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Devin O'Connor
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Urban One CEO Details Richmond Casino Process Should Ballot Referendum Pass
Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins is ready to place the biggest bet in the multimedia conglomerate's more than four-decade history. But he first needs the support of residents in Virginia's Richmond capital. Liggins and Urban...
Hard Rock Hopes to Roll Into NYC, New Jersey with Two Casino Resorts
Hard Rock International is one of the world's largest operators of integrated casino resorts. The company hopes to soon expand its portfolio to the most populated metro in the United States. Hard Rock, the hospitality...
Las Vegas’ Odds of Luring MLB A’s Lengthen, as Oakland Supports New Ballpark
Las Vegas has quickly become a sports town. The casino capital is now home to two of the big four pro sports leagues. Could baseball be next? The Supreme Court's 2018 repeal of the federal...
iOS Social Gaming Generated Nearly $1B in US During Pandemic Height, Report Finds
It might come as little surprise that social gaming on Apple's iOS platform thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic. As people in the United States sat at home confined to their private residences in an effort...
Steve Wynn Las Vegas Summerlin Mansion Re-listed at $24.5M
Steve Wynn hasn't been involved in the US gaming industry for more than three years. But his surname will likely forever be synonymous with Las Vegas. However, now the man worth an estimated $3.3 billion...
St. Tammany Casino Would Have ‘Moderately Positive’ Regional Impact, Study Finds
If the $329 million St. Tammany casino resort proposal is built in Slidell, La., an economic study concludes that the destination would have a "moderately positive" impact on the region. The St. Tammany Corporation, which...
Nevada Casinos Top $1B for Seventh Straight Month, Set September Gaming Record
Nevada casinos continued their winning ways in September. The state's 322 licensed casinos collectively won more than $1.158 billion last month. The Numbers supplied by the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) today reveal the 41...
Massachusetts Sports Bets Pushed as Wagers Begin in Connecticut
Massachusetts sports betting has been an item of discussion in the Boston capital nearly since the Supreme Court in 2018 ruled that states -- not the federal government -- should determine their own individual laws...
Atlantic City Casino Workers March in Support of Clean Indoor Air
Atlantic City casino workers took to the streets today to make their voices loud and clear in their opposition to allowing indoor smoking to continue on the nine gaming floors in town. New Jersey's 2006...
State Farm Insurance Reportedly Planning 100th Anniversary Bash in Las Vegas
State Farm will celebrate its 100th anniversary next June, and if rumors turn out to be true, the insurance giant is set to become a good neighbor to Las Vegas. That's by way of bringing...
