8021 stories by Devin O'Connor
Dustin Johnson Masters Win a Major Loss for Sportsbooks
Dustin Johnson is the 2020 Masters champion. His win at Augusta National was unlike any other. For the first time in the tournament's 86-year history, the Masters was played outside of March or April. And for the first time at Augusta National,...
Macau Chief Executive Committed to Improving Financial Reporting Standards for Casinos
Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng says a pillar of the next chapter of the enclave's laws governing the gaming industry will be much stricter financial reporting protocols involving large movements of capital. During Ho's Policy Address today at the Legislative Assembly,...
New York Comptroller Urges State Lawmakers to Tread Carefully with Gaming Expansion
New York lawmakers are mulling efforts to expand gaming in order to reap additional tax benefits. But state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is imploring them to first find a balance between the pros and cons of more gambling. Tax income from the New...
Resorts World Las Vegas Announces Strip’s ‘Most Technologically Advanced Nightclub’
Resorts World Las Vegas' presence is already known, as the Strip structure standing at 57 stories makes it the second- tallest building in the city. The property's 100,000-square-foot LED façade on the West Tower is impossible to miss. But Resorts World plans...
Borgata Cuts More Jobs, Atlantic City Casino Revenue Improves in October
Borgata in Atlantic City told 73 employees today that their jobs are being cut, and let 349 other workers know that their hours are being reduced. Borgata President Melonie Johnson said the workforce reduction is the result of new COVID-19 restrictions imposed...
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Chairman Cedric Cromwell Indicted on Bribery and Extortion Charges
Cedric Cromwell, chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in Massachusetts, has been indicted on federal bribery and extortion charges in connection to a proposed casino resort in Taunton. The US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts alleges that the 55-year-old Cromwell...
Crown Resorts Could Receive Billions of Dollars if Found Unsuitable in Sydney
If Crown Resorts is deemed unsuitable to hold a casino license in New South Wales (NSW), the Australian state might be on the hook for billions of dollars in compensation made payable to the gaming company. When Crown Resorts struck its development...
Rhode Island Casinos Deliver State Less Tax Money, Pandemic and New Competition Blamed
Rhode Island's two commercial casinos delivered the state far fewer gaming tax dollars in the latest fiscal year. Twin River Casino Hotel and Tiverton Casino Hotel, both owned and operated by Twin River Worldwide Holdings, were forced to close on Rhode Island...
Rio Hotel Casino Reopening December 22, But Weekends Only After Holidays
Caesars Entertainment's Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino will reopen its doors on December 22. But after the holidays, the resort will only welcome guests on the weekends. Rio is the only remaining Caesars-owned casino resort in Las Vegas that remains dark. The...
Las Vegas Convention Center Expansion Nearly Complete, But Large Indoor Gatherings Remain on Hold
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) said at its meeting this week that the $980.3 million expansion of its Convention Center is 97 percent complete. Plans to expand the Las Vegas Convention Center were announced in 2018. Originally budgeted at...
