8105 stories by Devin O'Connor
Singapore Government Looks to Consolidate Casino and Gaming Regulations
Singapore Second Minister for Manpower and Home Affairs Josephine Teo said this week the country needs to consolidate its casino and gambling regulations in order to protect the industry that provides critical revenue to the federal government. Appearing at an event celebrating...
Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Andrew White Wants Casinos to Fund Education
Declaring an "educational emergency," Texas gubernatorial candidate Andrew White (D) revealed a $9 billion plan to improve the public school system throughout the Lone Star State. And under his governorship, he says casinos would help cover the increased costs. White says he'll...
Accused Venetian Casino Exec Shooter Anthony Wrobel Planned Getaway, ‘Good Old-Fashioned Police Work’ Credited for Arrest
Anthony Wrobel remains behind bars this morning in Vega, Texas, where he was arrested early Thursday morning after being on the run for 3 1/2 days. Without "good old-fashioned police work," the fugitive suspected in the killing of a Las Vegas Sands...
CAPTURED: Suspected Las Vegas Casino Exec Shooter Anthony Wrobel Arrested in Texas
Accused Las Vegas shooter Anthony Wrobel -- who's been charged with first-degree murder in the death of one Venetian casino executive and attempted murder with a deadly weapon and battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm in the shooting...
Hard Rock Atlantic City ‘Not About Gaming’: Entertainment Is King, Casino Opening June 28
Hard Rock Atlantic City will open its doors on June 28, less than 16 months after the company acquired the shuttered Trump Taj Mahal from billionaire Carl Icahn for $50 million. The property has undergone a massive $500 million renovation that has...
Fired Wynn Las Vegas Male Manicurist Files Gender Bias Lawsuit, Claims He Experienced Discrimination for Being a Man
Vincent Fried, who previously worked as a Wynn Las Vegas manicurist, alleges in a court complaint filed this week that he was fired from the Strip resort last summer, simply for being a guy. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Rio Lacanlale, who...
Despite Scandal, Miss America Receives $4M Subsidy From Atlantic City’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority
Miss America is remaining in Atlantic City for at least another pageant. Despite a scandal that shook up the organization in December over derogatory emails sent and received by then-CEO Sam Haskell and two board members regarding former Miss America winners, the...
Caesars Entertainment Enters Non-Gaming Space With Dubai Bluewaters Island Hotel Projects
Caesars Entertainment has reached a deal to manage and operate two non-gaming resorts and a beach club on Dubai's $1.6 billion man-made Bluewaters Island mixed-use retail, residential, hospitality, and entertainment space in the Persian Gulf. The project marks the company's first foray...
Venetian Picnic Shooting Victim Identified as VP of Casino Operations, Suspect Remains At Large
Venetian picnic shooter Anthony Wrobel, the casino employee who is reported to have killed one of his bosses and critically injured another, remains on the lam more than 24 hours after the Sunday evening close-range shooting in Las Vegas' Sunset Park. The...
Carl Icahn Sells Tropicana Entertainment, as Billionaire Exits Casino Business
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly cashing in his casino chips and exiting the gaming business. On Monday, Icahn Enterprises announced it is selling Tropicana Entertainment and six of its eight casinos to real estate investment trust Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLP)...
