Coronavirus Takes a Bite Out of Atlantic City Convention Business

Atlantic City and Las Vegas depend on conventions and trade shows to boost tourism, especially in the off-season. But the coronavirus that closed casinos has also decimated that part...

Hard Rock Atlantic City Invests in Team Members

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City Doubles Down on Commitment To Team Members With $600,000 in ShopRite Gift Cards.

Atlantic City Tourism Goes South

2019 was a very good year in Atlantic City, and 2021 may be too. But 2020, the year of the pandemic, will go down in history as uniquely bad...

Will Gamblers Return to Casino Post-Covid-19?

A new survey produced by innovative game developer Synergy Blue shows that the economy, health and safety standards, and younger gamblers will all have a major impact on recovery...

Hard Rock Buys Back Vegas Brand

Hard Rock International’s acquisition of the name “Hard Rock Las Vegas” positions the gaming powerhouse for expansion into the city. The timing could be just right, with some of...

Nevada Casinos Still On Waiting List to Reopen

The first phase of Nevada’s return to limited normalcy is under way. But the gaming industry isn’t part of that yet, and it doesn’t appear that Governor Steve Sisolak...

Eldorado’s CEO Foresees Closing Merger by Next Month

Barring any delay, Eldorado Resorts CEO Tom Reeg (l.) foresees closing the company’s merger with Caesars Entertainment by the end of June. When that happens, Reeg will be the...

Good News for Macau: China to Loosen Travel Restrictions

In Macau, hopes are high for a that individual travel from mainland China will resume in the next few weeks, possibly in conjunction with the National People’s Congress, which...

MGM Springfield Foresees Heavy Layoffs

The employees of the MGM Springfield are facing layoffs. Two months after closing in response to the coronavirus, MGM is contemplating laying off as many as 1,887 workers, at...

Hard Rock Releases Virginia Renderings

Hard Rock International has released two new architectural renderings of its proposed Bristol Hard Rock (l.), to be developed in a vacant mall in Virginia. Hard Rock was the...

Missouri Senate Approves Truck Stop Pull-Tabs

One hundred pull-tab machines may show up at Missouri truck stops if the House approves a $30 billion Senate bill with a provision allowing the games. Missouri Senator Eric...

Casinos Prepare to Reopen: A State by State Outlook

After almost two months on lockdown due to Covid-19, casinos in the U.S. are making cautious plans to reopen.

Luxor Capital Approved to Run Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino

Luxor Capital Group, owner of Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino Resort (l.), has been approved to own the property. The hedge fund turned the property around by reducing debt, changing...

Borgata Outlines Its Seven-Point Safety Plan

Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has introduced a Seven-Point Safety Plan for reopening

PA Casino May Offer Gambling by Appointment

The Wind Creek Bethlehem casino hotel (l.) in Pennsylvania has revealed plans for a phased reopening of the property that would include gambling by appointment as a measure to...

NJ Bills Promise Help for Casinos

New Jersey lawmakers have introduced two bills to help Atlantic City casinos. One lets them borrow interest-free loans. The other grants tax and fee breaks. “It was heartbreaking to...

NY Casinos Could Be Closed through June

New York has been the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S., and the state’s casinos may be among the last in the nation to reopen. “We’re hanging...

Feds Begin Distributing Relief Funds to Tribes

The U.S. Treasury has begun distributing $8 billion in Covid-19 relief to Indian tribes crippled by the disease. President Donald Trump called it the country’s “single largest investment in...

Las Vegas Visitation in a Swoon

Some 1.5 million people came to the beleaguered casino mecca in March, a decline of more than 58 percent from the same month last year. In Las Vegas, the...

OK Governor: No More ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Compacts

Two Oklahoma tribes signed new gaming compacts with Governor Kevin Stitt (l.), providing lower exclusivity fees and allowing them to build new casinos, as well as offering sports betting....