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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,...
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan Orders Indefinite Closure of Casinos and Racetracks
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) on Sunday issued an emergency order prohibiting mass gatherings, as well as the indefinite closure of the state's casinos and racetracks. Effective at midnight on Monday, March 16, Maryland's six casinos will be forced to suspend their...
Philippines Entertainment City Casinos Closed, Manila Under Government-Ordered Quarantine
Entertainment City and metro Manila is under a near-lockdown after Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte announced an 8 p.m. nightly curfew. He said citizens should only venture outside their homes for urgent errands and/or essential work. As a result, the Philippine Gaming and...
Philippines Casino Regulator Donates $39M to Combat Coronavirus, Predicts Prosperous 2020
The Philippines casino regulatory body is donating PHP2 billion (~$39 million) to its federal government to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the global health crisis and economies around the world tumbling, PAGCOR, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, maintains 2020 will...
