8021 stories by Devin O'Connor
Macau Casino Stocks Favored by JP Morgan Analysts Despite Trade War and VIP Concerns
The six Macau casino stocks are poised for continued growth largely due to increased arrivals from the mass market. That's according to a note from JP Morgan, as the the financial services firm says it remains bullish on the enclave's gaming operators....
Culinary Union Strikes Deals With Four More Las Vegas Casinos, Nine Properties Remain
The Culinary Union that represents some 50,000 members who are employed by Las Vegas resorts as bartenders, cocktail and food servers, bellmen and porters, kitchen staff, and housekeepers has come to terms with four additional casinos. The tentative five-year agreements are with...
Wynn Resorts Retail Space on Las Vegas Strip Doubles Up: Wynn Name Not So Tarnished That Luxury Retailers Won’t Set Up Shop
Wynn Resorts -- the company that has fought off regulatory inquests and a boatload of sexually oriented scandals since the start of 2018 -- will double the total number of high-end shops at its Strip casinos. And apparently its retail name isn't...
MGM National Harbor Announces $48M Expansion to $1.4 Billion Property, Poker Room Moving Upstairs
MGM National Harbor is expanding its gaming space less than two years after the $1.4 billion integrated casino resort in Maryland opened its doors back in December 2016. MGM Resorts announced over the weekend that it will spend $48 million to move...
Manny Pacquiao Returns To Winning Belts and Delivers First Knockout Since 2009
Manny Pacquiao took a step back in time on Saturday in delivering his first knockout since 2009 and winning another belt in the process, claiming the WBA welterweight title. The 39-year-old Filipino TKO'd Argentinian challenger Lucas Matthysse in the seventh round at...
SLS Las Vegas Rumored to Be Returning to Roots with Sahara Rebrand
The troubled SLS Las Vegas casino resort might be returning to the brand that made it a Strip icon and Rat Pack hangout for nearly six decades. According to blog Eater Las Vegas, SLS owner Alex Meruelo's real estate development company has...
Penn National in No Rush to Build Pennsylvania Satellite Casino
Penn National Gaming has the rights to build two Category 4 satellite casinos in Pennsylvania, but the company is apparently in no rush to bring the venues to reality. Headquartered in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, the casino operator paid $50.1 million in January to win...
Las Vegas Sands Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Not Targeting North Korea for Casino
Las Vegas Sands is debunking rumors that the company is interested in building an integrated casino resort in North Korea. If you were one of the few who might have been interested in traveling to the hypothetical Venetian Pyongyang, it appears there...
PAGCOR Employees Could Face Six Years in Prison for Tampering with Slot Machine
Two employees at PAGCOR (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation) have been charged with falsifying documents related to a slot machine's activity. Online media outlet Inside Asian Gaming reports that PAGCOR slot machine head regulator Lope Cristobal and slot data control worker Mark...
Culinary Union Settles With Stratosphere and Tropicana as Workers Picket D Las Vegas Again
An economic crisis was averted when the Culinary Union reached new contracts with MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment in early June at 18 Strip casinos. But negotiations continue at numerous other resorts throughout Las Vegas. The Culinary Union – which represents some...
