Illinois Gaming Board Approves Rockford Casino Participants

The Illinois Gaming Board has approved key players associated with Hard Rock Rockford, including company CEO Jim Allen (l.). Last month the board approved a two-year temporary location for...

Lightfoot: Chicago Eager For Casino

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (l.) continues to talk up the Windy City as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” for casino developers. She says the chosen operator will find a ready workforce...

Hard Rock Indiana Closes In on the Competition

The Hard Rock Casino in Gary, Indiana, which opened in May, is already challenging Horseshoe Casino in Hammond. In June, Horseshoe reported $34.4 million in net revenue compared to...

Gaming Board to Hold Hearing on PA Casino

On August 16, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hear public input on a Category 4 casino planned for College Township, Centre County. The casino is being proposed by...

Circus Circus, Insurer AIG Take It to Court

Attorneys for Las Vegas’s Circus Circus (l.) and AIG Specialty Insurance Co. have filed arguments with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to see if AIG must pay the...

Ill-Fated Fontainebleau to Reopen As JW Marriott Las Vegas

With little fanfare, JW Marriott last week revealed that the former Fontainebleau hotel casino (l.) on the Las Vegas Strip would open in late 2023 as the JW Marriott...

Andrew MacDonald Steps Down from Las Vegas Sands

The chief casino officer for Las Vegas Sands, Andrew MacDonald, has stepped down from his position. Working out of Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, MacDonald will move to Glasgow,...

No Plans for Poker Return to Encore Boston Harbor

Poker may have disappeared for good from Wynn Resorts’ Encore Boston Harbor as the property responds to complaints from players that the game hasn’t returned post-pandemic.

Gambling Operators Form Georgia Lobbying Coalition

A coalition of 16 casino developers and operators formed a lobbying coalition to influence Georgia legislators to expand state gambling laws. Multiple polls have shown most Georgians approve expanding...

Petition, Two Lawsuits Seek To Stop Louisiana Casino

Two lawsuits and now a petition to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board seek to stop the transfer of the gaming license for the now shuttered DiamondJacks casino (l.)...

Smoking a Hot Issue for U.S. Casinos

In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, gamblers are also free to light up again, but what is the future of smoking in casinos?

In Atlantic City, No Takers (Yet) for Former Airport

For years, Atlantic City’s Bader Field, one of the largest plots of vacant land on the eastern seaboard, has been idle. Proposals for its use have come and gone,...

New Jersey Signs Deal to Fund Esports Center

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority and Stockton University have signed an agreement to fund an esports center. The $200,000 Innovation Center will conduct research and development.

AC’s Hard Rock, Ocean Finish in Top 3 for 2020

New Jersey’s newest casinos, the Hard Rock Atlantic City (l.) and Ocean Casino Resort, have done well for themselves. For 2020, they finished second and third in money won...

New Jersey CRDA Appoints Butler As Chairman

For the first time in its 37-year history, New Jersey’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has tapped an African American to chair its board. Modia Butler, a board member since...

It’s Not Over Till It’s Over

While many casino markets are back to near-normal, others continue to cope with restrictions and shutdowns. Due to new Covid-19 outbreaks, some jurisdictions have returned to lockdown status.

MGM Buys CityCenter to Sell to Blackstone

MGM Resorts bought the piece of the CityCenter it didn’t already own and will sell it to Blackstone, which already owns the company’s Bellagio casino resort. The company developed...

FBI Investigating Tribal Casino Cyber-Attacks

Six Lucky Star casinos in Oklahoma are starting to reopen after shutting down June 18 following a cyber-attack. The Menominee Casino in Wisconsin also was targeted. The FBI is...

With Debut of New Vegas Property, Genting Considers North American Listing

Malaysia’s Genting Group, operator of Resorts World Las Vegas (l.) and other U.S. and global resorts, is expanding its presence across in the country and will seek a North...

Gaming Legend John Ascuaga Dies at 96

Gaming industry icon John Ascuaga (l.) died June 28 at the age of 96. Known as the king of Northern Nevada gaming, Ascuaga built his Nugget Casino Resort into...