2587 stories by Ed Silverstein
MGM’s Borgata Drops Trade Secrets Lawsuit Against Atlantic City Rival Ocean Casino
A lawsuit brought by Borgata and its parent company, MGM Resorts International, against its Atlantic City competitor Ocean Casino Resort has been settled, according to a statement issued this week from MGM. The legal action revolved around Ocean hiring away Borgata marketing...
San Antonio, Texas Historic Raid Leads To Hundreds of Illegal Gambling Machines
Up to 100 workable gaming machines were seized from a non-descript yellow building in San Antonio, Texas during a court-ordered raid Wednesday. Another 200 or so non-working gaming machines were also discovered. The 20,000 to 30,000 square-foot site is also suspected as...
Oneida Nation Casino Reopens Today Following Traditional Healing After Shootings
Oneida Casino’s Main-Airport gaming site and Irene Moore Activity Center bingo hall will reopen at 8 am Thursday. They were shuttered after the Wisconsin tribal casino complex was the site of fatal shootings over the weekend. The complex’s West Mason, Packerland, and...
Deadly Threatening of Caesars Entertainment Attorneys Unusual, Says Law Prof
The recent case of a woman charged with threatening lawyers representing Caesars Entertainment is an unusual circumstance, according to a law professor. The threats reportedly came in response to an employee getting fired at a Las Vegas hotel-casino. Latonia Smith, 27, of...
Cambodian Casino Eliminates 1,300 Jobs, Cuts Worker Severance Pay
Cambodia’s NagaWorld gaming property is eliminating some 1,300 jobs and reducing severance pay. The move was criticized by a workers’ union. The Thomson Reuters Foundation reported the Phnom Penh-based gaming property announced recently more than 15 percent of its workforce is to...
Oneida Casino Complex Shooter Was Ex-Restaurant Manager, Reports Reveal
The shooter who killed two people in a restaurant at Wisconsin’s Oneida Casino complex Saturday night was an ex-employee of the eatery, local police said. He was shot dead by officers at the scene. On Monday, Brown County Sheriff Todd Delain identified...
Oneida Casino Evacuated After Wisconsin Hotel Shooter Kills Two Victims
Two people were shot dead and at least one was seriously wounded in a restaurant shooting at the Radisson Inn adjacent to the Oneida Casino in Ashwaubenon, Wisc. Saturday night, local police said. In addition, the shooter was killed by police at...
Elderly Win-River Casino Winner Followed Home, Robbed at Gunpoint
A 74-year-old Win-River gaming property winner was robbed and dragged from her car Thursday night in front of her Redding, Calif. home. The holdup took place shortly after she left the nearby casino. The bandits stole her purse in the heist. But...
Goa Casinos Shuttered This Weekend, India Overwhelmed By COVID-19 Crisis
Casinos in India’s upscale resort district of Goa remain closed this weekend under a government-ordered lockdown to curb the deadly spread of coronavirus. The nation is shattering records, given the number of new cases of COVID-19. The illness nationally has led to...
Nevada Casinos, Hotels See About Half of Workers Get COVID-19 Shot So Far
Nevada casino-hotels are making progress in getting workforces vaccinated against COVID-19. But more effort is needed, with just under 50 percent of sector employees getting the shot, according to one estimate cited Thursday by the Nevada Current news organization. Some of the...
