1979 stories by Steve Bittenbender
Senate Subcommittee Hears How COVID-19 Hurt Las Vegas, Gaming Industry
Las Vegas and the gaming community had the ear of US senators on Tuesday, as the Senate Commerce subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion met for the first time. Steve Hill, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors...
Bally’s Gets on the Strip with Tropicana Las Vegas Deal
Bally’s Corp. announced Tuesday morning it has agreed to buy the Tropicana Las Vegas from Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. in a transaction valued at more than $300 million. The sale-and-leaseback arrangement for the iconic casino now gives the Rhode Island-based gaming...
North Carolina Lawmakers Say Expanded Sports Betting Can Generate $50M for State
Less than three weeks after the first retail sportsbooks opened in the state, two North Carolina lawmakers filed a bill this past week to expand the opportunity statewide for a very noble reason. On Wednesday, state Sens. Paul Lowe Jr. (D-Winston Salem)...
Las Vegas Convention Officials Show Off $52.5 Million Loop for First Time
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) used Friday to showcase the Convention Center Loop. That's the $52.5-million underground people mover built by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company to help shuttle people across the recently expanded Las Vegas Convention Center. Media...
Miss America to Take Place at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun for Next Three Years
Miss America is headed back to Connecticut. The Mohegan Sun announced Friday it reached a three-year agreement with the Miss America Organization (MOA). The deal means the world-renowned pageant competition and scholarship organization will hold events, including its finals competition, at the...
NY Mobile Sports Betting Update: Prognosis Good, But Still More Questions than Answers
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says there’s "a conceptual agreement" in place for a state budget that includes mobile sports betting, and it appears – based on the Democratic leader’s words Monday – that his vision for sports betting with some tweaks...
World Series of Poker Returns to Live Events in 2021 with a Fall Series, Live Main Event
It may be scheduled for later than usual this year, but officials with the World Series of Poker announced this week they plan to resume a full, live-action tournament schedule in 2021. The entire slate of events will be announced later this...
Ohio Horsemen Tell Lawmakers Racing Commission Needs to Control Sports Betting
It was the horsemen’s turn this week to testify before the Ohio state Senate Select Committee on Gaming. Not surprisingly, like other stakeholders who spoke or submitted testimony in previous weeks, they have their own thoughts about legalizing sports betting in the...
Pretlow Touts Skins as ‘Best Model’ for NY Mobile Sports Betting as Budget Talks Linger
Thursday came and went without a budget deal in place in New York. However, a couple of lawmakers made some waves regarding mobile sports betting. How the state should oversee mobile wagering appears to be one of the stumbling blocks remaining between...
Gaming Caucus Cochairs Seek Repeal on Federal Sports Betting Handle Tax
The chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Gaming Caucus filed a bill Thursday that certainly wasn’t an April Fools joke. US Reps. Dina Titus (D-Nevada) and Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pennsylvania) want Uncle Sam’s hand out of the legal sports betting till. Their bill, which...
