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Circa Las Vegas Rolling Out 35,000 Square Feet of Convention Space in September
Circa Las Vegas is throwing its hat in the convention and meeting business ring, announcing it will open 35,000 square feet of related space in September. The privately held casino operator made the announcement earlier...
Bally’s Gamesys Notches Content Deal with Gaming Arts of Las Vegas
Bally’s announced today its Gamesys unit struck a five-year deal with Gaming Arts to bolster its portfolio of real money online casino games. Financial terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed, but the agreement is described...
Macau Casino Operators Facing Another Cash Crunch, Say Analysts
Reminiscent of the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, some casino operators in Macau are running low on cash. Morgan Stanley analysts estimate some will survive just months at current burn rates. The bank says...
Boyd Gaming Paying $170M to Acquire Pala Interactive
Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) said today its Boyd Gaming Interactive unit is paying $170 million in cash to acquire Pala Interactive from California’s Pala Band of Mission Indians. Pala Interactive includes business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C)...
DraftKings, Genius Sports Among Worst Stock-Based Compensation Offenders
Genius Sports (NYSE:GENI) and DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) are the worst offenders in terms of equity-based compensation as a percentage of 2021 gross profits. That’s according to a list constructed by Twitter user JiggyCapital. By his data,...
Bangkok Likely Home of First Thailand Casino
Not surprisingly, the government committee spearheading the effort to potentially bring casino gaming to Thailand is pushing for the country’s first integrated resort to be located in the capital city of Bangkok. The committee appears...
Wynn Resorts New CEO Sees Non-Gaming Investments in Macau, Elsewhere as Pivotal
Craig Billings took the helm as chief executive officer of Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) at the start of February. He’s already looking to shake things up by evaluating non-gaming amenities in Macau and dialing back expenditures...
Caesars Bringing Horseshoe Name to Colorado Casino
Caesars Entertainment is again trotting out its storied Horseshoe brand, announcing today it’s renaming the Colorado casino-resort currently known as Isle Casino Hotel Black Hawk. The renaming, which is scheduled to take place this summer,...
BetMGM Mishap Leads to $25k in New Jersey Fines
Last year, BetMGM took a small amount of wagers on New Jersey college basketball teams. But the state prohibits bets on games involving local universities, leading to a fine for the gaming operator. State law...
Caesars, Other Strip Properties Turning Lights Off for Earth Hour
No US city is more synonymous with lights than Las Vegas. But things will look different on the Strip on Saturday night, as some venues go dark from 8:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. in observance...