2587 stories by Ed Silverstein
Coronavirus Risk Cited as Latest Reason to Ban Slot-Like Machines in Missouri
UPDATE: The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has banned using slot-like machines and other coin-operated devices located in gas stations and similar venues, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Missouri ban started this weekend and will be in place...
Mashpee Wampanoag to Lose Massachusetts Reservation Status after Order from Trump Administration
The Mashpee Wampanoag are now highly unlikely to build their proposed casino in Taunton, Massachusetts, given that the tribe’s reservation recently was ordered “disestablished” by the Department of Interior under the direction of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. The federal directive means the...
Rhode Island Closes Casinos Indefinitely, State Clamps Down on Visitors
Rhode Island’s Twin River casinos in Tiverton and Lincoln now remain shuttered until further notice to help minimize risk from the expanding coronavirus outbreak. The decision to extend the March 13 closure from a week to an indefinite amount of time was...
Penn National Gaming to Sell Tropicana Property for Credits, Workers Nationwide Get Furloughed
Penn National Gaming announced Friday it is selling its Tropicana Las Vegas' buildings and acreage in exchange for $337.5 million worth of “rent credits.” The move comes as it faces the grim economic reality from the coronavirus pandemic. It is also putting...
New York’s Aqueduct Racetrack May House 1,000 Patients as Temporary Hospital
Aqueduct Racetrack was recommended today as another emergency hospital in New York City to temporarily house sick residents. That proposal came given the sharply increasing numbers of coronavirus patients who are overwhelming the region’s permanent health-care facilities. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
Pope County Arkansas Legal Battle Continues Over Casino Application Process
Two competing applicants for a casino license in Pope County, Arkansas are now looking to the state’s Racing Commission for quick approval. That's after a local judge ruled this week the commission improperly rejected one of the applications, news reports said. The...
Wind Creek Bethlehem Worker Goes to Court to Dispute Pay from Pennsylvania Casino
An employee at Wind Creek Bethlehem filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Pennsylvania gaming property over pay and tip issues. The plaintiff’s attorney is asking that the case be designated as a class action, so it includes other company workers facing similar...
Tip-Sharing Proposal Could Reignite Las Vegas Casino, Restaurant Workers’ Legal Challenges
Once Nevada’s current shutdown of restaurants and casinos ends, workers at bars, restaurants, and other venues will face a controversial federal proposal where employees could be forced to share tips under the direction of managers. It would require front of house workers,...
US Casino Operators Could Face Bankruptcy, Available Cash Tight, Experts Say
Gaming operators could eventually seek bankruptcy protection if they continue to burn through their limited money after shuttering operations because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to sector experts. A recent Macquarie Research report reveals US casino companies now have as little as...
Connecticut Tribal Casinos Donate Tons of Food to Needy, Newly Unemployed
Connecticut’s Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun are among the many shuttered Native American gaming properties which are donating multiple pallets of food to the needy, especially those who recently lost jobs because of the coronavirus outbreak. Most deliveries were made to food pantries...
