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Odds Released on Washington Redskins New Name, ‘Redtails’ Favored
The Washington Redskins will officially change their name for the 2021 NFL season, and online oddsmakers are offering lines on the team's new identity. Online sportsbooks have the Redskins favored to change their name by only five letters -- as Redtails is...
Macau and Hong Kong Delaying ‘Health Passport’ That Would Ease Entries Between Two Regions
Macau and Hong Kong are once again delaying an arrangement that would allow residents to come and go more freely between the two Chinese Special Administrative Regions (SAR). The two regions, separated by the Pearl River Delta, have been working on a...
$600M Hard Rock Casino Tejon Receives Support from Local Californians
The Tejon Indian Tribe wants to build a $600 million casino resort on land near south of Bakersfield, Calif. This week, the tribe received overwhelming support this week from area residents, local officials, and business leaders. The proposed Hard Rock Hotel &...
Massachusetts Casinos Ready to Reopen, But Many Workers Remain at Home
Massachusetts casinos are reopening this weekend, but thousands of workers will not return to their positions, as the venues are operating at limited capacity. After nearly four months of being shuttered on state orders, MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor will welcome...
Melco Resorts Says Odds Long Studio City Phase 2 Completed by May 2022 Deadline
Melco Resorts informed the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week that it is unlikely to meet the Macau government's May 2022 deadline to complete Studio City. Melco, traded on the NASDAQ, is required under US federal law to notify securities...
Live! Casino Pittsburgh Announces Table Game Dealer School, Construction on Satellite Resumes
Live! Casino Pittsburgh -- one of four planned Category 4 satellite gaming venues in Pennsylvania -- will need approximately 100 trained and licensed table game dealers when it opens sometime later this year. Live! Casino Pittsburgh isn't actually in the namesake city...
Denver Broncos Announce Second Sports Betting Deal, BetMGM Aligns with Team
Less than a month after the Denver Broncos made NFL history by announcing the first partnership between a team and sports betting company, the franchise is announcing its second deal. The Broncos and BetMGM, a sports betting and online casino platform, revealed...
All Caesars Entertainment Employees in Las Vegas Will Receive COVID-19 Test This Month
Thousands of Caesars Entertainment employees working in Clark County, Nevada, are being required to undergo a COVID-19 test before July 17. If they fail to do so, they will be removed from the work schedule. With Clark County experiencing an upward trend...
Las Vegas Sands Could Reenter Japan Integrated Resort Casino Race
Japan's forthcoming commercial gaming industry was dealt a serious blow when Las Vegas Sands -– considered the world's preeminent casino operator -– announced in May it would no longer be making a bid for one of the three integrated resort (IR) licenses....
Pennsylvania Gaming Officials Announce Yet Another Satellite Casino Auction
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) will hold an auction on September 2 for a Category 4 casino license. Category 4 licenses -- created through the state's expanded gaming act signed by Gov. Tom Wolf (D) in October of 2017 -- allows...
