Should small casinos qualify for federal assistance to help them cover payrolls during COVID-19-related shutdowns? That's a question US lawmakers are posing their nation's president as businesses of all sizes struggle to stay afloat during the unprecedented lockdown that has most Americans staying very close to home. The issue of whether or not small casinos…
In the mind's eye, the glimmering casinos of the Las Vegas seem like the last places on earth that would be impacted by US President Donald Trump's trade war with China, but that's not exactly the case. Casino construction and remodeling, it turns out, is heavily reliant on steel beams. Most steel, it also turns…
2018 was a very good year if you happened to own a land-based casino in the United States. That's the word from the the American Gaming Association's (AGA) State of the States 2019: The AGA Survey of the Commercial Casino Industry. According to the report, America's casinos clocked in a record-breaking $41.7 billion in revenue…
A former casino executive for Boyd Gaming is suing the company for alleged acts of racial and sexual discrimination. Among the claims made by former sales director Kim Carpenter is that the company avoids booking musical acts that would attract large African American or Hispanic audiences to its casinos. Carpenter, whose duties included booking acts…
Land-based casinos are dealing with a challenge that casino affiliates are all too familiar with, converting players. Only in this case, the casinos are struggling with the challenge of converting e-sports players into traditional gamblers; the kind who sit at the tables and lose big bucks over extended periods. It's a massive challenge that could…
Atlantic City's, seemingly, never-ending bloodbath took another victim this week as the Trump Taj Mahal shut it doors for good. The casino is the fourth in AC to close to since 2014 and is leaving more than 3,000 workers without jobs. Though the once glitzy jewel of the Atlantic City Boardwalk carries the name of…
July proved to be a scorching hot month for Nevada's casino and sportsbooks. The Silver State's regulated gambling industry saw a very solid 10 percent July revenue jump over the previous year's results. Casinos and sportsbooks across Nevada did land rush business built on an unusually busy month for the state's regulated sportsbooks. According to…
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt is being sued by the Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. over his use of the term, "Lucky Lady Casino" on his recently opened Los Angeles casino. The card room and casino is officially known as, "Larry Flynt's Lucky Lady Casino," but that distinction is not good enough for the Isle of…
Billionaire casino owner Shel Adelson donates millions of dollars every year to GOP candidates but, according to Senator Marc Rubio (R-FL), that money doesn't buy any influence when it comes to gambling legislation. Rubio, who has received money from Adelson and, coincidentally, supports the Adelson-backed Restoration of the American Wire Act (RAWA), spoke on the…
Nevada gaming revenues topped $1 billion in May, thanks to a big boost from the Mayweather-Pacquio fight and increased action on slot machines and table games. The final number for May came in at $1.003 billion when the month was done. That's a 3.3% increase over the same period last year, which is even better…
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