7662 stories by Devin O'Connor
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl Odds Slashed Following Gronk Announcement
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will enter the 2020 NFL season with more hype than any other team in the league after landing future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady last month. Now they have added to it by enlisting his future Canton...
Two Oklahoma Tribes Reach New State Gaming Compacts, Sports Betting Included, Disputed
Two Oklahoma tribes have reached new compacts with the state to continue lawfully operating Class III gaming (slot machines and table games) at their tribal casinos. Governor Kevin Stitt (R) announced today that new 15-year gaming compacts had been reached with the...
Analysts: Coronavirus Pandemic Worse for South Jersey Than Hurricane Sandy, Great Recession
The coronavirus is expected to economically damage South Jersey even more so than Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and the Great Recession and financial crisis of 2008-09. The South Jersey Economic Review's (SJER) Spring 2020 report – published biannually by Stockton University's William...
South Carolina Lottery Extends Scientific Games Contract, Deal Includes New Mobile App
The South Carolina Lottery has extended its contract with Scientific Games by another six years, adding on to the 18-year partnership that was forged when the lottery debuted back in 2002. Scientific Games, a Las Vegas-based corporation that is a global leader...
South Point Furloughs Employees Indefinitely, Owner Michael Gaughan Says Workers Better Off
South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa in Las Vegas is furloughing its 2,200 workers effective May 3, owner Michael Gaughan saying the decision is in their best interests. The casino is one of the few non-union properties in Las Vegas. In a...
Las Vegas Casino Stocks Battered During Monday Sell-off, Resort Reopenings Seem Distant
Casino stocks fell along with US and global markets on Monday, as oil prices dropped below zero for the first time ever. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 592 points (-2.44 percent), and the Nasdaq 89 points (-1.03 percent). With the...
Las Vegas Sands Sale of Pennsylvania Casino Saves Company Millions of Dollars
Las Vegas Sands completed its $1.3 billion sale of its former Pennsylvania casino resort in Bethlehem to Wind Creek Hospitality last May. Fast forward to today, and the transaction is proving to be a sound decision by the casino giant. Few saw...
Group Calls on State Lotteries to Suspend Operations Until Coronavirus Crisis Subsides
State lotteries continue operating amid the coronavirus pandemic, and that's something a leading anti-gambling group wants changed immediately. At least 316 million people in 42 states remain under orders or recommendations to stay home whenever possible. Nonessential businesses are shuttered in dozens...
Golden Nugget Billionaire Tilman Fertitta, ‘Mattress Mack’ Named to Texas Strike Force
Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire owner of Golden Nugget casinos, Landry's hospitality empire, and the NBA's Houston Rockets, has been named to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's (R) reopening task force. Abbott recently announced his Special Advisory Council to the Governor's Strike Force to...
NBC ‘Dateline’ Airs Murder Mystery, Dead FBI Agent Last Seen at Maryland Casino
NBC's Dateline aired a new episode on Friday, and it surrounded the murder mystery of a former FBI agent who was a known gambler and last seen at a Maryland casino. SPOILER ALERT: for those planning to watch the episode on demand,...
