Crown Resorts. Star Entertainment, the smaller of the two Aussie casino groups, cited the growing assumption in Victoria that Crown will lose its casino license for...
New Jersey Republicans Seeking State Office Running on Anti-Casino Smoking Platforms
New Jersey Republicans seeking state office have taken positions opposing ongoing tobacco smoking inside Atlantic City casinos. Assemblyman Vince Polistina (R-Egg Harbor) and Don Guardian, the former Republican mayor of Atlantic City, say they both oppose allowing gamblers to light up inside...
Macau Casinos Donate Millions of Dollars for Henan Flood Relief
Macau casinos are located more than 600 miles south of the Henan province and its Zhengzhou capital city, where heavy rains and flooding continue to ravage the area. But that isn't preventing the six commercial gaming operators from donating to relief efforts....
Wakayama Officially Names Clairvest Group Integrated Casino Resort Partner
The Wakayama Prefecture is formally moving forward with an integrated casino resort pitch from Toronto-based Clairvest Group. Known as the "Kingdom of Fruit" for its long claims of producing the most perfect mandarin, Wakayama officials are hoping its casino resort ambitions turn...
Chicago Sports Betting Ban Remains, But City Officials Motion to Lift Restriction
Chicago sports betting within the city limits remains a prohibited activity. But some officials are hoping to soon end that regulation. Illinois legalized sports betting in 2019. It came by way of a major gaming expansion package signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker...
Red Rock Casino Resort Ordered to Negotiate with Las Vegas Union
Red Rock Casino Resort has been ordered by a federal judge to temporarily negotiate with a Las Vegas casino union while a legal complaint plays out. US District Judge Gloria Navarro issued an order this week requiring Red Rock parent company Station...
Olympics May Attract 20 Million US Bettors, Odds Shorten on Games Being Canceled
The Summer Olympics are set to officially run July 23 through August 8. The American Gaming Association (AGA) says roughly 20 million Americans will place a wager on the games -- some on the possibility of cancellation. The AGA, the chief lobbying...
US Marshals Service to Seize Imperial Palace Saipan Casino Assets
The United States Marshals Service has been instructed by a judge in the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands to seize assets from the shuttered Imperial Palace Saipan casino resort. Hong Kong-based Imperial Pacific International (IPI), the developer of the...
Georgia Casino Coalition Forms to Persuade Lawmakers to Legalize Gambling
Georgia casino legalization efforts have failed in each of the previous two legislative sessions. But gaming companies aren't folding on their ambitions to develop large-scale integrated resorts in the Peach State. Several of the world's biggest players in the global gaming industry,...
Fontainebleau, Now JW Marriott Las Vegas Blvd., Announces October 2023 Opening
The former Fontainebleau Las Vegas and The Drew, now currently known as JW Marriott Las Vegas Blvd., now says the long-delayed Strip eyesore will open in the fall of 2023. The towering 67-story blue behemoth has been a stark reminder of the...
