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MGM National Harbor and Live! Forced to Reduce Casino Capacity Limit to 25 Percent
Maryland's MGM National Harbor and Live! Casino & Hotel are being forced on county orders to reduce their gaming floor capacity limits to 25 percent. MGM's gaming space at the integrated resort located just outside...
Philippines Integrated Resorts Receive iGaming Licenses for Domestic High Rollers
Three of the four integrated resort (IR) casinos in the Philippines capital of Manila have received online gaming licenses to service their domestic VIP high rollers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Philippine Amusement and Gaming...
Veteran Georgia Lawmakers Say 2021 Year When Peach State Bets on Gambling
Veteran Georgia lawmaker Rep. Ron Stephens (R-Savannah) says the odds are good that 2021 will be the year the Peach State moves forward with legalizing commercial gambling. Georgia is one of just six states that...
Native American Casinos Win Record $34.6B in 2019 Fiscal Year, But There Will Be No Celebrating
Indigenous casinos won a record $34.6 billion during the 2019 fiscal year. But tribes say the COVID-19 pandemic has negated a celebration. The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) released gross gaming revenue numbers for FY19,...
Connecticut Tribes Abandon East Windsor Casino, Gov. Backs iGaming and Sports Betting
Connecticut's two Native American tribes -- the Mohegan Tribe and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation -- have called off their plans to jointly construct a satellite casino in East Windsor called Tribal Winds. The long-delayed $200...
Macau Will Offer COVID-19 Vaccine Free to Residents
Macau residents will have free access to a COVID-19 vaccine once adequate doses become available in the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR). The Macau Health Bureau says that while participation is voluntary, the enclave government...
Foxwoods Casino Resort Shutters Two Hotels, Furloughs Approximately 100 Employees
Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut has temporarily closed two of its hotels because of low demand as a result of COVID-19. The tribal casino resort owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation announced...
San Manuel Tribe Donates $14M to Claremont Graduate University
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has given $14 million to Claremont Graduate University in Southern California to build a research facility that will be called the Yuhaaviatam Center for Health Studies. The tribe's...
Maryland Casino Revenue Hit By COVID-19 Orders, Horseshoe Posts Record Low
A surge in new COVID-19 cases in Maryland along with stricter coronavirus regulations resulted in reduced casino wins in the state last month. Maryland's six casinos reported gross gaming revenue (GGR) of $130.3 million in...
Singapore Casino Resorts Offering Voucher Promotions, as City-State Gives Residents Tourism Money
Singapore is taking a page out of Macau's playbook by issuing its residents tourism vouchers. Earlier this year, Macau, the world's richest gaming hub that relies heavily on tourism and its casinos, issued each adult...
