7584 stories by Devin O'Connor
Downtown Las Vegas Casinos Reach Deals With Culinary Union, Negotiations Continue at Seven Resorts
Downtown Las Vegas casinos Four Queens and Binion's reached tentative five-year contracts with the powerful Culinary Union on Monday. The announcement secures new employment terms for 650 workers. The Culinary Union, which represents 50,000 union members employed at Las Vegas casinos, threatened...
Proposal to Change Macau Gaming Law Under Review According to Secretary of Economy and Finance Lionel Leong
Macau Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong announced this week that a proposal to set the future regulatory conditions of the enclave's massive casino industry has been received by the government and is currently under review. In less than two years,...
Penn National Gaming Drops Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania, Moving Forward With Satellite Casinos
Penn National Gaming confirmed this week that it has dropped its lawsuit against the State of Pennsylvania challenging the legality of so-called "mini-casinos." The Category 4 satellite casinos are permitted to house up to 750 slot machines and 30 table games. The...
Dover Downs Acquired by Rhode Island Casino Group Twin River, Company Plans Public Offering
Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in the Delaware capital is being acquired by Rhode Island casino operator Twin River Worldwide. Investors in the struggling Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment will see their shares exchanged into Twin River stock once the privately held...
Power Five College Football Conferences Embrace Player Availability Reports
The commissioners of the Power Five college football conferences are embracing the idea of creating a nationwide player availability reporting system as legalized sports betting comes to states across the country. Last week, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, ACC Commissioner John Swofford, and...
Macau Visitor Arrivals Grew Eight Percent in First Half of 2018 to 16.8 Million
The Macau Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) reports Monday that visitor arrivals totaled a little more than 16.8 million people in January through June, an eight percent gain on the same period in 2017. Overnight visitors totaled 8.77 million, an increase of...
Philippines Audit Commission Blasts PAGCOR for Excessive Compensation and 18-Carat Gold Rings
The Philippine Gaming and Amusement Corp. (PAGCOR) is being lambasted by the country's Commission on Audit for allegedly providing senior officials with 18-carat gold rings and failing to pay the federal government the appropriate amount of tax on gambling revenues. Earlier this...
Atlantic City Visitation Soars During Hard Rock, Ocean Resort Openings
Atlantic City needs to grow visitation to the beachfront gambling town in order to support the arrival of two new casino resorts. During a 12-day stretch in late June and early July, Hard Rock and Ocean Resort seemed to do just that....
Francesco Molinari Open Championship a Win for Las Vegas Sportsbooks
Francesco Molinari made history on Sunday at Carnoustie when he became the first Italian golfer to win one of the sport's four major championships. Almost 5,000 miles away in Las Vegas, oddsmakers cheered on Molinari's surprising Open Championship victory. The Italian was...
112,000-Square-Foot Marijuana Dispensary Complex Near Strip Seeks to ‘Out-Vegas Vegas’
Planet 13 -- one of the world's largest marijuana dispensaries -- is scheduled to open come November 1 near the Las Vegas Strip. But the $7.5 million complex's developers are positioning the outlet as more than simply a cannabis hotspot. Envisioned by...
