Being first-to-market in an emerging market is a huge advantage in any industry, but it’s especially advantageous in the land-based casino business. That’s why the recent news that Wynn Resorts has been named the first recipient of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) casino license by the country’s General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA). The news…
A New Jersey woman is claiming that Bally's Atlantic City is refusing to pay a jackpot of more than $1.2 million that she says she won on a Wheel of Fortune slot machine. Casino officials, on the other hand, have told her that the machine was malfunctioning and that she is owed exactly nothing. The…
The Mirage, the iconic Las Vegas hotel and casino that ushered in the age of mega-casinos, will be closing for renovations starting this July. When the hotel re-opens in 2027, it will re-emerge as the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Guitar Hotel, complete with a 700-foot guitar as its calling card. When the Mirage…
Boyd Gaming shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal last week aimed at studying how the company's land-based casinos could go completely smoke-free. The motion to study the impact of a smoker-friendly casino tanked by a margin of 18.5 million votes in favor of the study and 63.6 million votes against. The effort to move towards smoke-free…
The Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix pushed Nevada gaming revenue to near record levels during November with gaming operators doing a stunning $1.4 billion in business for the month. It's the 33rd straight month that Nevada gaming has cracked the $1 billion mark, but the biggest boost from racing fans went to Strip casinos,…
Union workers at the Detroit MGM Grand are back on the job today after ratifying a new contract that officially ended the 47-day Detroit casino workers strike. The MGM workers were the last of the Motor City casino workers to return to the job after initially rejecting the contract that ended the strike for the…
Nevada casinos raked in a record amount of cash in 2021 as pandemic-weary players poured back into the City of Sin. With $13.4 billion in gaming revenue, 2021's cash haul was a full billion more than the previous record. But what does 2022 have in store for spiritual center of the US gaming industry? As…
While 2021 is proving to be a brutal slog for large numbers of world citizens, it's an absolutely fabulous time to be Golden Nugget chairman and chief executive, Tilman Fertitta. Fertitta's land-based properties saw an H1 2021 revenue jump of nearly percent over annus horribilis 2020. Revenue over at Golden Nugget Online Gaming, which as…
With cases of the dreaded Delta variant surging across the state, Nevada hotels and casinos are once again asking guests to wear masks in public places. The return of the mask mandate was ordered by Governor Steve Sisolak in an attempt to temper skyrocketing COVID-19 infections in Clark County and the rest of the Nevada.…
UK land-based casino and bingo hall operators caught some great news this week when government officials lifted its most recent coronavirus closure notice. Though they'll be allowed to open their doors again, the casinos and bingo halls will still be operating under some restrictions and will not be at full capacity. Regardless, it's an era…
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