Encore Boston Harbor Bids For Business

Big changes at Encore Boston Harbor are designed to make the facility more player friendly. Lower table games minimums, free parking and more attention paid to the community are...

Beating the Drum for Table Games in the Big Apple

Resorts World New York City (l.) has launched a massive public relations campaign, including TV ads. It’s not an out and out pitch for table games, although Resorts World...

Who Will Get MGM Grand?

MGM Grand. It’s the last marquee name MGM Resorts wholly owns on the Las Vegas Strip. MGM Growth Properties wants it, but it’s looking for somebody else’s money to...

Resorts World Vegas Delays Opening

Resorts World Las Vegas has unveiled updated plans for the US$4.3 billion luxury resort casino. New amenities will include a 5,000-seat theater; additional luxury suites, villas and penthouses with...

Rhode Island, Twin River in Negotiations

Twin River Worldwide Holdings in Rhode Island continues its negotiations with the state over a regulatory agreement that governs its ownership of casinos in Lincoln (l.) and Tiverton. A...

New Jersey Approves Esports Betting

Regulators in New Jersey have approved wagering on the League of Legends World Championship, the Super Bowl of Esports. The event was held in Paris last weekend and pitted...

The Votes Are In

At the polls last week, Colorado voters narrowly approved Proposition DD, legalizing sports betting in the state, both in person and online. And in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race, pro-gaming Democrat...

Philadelphia Eagles Sign Sportsbook Partnership

The NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles have signed their first marketing partnership with a gaming operator, partnering with Unibet, an online gaming and sportsbook operator.

New Casino at Atlantic City Showboat?

Showboat Atlantic City owner Bart Blatstein has applied to the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) to subdivide his property into five lots, reportedly to circumvent a deed...

Live! Philadelphia: Built to Last

Cordish Companies’ Stadium Casino celebrates the topping-off of Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia, which will open next year in the heart of South Philadelphia’s Stadium District.

New Jersey Lottery Revenues Exceed $28 Billion

Fifty years after New Jersey voters approved a state lottery, the lottery has raised more than $28 billion. Money went to education at first, but in 2017, legislation switched...

After Eight Years, Online Poker Returns to Pennsylvania

PokerStars dealt the first legal hand of online poker in Pennsylvania last week after being forced to shut down in 2011.

MGM Continues Selloff

MGM Resorts International has added MGM Springfield (l.) to the list of casinos it could sell but retain as part of a lease agreement. Bellagio, MGM Grand, Aria and...

The Next Big Strip Deal—How About Tropicana?

Penn National Gaming says it’s entertaining interest from a number of prospective buyers who want to peel off segments of the Tropicana’s prime south Strip acreage.

Macau in Running for Trump-Xi Summit?

News reports say Beijing has proposed the casino hub of Macau as a possible location for U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to sign an agreement...

New York Gears Up for Gaming Tax Fight

Controversy is likely to abound next year when the New York Gaming Commission releases its comprehensive study of the statewide gaming market, which has grown over the last decade...

Investors Worried Over Palms’ Wobbly Restart

The off-Strip Palms Casino’s high-profile Kaos nightclub (l.) has crashed and burned, and Red Rock Resorts has taken a $26 million loss on the disaster. It’s got investors and...

Riverwalk Opens Near Encore Boston Harbor

Encore Boston Harbor, the $2.6 billion Wynn Resorts property that opened in June, has completed work on a waterfront playground and walkway in Everett, Massachusetts.

Atlanta Approves Casino Ballot Question

Atlanta City Council has voted 12-2 to approve an ordinance requesting that the Georgia General Assembly allow the city to propose a nonbinding ballot question to residents in a...

Chicago Lawmaker Charged In Bribery Scandal

Facing one count of federal bribery, Illinois state Rep. Louis Arroyo (l.) resigned November 1 from the House of Representatives. A 12-page federal complaint indicated he attempted to pay...