6072 stories by Devin O'Connor
MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle Traveling to Japan to Sign Final Development Docs
MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle says he'll travel to Japan later this month to sign the final two remaining development agreements relating to the company's $9.3 billion integrated casino resort project in Osaka. MGM is part of a consortium with Japanese financial...
Downtown Las Vegas ‘Gayborhood’ Coming Together Between Strip and Fremont
Las Vegas real estate developers and nightlife promoters committed to designating an area of town for all things LGBTQ+ say they're inching closer to achieving their goals. Earlier this month, Queen Las Vegas, a boutique hotel with a small restaurant and gaming...
MGM Resorts Suffers Cybersecurity Attack, System Outage Reported
MGM Resorts International has been targeted by a cybersecurity attack, an official with the Las Vegas-based casino giant tells Casino.org. Brian Ahern, MGM's executive director of communications, issued a statement Monday morning relaying that the casino company has been hit with an...
Former Gun Lake Casino Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing $84K
A former Gun Lake Casino employee has admitted to stealing more than $84,000 from the property owned and operated by the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians. A federal grand jury in the Western District of Michigan in March indicted Jordan Lewis Clark...
Maryland Casino Revenue Wanes Nearly Five Percent in August, Gamblers Lose $161.4M
Maryland casino revenue last month dropped nearly 5% year-over-year to just shy of $161.4 million. The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency reports that the state's six casinos won $161.39 million from their slot machines and table games during August 2023. That's...
Macau Casinos Could Soon Be on the Hook for More Nongaming Spending
Macau casinos are experiencing a quick rebound in their gaming revenues in the first year after China President Xi Jinping ended his "zero-COVID" pandemic response that kept life on hold in the world's second-most populous country. Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Hear Cordish Appeal of Bally’s State College Casino
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court this week agreed to consider an appeal of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's (PGCB) decision to move forward with licensing a Category 4 satellite casino near Penn State University at the Nittany Mall. In January, The PGCB unanimously...
Avelo Airlines, Breeze Airways Expand Nonstop Service to Las Vegas
Avelo Airlines and Breeze Airways, two budget-friendly airlines that cater to customers seeking to utilize smaller airports than major hubs, are expanding their operations at Las Vegas' Harry Reid International Airport. Founded only in 2021 by former Las Vegas aviation executive Andrew...
Atlantic City Casinos Hype New Jersey Gaming Town as Ideal Fall Getaway
Atlantic City might not offer the idyllic fall foliage of Vermont or scenic trails and state parks found in many states in the Northeast. Still, the town is nonetheless making its case to be a fall destination getaway. The Casino Association of...
North Carolina Casino Effort Busts, Budget Moves Forward Sans Gaming
Commercial casinos won't be coming to North Carolina anytime soon. North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) broke the news that after caucusing his Republican lawmakers, the consensus didn't relay enough support for him to move forward with the gaming push. Moore...
