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Devin O'Connor
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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...
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...
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...
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 --...
Ex-Star Sydney Casino Baccarat Dealer Guilty in $345K Betting Scam
A former baccarat dealer at The Star Sydney in New South Wales has been sentenced for cheating the casino out of nearly AU$500,000 (US$345,000). Prosecutors brought charges against Hieu Duc Lam, now 36, in September...
Ex-Crown Director Claims Casino Inquiry Chair Forced Resignation
An attorney representing Former Crown Resorts director John Poynton testified today before a royal commission in Western Australia. He said that his client was unjustly pressured to resign from the Aussie casino business. The Perth...
Macau COVID-19 Outbreak Looming, Enclave Health Officials Worry
Macau health officials are voicing concerns that a surge in new COVID-19 cases could be on the horizon because of an outbreak in neighboring Guangdong. The city of Zhongshan directly borders Macau, one of two...
Don Brinkerhoff Dead, Visionary Las Vegas Landscape Architect Backed Strip Beautification
Famed landscape architect Don Brinkerhoff died July 16 at the age of 90 at his home in Newport Beach, Ca. No cause of death was given in the obituary. Without Brinkerhoff's distinguished career, the Las...
Las Vegas Population Forecast to Increase More Than 40 Percent
The Las Vegas population is an estimated 2.38 million people as of the end of 2020. UNLV's Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) says it will only grow over the next four decades. Southern...
Idaho Powerball Ticket Price Increasing Next Month to $3, Power Play Mandatory
Idaho Lottery officials are revamping Powerball, the primary change being that the price to play will soon become more expensive. Idaho Lottery Director Jeff Anderson said this week that beginning with the Monday, August 23...
