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BetMGM Renews, Expands Major League Baseball Partnership
MGM Resorts International is renewing and expanding its relationship with Major League Baseball (MLB). That deal started in 2018, when the casino operator was named the league’s first official gaming partner. Under the terms of...
Crazy Horse Too Fires Too Hot to Handle as Gentleman’s Club Heads for Demolition
Las Vegas gentleman’s club Crazy Horse Too may be seeking new accommodations, or could simply decide to throw in the towel. That's after a string of recent fires at its current location has the venue...
Wynn Again Tops Travel + Leisure Las Vegas Hotel List
Wynn Resorts’ eponymous Las Vegas venue is adding another accolade, topping Travel + Leisure’s Sin City hotel rankings for a third consecutive year. In the publication’s 2022 “best of” awards, which surveys readers, Wynn Las...
MGM Resorts Enters Marketing Deal with MLB Players
MGM Resorts International today announced it’s becoming a partner of MLB Players, Inc. -- the business arm of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) -- gaining group marketing rights and access to MLB Players...
King Dollar Could Make Court Jesters of Some Casino Stocks
A typical result of rising US interest rates is a soaring dollar, and that trend is repeating in 2022. That potentially means pain for companies that generate significant portions of revenue overseas, including some casino...
Tilman Fertitta Steak Chain Condemns Anti-Kavanaugh Protest
Morton’s The Steakhouse is blasting pro-abortion protestors that disrupted the dining experience of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and other guests at the chain’s Washington, DC restaurant on Wednesday night. Morton’s is part of the...
Okada Manila Flap Highlights Risks of Foreign SPAC Deals
The saga surrounding Okada Manila and efforts by a US-based special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to bring the Philippine integrated resort operator public is one of the more unusual events in the gaming industry in...
Seasonal Lethargy Setting in for Sportsbook Operators, Promo Spending Declining
It’s July, meaning sportsbook operators are smack in the middle of the annual seasonal slowdown owing to a slow sports calendar. But it’s possible June through August lethargy could provide support to downtrodden sports betting...
S&P Forecasts Dismal 2022 GGR Tally in Macau, Could Cut Credit Ratings on Three Operators
Amid a recent surge in coronavirus cases, Macau casinos are hardly open, and some are being used as quarantine zones. That's prompting one ratings agency to issue a bleak 2022 gross gaming revenue (GGR) forecast...
DraftKings Stock Endures Two Price Target Cuts, Analysts Forecast Big California Costs
DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) is pointing higher in late trading Thursday despite being on the receiving end of two price target reductions by Wall Street analysts. In a note to clients today, Citi analyst Jason Bazinet trimmed...
