7776 stories by Devin O'Connor
Macau Government Conducting Interim Review of Five-Year Development Plan
The Macau government decided last week that it will conduct an interim review of the Special Administrative Region's (SAR) current five-year development plan, with the goal of better preparing officials to formulate the enclave's next economic scheme. Macau's first Five-Year Development Plan...
Third Pennsylvania Casino Submits Sports Betting Application, But State Tax Remains High
Harrah's Philadelphia is the third Pennsylvania casino to submit a sports betting license application with state regulators. It comes despite the upfront $10 million fee, plus what's largely seen as an exorbitant 36 percent tax on gross winnings. During next week's Pennsylvania...
Congressional Sports Betting Hearing Witness List Includes NFL, AGA, Online Gambling Opponent
The congressional sports betting hearing scheduled for this Thursday in the House of Representatives' Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations will hear testimony from a variety of experts who have vastly different stances on the recently liberalized gambling activity....
Shocking Buffalo Bills Upset of Minnesota Vikings Costs Bettors, Patriots Loss Saves Sportsbooks
The Buffalo Bills entered week three of the NFL season as 17-point underdogs to the Minnesota Vikings. But that was the number of points the Bills scored in the first quarter of play, and with another 10 in the second and a...
Atlantic City Gaming Industry Enjoyed Best Summer in Years
Atlantic City heads into fall on the heels of its best summer in recent memory. New Jersey's beachfront gambling town saw two new casinos open, and the excitement of Hard Rock and Ocean Resort kept the Boardwalk resorts busy. The Press of...
Las Vegas Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Gives $55M to GOP Midterm Causes, Kavanaugh Confirmation Odds Lengthen
Las Vegas Sands casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson and wife Miriam are using their financial wherewithal to try and make sure the Republican Party maintains control of Congress in the 2018 midterms. With many political pundits of the belief that the Democrats will...
Tiger Woods Overcomes Odds, Returns to Winner’s Circle at Tour Championship
Tiger Woods is in the winner's circle on the PGA Tour for the first time in more than five years. It's a comeback story that seemed destined to remain fiction at this time a year ago. Woods underwent his fourth back surgery...
MGM Resorts President Bill Hornbuckle Voices Concerns on Las Vegas Raiders Parking Scheme
MGM Resorts is none too pleased with the parking plan proposed by the Las Vegas Stadium Authority (LVSA) for the 65,000-seat indoor football venue being built near the Strip. On Thursday, LVSA board member and MGM President Bill Hornbuckle said the four...
Las Vegas Strip Waldorf Astoria Window Pane Appears to Spontaneously Shatter and Fall 23 Stories Down: VIDEO
Not even one month since the Waldorf-Astoria took over the former casino-less Mandarin Oriental on the Las Vegas Strip, it's already had its first scandal: a huge window pane on the 23rd floor of the Strip property suddenly shattered early Thursday morning, causing...
Former Las Vegas Club 662 Owner Suge Knight Faces 28 Years in Prison After Plea Deal Made Days Before Jury Trial to Begin in L.A.
Co-founder and former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight -- who was once a Las Vegas club owner -- has avoided a possible life sentence after pleading no contest to an involuntary manslaughter charge, stemming from a 2015 hit-and-run that left one...
