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Las Vegas Strip Casinos Confirm Permanent Layoffs, Considering Further Reductions
Numerous Las Vegas Strip casinos have notified the state regarding permanent job reductions, as well as potential further cuts to their staff, due to the ongoing economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. In June, several...
Coronavirus Costs Maryland Casinos $480M in Lost Gaming Revenue, Taxes Down $194M
Maryland casinos saw their gross gaming revenues (GGR) plummet as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, with 2020 fiscal year win down more than 27 percent. Along with June numbers, the Maryland Lottery and Gaming...
Crown Melbourne Closed for Another Six Weeks as New Coronavirus Cases Spike
Crown Melbourne will remain closed for at least another six weeks after Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews announced Australia's second-largest city was reentering the Stage 3 lockdown. Effective 11:59 pm local time July 8, and running...
Nevada Casinos Complying with Face Mask Order More Than Other Businesses
New reviews show Nevada casinos are adhering to state orders to wear face masks at a higher rate than other businesses in the Silver State. The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations (NDIR) has conducted 921...
Bryson DeChambeau Now Favorite in All Three 2020 Majors, Odds 10/1 in Each
After winning the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Bryson DeChambeau is now the betting favorite at some sportsbooks for each of the three golf majors in 2020. The 26-year-old is at 10/1 in the PGA Championship, US...
Arkansas Judge Denies Gulfside Casino Partnership Motion for Contempt
An Arkansas judge has denied a motion for contempt filed by Gulfside Casino Partnership alleging the state's Racing Commission did not follow its own rules in awarding the lone gaming permit allocated for Pope County....
Georgia Gambling Ballot Referendum and Online Sports Betting Bill Fail
A Georgia gambling ballot referendum that would have asked voters whether they want to authorize commercial casinos, and a separate online sports betting bill, both failed to pass the state legislature before it adjourned last...
Kanye West Odds of Winning Presidency Not as Long as You Might Think
Kanye West set off fireworks on July 4 by announcing his intentions to run for the US presidency. The 43-year-old, who is married to Kim Kardashian West, tweeted on Independence Day that he seeks to...
Odds Favor Washington Redskins Changing Name to ‘Presidents’
The Washington Redskins franchise is undergoing a thorough review to determine if the team's name should change, and oddsmakers say it will. With racial tensions continuing to escalate and a societal reckoning sweeping the nation,...
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Further Angers Tribes, Signs Two New Gaming Compacts
Yesterday, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) signed two additional tribal gaming compacts -- a deal the larger and more powerful Native American tribes in the Sooner State argue is illegal. The first-term governor struck deals...
