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Casinos Across America Assisting in COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Casinos throughout the country are closed. But that isn't stopping some of the gaming companies from assisting local communities in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. MGM Resorts stock continues to plummet, shares losing nearly 80 percent of their value over the...
Joe Biden Increases Democratic Lead, Sen. Bernie Sanders in No Rush to Exit 2020 Race
Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden extended his lead Tuesday night by winning Florida, Illinois, and Arizona. The former vice president now has 1,153 delegates, just 838 shy of securing the party's 2020 nomination. PredictIt's 2020 Democratic Party presidential market has Biden's shares of...
PGA Championship Postponed, Masters Targeting October Rescheduling
The PGA Championship scheduled for May 14-17 in San Francisco at TPC Harding Park has been postponed because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It's the second golf major to be pushed back as a result of the coronavirus. California has been one...
Penn National Gaming Halts Construction of Pennsylvania Satellite Casinos
Penn National Gaming is suspending construction at its two satellite casinos in York and Morgantown, Pennsylvania, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, Penn National is the largest regional casino operator in the United States. The company says that as a...
Online Sportsbooks Get Creative With Sports Shortage, Turn to Weather Forecasting
Online sportsbooks are trying to weather the storm of not having any sports to offer customers odds on with, well, weather. Yes, this is what's it's come to. With the sports world essentially at a standstill because of the COVID-19 pandemic, oddsmakers...
Seminole Casinos in Florida Remain Open Even in Areas With High COVID-19 Cases
Seminole casinos in Florida remain open for business despite a growing number of positive COVID-19 cases. All six of the tribe's casinos in the Sunshine State continue to welcome gamblers, though some health safety measures have been implemented. At Seminole Hard Rock...
Tom Brady Odds Favor QB Going to Buccaneers After Announcing New England Departure
Tom Brady is no longer a member of the New England Patriots, the team he's spent his entire 20-year NFL career with and led to six Super Bowl titles. The 42-year-old announced his decision on social media, "I wanted to say thank...
Japan Integrated Resort Timetable Unimpeded by Pandemic, But Tokyo Olympics Could Be Canned
Three integrated resort (IR) permits are up for grabs in Japan. While the world's largest casino operators are scrambling to put together their presentations to win licensure, gaming industry analysts say the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic causing global panic won't delay the process....
$5B Grand Lisboa Palace Finished, SJM Holdings Expects 2020 Opening for Cotai Strip Casino Resort
SJM Holdings' Grand Lisboa Palace, its $5 billion integrated casino resort on the Cotai Strip, has finished construction and is slated to open in the second quarter of 2020. The news came today during the Hong Kong-headquartered casino giant's full-year 2019 financial...
Governors Order Atlantic City and New York Casinos to Close, Urge Connecticut Tribal Venues to Follow Suit
UPDATE (3/17): Connecticut's Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods have both closed, as have casinos in Delaware Commercial casinos in Atlantic City and New York are being forced to shutter operations tonight at 8 p.m. because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday morning,...
