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Australia’s Star Gold Coast Casino Suing Singapore VIP Gambler Over $30M Debt
The Star Gold Coast casino resort in Queensland, Australia, is suing a gambler from Singapore that it claims owes a nearly $31 million debt. The Stars Entertainment Group, which owns and operates Star Gold Coast, The Star Sydney, and Treasury Casino in...
President Trump Positive COVID Test Could Hurt Reelection Chances, PredictIt Shares Assert
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump disclosed early today that they have both tested positive for COVID-19. The startling revelation comes just a month before voters head to the polls, and for the incumbent, his contracting of the coronavirus only...
Northern California Casino Cache Creek Confirms Closure Due to Cyber Attack
The Cache Creek Casino Resort in Northern California has been the victim of a cyber attack. Owned and operated by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, the Native American casino shut down on September 20. At the time, it cited a "systems infrastructure...
Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox is Man with a COVID-19 Plan, Announces Testing Lab
Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox announced today that the casino company is building a COVID-19 testing lab at its Las Vegas Strip property Wynn Las Vegas. In an opinion piece published today in The Nevada Independent, Maddox says research shows that many...
Harrah’s New Orleans Beginning $325M Expansion
Harrah's New Orleans is expected to break ground on the property's $325 million expansion, which is a key component of the casino's 30-year licensing extension it reached last year with the state. Caesars Entertainment, the parent company to the Big Easy casino...
Macau Casinos Show Life, September Gaming Revenue Increases 66 Percent from August
Macau casinos reported gross gaming revenue (GGR) of MOP2.21 billion ($277 million USD) in September, a 90 percent year-over-year decline, but a significant surge in August. The Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau said the six licensed casino operators saw business improve...
Las Vegas Court Approves $800M Settlement for October 2017 MGM Resorts Shooting Victims
A Las Vegas court has signed off on MGM Resorts and its insurers settling with October 2017 shooting victims for $800 million. A day before the third anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, the Associated Press broke the...
Joe Biden 2020 Odds Shorten Following Contentious Debate with President Trump
The odds of former Vice President Joe Biden becoming the 46th president of the United States are shortening following the first of three planned presidential debates. Prior to the debate showdown between Biden and President Donald Trump, UK bookmakers had the 2020...
Atlantic City Casinos Employing Nearly 22 Percent Fewer Workers
Atlantic City casinos continue to lay off workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic as the summer resort season comes to a close. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) says as of September 1, the nine casinos employed 22,352 people. That's a...
Las Vegas Strip Casinos Win $317M in August, Down 39 Percent
The Las Vegas Strip reported $317.3 million in gross gaming revenue (GGR) last month, a 39 percent year-over-year loss. Data from the Nevada Gaming Control Board reveals that slot machines kept $173.8 million of gamblers' money, while tables and sports won $143.5...
