2587 stories by Ed Silverstein
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...
Connecticut’s Foxwoods Dealers Did Not Get Chance to Negotiate on Paid Leave Before Closure: Report
Dealers at Connecticut’s Foxwoods Resort Casino were furloughed along with thousands of other venue workers as the property shut down for at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak. Management did not sit down with the unionized workers about the closure....
No NAB Show This Year in Las Vegas, Other Conventions May Be Rescheduled
Las Vegas will lose an estimated $153 million with the recent decision by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) to cancel its trade show for 2020 because of the coronavirus outbreak. Earlier this month, there was hope the NAB Show was just...
Hawaii Legislator Believes He Contracted COVID-19 During Las Vegas Trip
A winter break to Las Vegas likely led to an elderly Hawaiian state senator getting coronavirus. As a result, the entire Hawaii state capitol building got shut down for a couple of weeks. Clarence Nishihara, 76, remains quarantined in his residence on...
Las Vegas Casinos, Hotels, Convention Center Possible Spaces to House COVID-19 Patients
Las Vegas has about 150,000 hotel rooms and other spacious properties that could temporarily hold, if needed, the escalating number of people afflicted with coronavirus, experts told Casino.org. But putting patients, even those with less-severe cases, in such locations has some drawbacks....
Las Vegas Mayor Says City, Tourism ‘Cannot Survive’ Nevada’s Month-Long Coronavirus Shutdown
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman asked Gov. Steve Sisolak Wednesday to drastically cut his minimum 30-day statewide closure on casinos, hotels, and other “non-essential” businesses in Nevada because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Without scaling back Tuesday’s order to, perhaps, eight to 10...
