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Venetian, Hyatt Partnering on Rewards Program
The Venetian Resort Las Vegas has a new hotel partner as it was revealed today that the Strip casino resort is teaming up with hotel giant Hyatt on a long-term licensing accord. In the coming months, the Apollo-operated integrated resort will be...
Hippodrome Balks at Caesars Times Square Casino Plan
The Hippodrome office building is the latest entity to vocalize opposition to the plan to bring a casino hotel to Times Square in New York City. Principals of the Class A office building at 1120 Avenue of the Americas believe the proposal...
Bettor Be Warned: Don’t Use Credit Cards to Fund Sports Betting Accounts
With Missouri slated to enter the sports betting fray at some point next year, and assuming no other states legalize and launch online sports betting in 2025, approximately 30 states and Washington, DC will offer true mobile wagering that doesn’t require a...
Tilman Fertitta Ambassadorship Would Lengthen Odds of Wynn Activism
Tilman Fertitta’s potential appointment as US ambassador to Italy could diminish the chances he takes on an activist role at Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN), the casino operator in which he owns nearly 10% of the stock. Speculation surfaced last week that President-elect...
South Carolina Sports Betting Bill Sets Minimum Age at 18
South Carolina’s 2025 legislative session starts next month, but one lawmaker there has already proposed a sports betting bill, marking at least the fourth attempt to bring that form of wagering to the state. Republican Rep. Chris Murphy of Dorchester County recently...
Boyd Gaming Boosted by Argus Upgrade
Shares of Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD) were pointed higher early Tuesday following an upgrade of the stock by a sell-side analyst. In a new report to clients, Argus analyst John Staszak lifted his rating on the regional casino operator to “buy” from...
DraftKings Customer Sues Over Data-Sharing Practices
A former DraftKings client is suing the gaming company, alleging it shared without permission customers’ video-viewing habits. In a class action suit filed Friday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, counsel for plaintiff Jeffrey Wan claimed...
Expect Weaker Las Vegas Casino Revenue Growth in 2025
Investors are bracing for what’s likely to be a weaker year of revenue growth at Las Vegas Strip casino hotels in 2025 with non-gaming sales figuring prominently into that equation. In a new report to clients, Deutsche Bank analyst Carlo Santarelli said...
Bronx Locals Split on Bally’s Casino Plan
Residents of the Bronx, NY are divided over the prospects of a Bally’s casino hotel eventually calling their borough home. Christopher Jewett, senior vice president of corporate development at the regional casino operator, recently told News 12 that many people in the...
Ackman Leading Stock-Picking Contest by Shorting Caesars Investor Icahn
Pershing Square Capital Management co-founder and CEO Bill Ackman is leading a famous stock-picking contest due in part to a bet against Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ: CZR) investor Carl Icahn. In what appears to be a now-deleted post to X from last Friday,...