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Wind Creek Bethlehem Confirms Water Park at Adjacent Historic Machine Shop During Casino Grand Reopening
Wind Creek Bethlehem held its grand opening this week to celebrate its rebranding from Sands. While it was a star-studded event, with Emeril Lagasse and "Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro, the announcement that the water park project at the historic No. 2 Machine...
Resorts World Catskills Minority Shareholder Files Lawsuit Against Sale to Malaysian Billionaire
Resorts World Catskills and its parent company, Empire Resorts, reached a deal in August to be fully acquired and taken private by Malaysian billionaire KT Lim. But one investor in the publicly traded entity says the scheme wasn't in the best interest...
New England Patriots 17-Point Favorites Over New York Giants, Weather Impacts Odds
The undefeated New England Patriots (5-0, 2-0 home) are again heavy favorites, this time playing in Foxboro against the injury plagued New York Giants (2-3, 1-1 away) on what's expected to be a windy and rainy night. The consensus Las Vegas odds...
Former VP Joe Biden Urges Station Casinos to Negotiate With Unionized Workers
Former VP Joe Biden, a 2020 presidential candidate, is calling on Station Casinos to immediately negotiate with its workers at several Nevada casinos who have voted to unionize. In 2016, employees at seven Station Casinos voted to unionize and join the Culinary...
Washington Nationals Stunning Dodgers Upset A Home Run for Oddsmakers, Slight Favorites in NLCS
The Washington Nationals upset of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 10 innings to win the National League Division Series in five games was precisely the outcome oddsmakers wanted. Few saw this coming. The Dodgers set a team record with 106 regular season...
Resorts Casino Hotel Atlantic City Unveils ‘One of a Kind’ Branding Strategy
Resorts Casino Hotel is one of nine gaming venues in Atlantic City, but the property wants you to know it's "One of a Kind." That's the new branding message Resorts unveiled yesterday. President and CEO Mark Giannantonio invited members of the media...
Second Chicago South Suburbs Casino Proposed, $380M Resort Targets Cook County Border Town
Six townships in Chicago's Cook County are able to bid to the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) for a casino license, and the competition is heating up after a second resort was proposed. The latest comes from the Ho-Chunk Nation, a Wisconsin tribe...
Yokohama Japan Casino Opposition Plans to Oust Mayor, Reconsider Integrated Resort Candidacy
An opposition movement to a Japan casino in the city of Yokohama say they plan to remove their mayor and put the integrated resort (IR) decision up to a public referendum vote. Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi wants the city to win one...
Hillary Clinton Jokes About 2020 Run in Response to President Trump, Odds Say No Laughing Matter
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton couldn't resist responding to a jab by President Donald Trump on Twitter this week regarding her potentially entering the 2020 presidential race. But oddsmakers and political bettors aren't necessarily laughing. "I think that Crooked Hillary Clinton...
Macau Golden Week Welcomes 985K Visitors, But Casino Room Rates and VIP Play Down
Macau Golden Week saw visitor arrivals surge during the October 1-7 holiday, but the quality of the average traveler was reduced due to fewer VIPs. The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) says 984,996 people visited the enclave during the 2019 week-long celebration....
