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In the United States and a prominent credit ratings agency has reportedly predicted that the nation’s leisure business sector is likely to experience a comparable decline in revenues of up to 60% this year owin...
In the United Kingdom and prominent high street bookmaker GVC Holdings has announced the formulation of a ‘comprehensive plan’ that it believes will soon allow its shops to begin emerging from their coronavirus...
In New Zealand and local casino operator SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited has announced that its trio of gambling-friendly facilities have been fully re-opened with no coronavirus-related social distancing p...
The almost twelve-week coronavirus-related shuttering of casinos in Nevada ended early on Thursday morning with the re-opening venues along the world-famous Las Vegas Strip reportedly being met by ‘long lines a...
One of Washington State’s biggest gambling venues opens on Monday, June 8, as the Puyallup Tribe’s new Emerald Queen Casino & Hotel Tacoma located at 2920 East R St, with COVID-19 precautions in place.
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In Japan and the mayor for the city of Osaka has reportedly announced that his community has pushed back the opening date for its planned integrated casino resort by a further two years due to the impacts of th...
The California State Supreme Court reportedly heard oral arguments earlier this week as part of a lawsuit that could finally see the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians given permission to build and run a new ...
The plan to open The Drew Las Vegas as the newest casino resort in southern Nevada by the summer of 2022 could be in danger after the project’s main developer reportedly defaulted on some of its debt obligation...
France has reportedly become the latest European nation to begin allowing its casinos to re-open following an eleven-week shutdown at the hands of the coronavirus pandemic.
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In Australia and local casino operator The Star Entertainment Group Limited has announced the signing of a 20-year arrangement that is to see its The Star Sydney venue pay a flat 29% tax on all revenues from it...
In the United Kingdom and The Betting and Gaming Council has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak (pictured), ‘to keep being flexible’ in his support for the nation’s regulated betting and gam...
In South Korea and the operator behind the Kangwon Land Casino has reportedly announced that the facility has postponed its planned full re-opening following a recent spike in local coronavirus infections.
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Hard Rock International, along with The United Company and Par Ventures, has been endorsed by the Bristol, Virginia City Council as the preferred operator of a proposed casino at the site of a former shopping m...
After last week setting a target reopening date for the state's gaming industry, in a statement Tuesday evening, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak said Phase 2 of his “Roadmap to Recovery” plan will begin on Friday...
The many tribal casinos in the American state of Minnesota are reportedly starting to re-open after being forced to close from mid-March as part of a campaign to stop the spread of a coronavirus strain that has...