Nevada Regulators Preparing for New Hearings Involving Steve Wynn

The Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission have confirmed that they are arranging further disciplinary hearings against former casino executive Steve Wynn (l.) over allegations of sexual...

Pennsylvania Township Tries to Stop Mall Mini-Casino

A small town in Pennsylvania neglected to opt out from being a possible future home to a mini casino before a 2017 deadline. Now, the council of College Township...

Red Rock Announces Plans to Shutter, Demo Fourth Las Vegas Property

Red Rock Resorts will shutter its Wild Wild West casino in Las Vegas (l.) and demolish it, allowing the company to conjoin the site with an additional 80 acres...

Papanier: Tropicana to Become West Coast “Flagship” for Bally’s

Bally’s Corp. is one step closer to finalizing its deal with Penn Entertainment to acquire the Tropicana Las Vegas (l.) following initial approval from the Nevada Gaming Control Board....

New Las Vegas Strip Retail Complex Prepares for Early 2023 Opening

A new luxury retail center called 63 (l.) is expected to complete the first phase of construction in October, after which tenants can move in. A public opening is...

Gov. Murphy Keynote at 25th Annual East Coast Gaming Congress

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will deliver a luncheon keynote address at the ECGC, September 21-23 at the Hard Rock Atlantic City

Promotion Tax Deduction Not Accepted in New York, New Jersey

The silver lining in the cloud that is promotions is that in most cases you can deduct the cost from your taxes. But states like New Jersey and New...

Gaming Execs Go Bald For a Cause

More than 15 senior executives from gaming’s largest operators and suppliers are shaving their heads this month to help to battle childhood cancer. Take some time to read about...

IG Report: Official Lied About Blocking Conn. Tribes from Casino

A report by the Department of the Interior’s inspector general says former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (l.) lied to investigators probing whether he wrongly blocked Connecticut tribes’ efforts to...

Maryland’s Rocky Gap Casino Changes Hands

Golden Entertainment has reached an agreement to sell its Rocky Gap Casino in Cumberland, Maryland to Century Casinos and gaming REIT VICI for a total of $260 million.

Justice Department Wants Seminole Compact Reinstated

Last fall, a federal judge nullified the gaming compact between the Seminole Tribe and the state of Florida (l.) that would have given the tribe statewide control over sports...

Temporary Bristol Casino Generates $11.7 Million In First Month

Exceeding all expectations, the temporary Hard Rock Bristol in Virginia generated $11.71 million in adjusted gross gaming revenue in its first month of operation and welcomed guests from every...

Virginia Skill Game Company Sues Convenience Stores

Queen of Virginia has sued nearly 150 convenience store owners for violating their contract’s non-competition clause by replacing its machines with a competitor’s games. But store owners insist the...

Commercial Casinos Set Revenue Record

Commercial casinos in the U.S. set a new quarterly revenue record in the second quarter of 2022, generating $14.81 billion, and the industry overall is on pace for a...

Opposition Strong Against a Casino in Manhattan

Plenty of developers envision building a casino in Manhattan, yet plenty of officials want no parts of a casino in a town that never sleeps. They are, however, more...

MacDonald Back in the Game

Highly respected gaming executive Andrew MacDonald was hired by Resorts World Sentosa last week just a year after he “retired” from his previous employer Las Vegas Sands where he...

Okada Takeover Case Goes to Appeals Court

The Philippine Appeals Court has been given 30 days to recommend whether Kazuo Okada can continue to run the Manila resort that bears his name. The Japanese gaming magnate,...

Star’s Queensland Inquiry Underway, With Troubling Accusations

The latest Australian licensing inquiry—this time involving Star Entertainment in Queensland—is now underway, and is being headed by former judge Robert Gotterson (l.). As with a number of other...

Panel: New York Needs Better RG Measures

A panel at the Racing and Gaming Conference concluded that New York has not been keeping pace with casino expansion by implementing commensurate responsible gaming efforts. John Coppola (l.),...

Nevada Regulators Add Sex Trafficker to Casino “Black Book”

Convicted felon and sex trafficker Kendrick Weatherspoon has been added to Nevada’s “Black Book” by the Nevada Gaming Commission, meaning he is banned from the state’s casinos. He...