2587 stories by Ed Silverstein
Encore Boston Harbor, Four Other New England Casinos Close as Coronavirus Spreads in Region
Three Massachusetts casinos will be shuttered for two or more weeks, and two Rhode Island gaming properties will close for at least a week in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. On Saturday, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted to close the Encore, as...
MGM Employees Test Positive for Coronavirus, Some Operations Shuttered
“Several” MGM Resorts International workers have tested positive for COVID-19, as the company announces it will close select operations, such as Ohio’s MGM Northfield Park, the gaming giant notified employees Friday night. In the same correspondence, workers were abruptly told about layoffs...
Dirty Casino Chips Pose Potential Health Risk as Coronavirus Spreads
Gaming properties regularly disinfecting chips is theoretically a smart move, especially given the current threat of COVID 19 and that chips are found close to everywhere on gaming floors. But the sheer number of players and dealers who may touch chips daily...
NBA’s Donovan Mitchell Is Latest Casino Visitor Testing Positive for Coronavirus: Report
From the Encore Boston Harbor to The Mirage in Las Vegas, some recent visitors at US gaming properties are subsequently getting positive tests for COVID-19. It has been reported by the Boston Globe that Utah Jazz basketball star Donovan Mitchell went to...
WHO Declares COVID-19 a Global Pandemic, Impact on Gaming Properties, Conventions Escalates
The increasing number of coronavirus cases worldwide has led to the World Health Organization declaring the illness a pandemic Wednesday. That news came as a woman who was a guest at The Mirage in Las Vegas has tested positive for COVID-19. The...
New York’s Yonkers Raceway Closes after COVID-19 Infected Worker Dies
New York’s Yonkers Raceway was shuttered Tuesday after a long-time trainer and office worker afflicted with coronavirus died. The MGM Resorts International-owned track is located about six miles from New Rochelle, where there is a significant outbreak of COVID-19. The employee was...
Two Masked Robbers Snatch $250,000 from New York City Racetrack Guards
New York’s Aqueduct Racetrack was the site of a brazen, late-night robbery of more than $250,000 by two bandits wearing protective surgical masks Saturday. Questions are surfacing if it was an inside job, according to local news reports. The robbers, both armed...
Las Vegas Dealers Sanitize, Shred Cards to Reduce Potential Spread of Feared COVID-19
Las Vegas gaming floor employees are quietly taking steps this week to minimize the risk that possible coronavirus germs could infect players or workers. Examples include how decks of cards reportedly get routinely shred or cleaned, and slot machines are disinfected more...
Las Vegas Casinos Enhance Cleanings, LAX Screeners Revealed To Have COVID-19
Two medical screeners at Los Angeles International Airport tested positive for coronavirus, health officials announced this week. The news is of concern to passengers heading to McCarran International Airport, because many non-direct flights to Las Vegas first land at LAX before passengers...
Washington State Casino Security Tells Elderly Couple to Remove Face Masks as Coronavirus Strikes Region
Washington state’s Little Creek Casino Resort security staff asked a husband and wife in their 70s to take off their protective face masks this week. It was an apparent effort to enforce security procedures in the Shelton tribal gaming property despite the...
