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California Tribe Gains Federal Permission for Amador County Casino Near Sacramento
A California tribe has finally gained federal permission to build a casino resort in Amador County outside Sacramento, to the dismay of many local residents. The Ione Band of Miwok Indians has been in a legal dispute for more than 15 years...
UK Gambling Commission Reducing Staff, Critics Pan Decision
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is reducing its number of employees, a decision that is being scolded by critics who feel the agency is already understaffed. The Guardian was recently tipped off to the workforce cutback. The UKGC refused to specify how...
Las Vegas Cans Former Mayor Oscar Goodman Ambassador Gig, Pandemic Blamed
Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman is the latest person in Southern Nevada to lose his job. On Monday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) announced it's canceling Goodman's contract. For nearly a decade, the 80-year-old has served as the...
Golden Nugget Owner Tilman Fertitta Launches Highest-Ever US Leveraged Loan Offering
Texas billionaire Tilman Fertitta, whose empire includes the NBA's Houston Rockets and five Golden Nugget casinos across the country, is offering a record 15 percent loan rate in an effort to raise critical funds during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through his holdings company...
UFC 249 Pits Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje, Dana White Responds to Sex Tape Extortion Lawsuit
UFC 249, scheduled for April 18 between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson, is "100 percent." But according to UFC President Dana White, Khabib is being replaced by Justin Gaethje because of the coronavirus pandemic. Nurmagomedov is in his native Russia, and with...
Nevada Unemployment Benefits Delayed, Casino Workers Told They Will Eventually Be Paid
The Nevada unemployment benefits system is overloaded by the COVID-19 pandemic layoffs that have brought the state economy to a standstill. And patience is wearing thin for many of the 170,596 claimants who have filed over the past three weeks. Processing the...
Former Revel Atlantic City Casino Owner Glenn Straub Facing 15 Years in Prison, Case Delayed
A Florida businessman who once owned Atlantic City's Ocean Casino Resort property is facing up to 15 years in prison, but the lawsuit against him is being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In January, 73-year-old Glenn Straub turned himself in to the...
Three Golf Majors Rescheduled, Masters Set for November, Open Championship Canceled
The 2020 Masters, originally set for this week at Augusta National in Georgia, will be held November 9-15. It's one of three golf majors being postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Golf's officiating bodies, including the R&A, USGA, PGA Tour, PGA of America,...
Japan State of Emergency Declarations Likely to Impact Tokyo, Osaka Casino Timelines
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to declare states of emergencies for several major cities, including Tokyo and Osaka, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures included in the orders will likely delay those regions in their integrated casino resort progress....
Icahn Enterprises Requests Atlantic City Lawsuit Be Dismissed, Claims Trump Plaza Demolition Moving Forward
Icahn Enterprises, the holding company of billionaire Carl Icahn, is asking a New Jersey Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the company by the Atlantic City government regarding its delay in demolishing Trump Plaza. Shuttered since September 16, 2014,...
