2587 stories by Ed Silverstein
Macau Unemployment Reaches Highest Rate in Eight Years
The number of jobless workers in Macau during the start of 2020 reached an eight-year high, given economic pressures from the coronavirus pandemic. General unemployment in the Chinese gaming enclave edged up by 0.4 percent year-versus-year to 2.1 percent for the early...
Arkansans Await Reopening of Casinos, Officials Review Coronavirus Data
Arkansas has yet to specify a date to reopen the state’s three licensed gaming venues. In the meantime, state officials are monitoring the number of COVID-19 cases and want to see health precautions in place at casinos before they allow players to...
MGM Resorts Cancels May Reservations Taken for Las Vegas Properties
MGM Resorts International has canceled bookings at its Las Vegas hotels for between May 1 and 21, as hospitality and gaming companies continue to plan for their reopening after closing because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Friday, the earliest available Las...
Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Casino to Reopen May 1, Masks Required
The Coeur d'Alene tribal gaming property in Idaho will reopen to the public on May 1 starting the gradual process nationwide of casinos resuming operations following COVID-19 closures. Health precautions will be in place at Coeur d'Alene to limit the risk of...
Macau Airport To Take Over Nearby Space For Future Increase in Passengers
Macau International Airport will acquire a portion of the Taipa Ferry Terminal to handle airline overflow passengers. The surge is predicted to be in the millions, despite the temporary drop from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) announced this...
COVID-19 Coding System Could Streamline Travel to Macau
Macau is developing a health coding system that could replace cumbersome border travel restrictions now in place with Guangdong Province, according to news reports. Since March, people from Guangdong must quarantine for two weeks after arriving in Macau. Now being tested, the...
Atlantic City Casino Workers Wait Hours for Food, Hope To Be Rehired
An estimated 1,500 laid-off casino employees waited in a two-mile-long line of vehicles in New Jersey Wednesday to receive free food so their families do not go hungry, news reports said. The Community Food Bank of New Jersey/United Here Local 54 food...
Harvard Says Pandemic Casino Shutdown Is ‘Immediate Threat’ to Native Americans
US tribes urgently need financial help from the federal government after casinos and other money-making operations were abruptly shuttered by the coronavirus outbreak, according to a Harvard University study. Tribal governments could lose billions of dollars in revenue from closed gaming properties...
G2E Asia 2020 Trade Show Delayed for Second Time
G2E Asia 2020 is rescheduled again because of the coronavirus pandemic and related travel restrictions. Organizers of the large gaming sector trade show now have planned it for December. It is on the calendar for Dec. 1-3, at The Venetian Macao. That...
Reopen Nevada Protestors Show Disgust for Closings, Widespread Support for Trump
Several hundred Nevadans took part in dual protests in Carson City and Las Vegas Saturday. Their aim was to put a stop to Gov. Steve Sisolak’s closing of non-essential businesses and his continuing stay-at-home directive in response to coronavirus. Organized by an...
