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Coronavirus crisis prompts Landry’s Incorporated layoffs

March 25, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Casino News, Casino closures, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Labor Relations

The billionaire boss for American casino and entertainments firm Landry’s Incorporated has reportedly revealed that his firm has been forced to temporarily lay off about 40,000 people as a result of the ongoing...

MGM Resorts International close to selling Circus Circus Las Vegas

Adam Morgan

September 24, 2019

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

American casino operator, MGM Resorts International, is reportedly in advanced talks to offload its family-friendly Circus Circus Las Vegas property to an entity controlled by the man behind the nearby Treasure...

NIGC figures herald a good year for the American tribal gaming industry

Adam Morgan

September 20, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, U.S.A., Economy/Finance

The 501 tribal gaming operations in the United States reportedly had a great 2018 after seeing their aggregated gross gaming revenues for the twelve-month period increase by a little over 4% year-on-year to top...

Texas House provides initial approval of daily fantasy sports legislation

Marie Kelley

May 6, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Fantasy Sports, Texas

Initial approval was given last week regarding legislation to legalize daily fantasy sports in the state of Texas. The House voted in favor of the measure 116-27, agreeing that daily fantasy sports is a game of...

Study recommends relocating two Shreveport-area casinos

Adam Morgan

April 12, 2019

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Economy/Finance, Louisiana

In Louisiana, a new study from Spectrum Gaming Group has reportedly determined that a pair of under-performing riverboat casinos located near the city of Shreveport would benefit by being moved to other areas o...

Texas lawmaker wants casinos to assist underfunded programs

Marie Kelley

December 19, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Texas

Texas Representative, Joe Deshotel, filed a bill earlier in the month to see the state build casinos along the cost to help provide much-needed funds for windstorm insurance as well as flooding assistance for r...

Topgolf International Incorporated partnering for eSports entry

Adam Morgan

December 10, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Technology, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy eSports

Global sports entertainment firm Topgolf International Incorporated has announced the signing of a deal that is to see it partner with Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL Corporation in order to add eSports lo...

SCiQ pilots for Scientific Games Corporation

Adam Morgan

September 18, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Technology, Lottery, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

After recently launching a new gaming system for the Kansas Lottery, American gaming machine and systems innovator Scientific Games Corporation (SG) has now announced that its SCiQ instant game advance is being...

Osage Casino Tulsa expansion opens in Oklahoma

Adam Morgan

August 29, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, the federally-recognized Osage Nation reportedly opened the $150 million expansion of its Osage Casino Tulsa venue earlier today complete with an enlarged around-the-clock gaming floor that now enc...

Destination casino resort proposal for eastern New Mexico

Adam Morgan

August 22, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Horse Racing, Casino News, New Hotels, New Mexico

American casino operator, Full House Resorts Incorporated, has unveiled plans that would see it construct a new five-story destination resort in eastern New Mexico featuring a 35,000 sq ft casino alongside a mi...

CG Technology Holding hit with $250,000 fine

Adam Morgan

August 14, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Technology, Sports betting, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Nevada

In Nevada, local race and sportsbook operator CG Technology Holding has reportedly been fined to the tune of $250,000 for illegally accepting wagers after a contest had finished as well as for taking out-of-sta...

American tribal gaming industry records successful 2017

Adam Morgan

June 27, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Economy/Finance

In the United States, the National Indian Gaming Commission has announced that 2017 saw the nation’s 494 aboriginal-run gambling venues chalk up a 3.9% increase year-on-year in aggregated gross gaming revenues ...

New Jersey lawmakers unanimously pass fresh sportsbetting legislation

Adam Morgan

June 8, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, New Jersey

Yesterday reportedly saw both houses of the New Jersey Legislature unanimously pass a proposed legislation that would allow the eastern state’s casinos and racetracks to offer single-game wagers on a wide range...

Comanche Nation warning of reduced casino revenues

Adam Morgan

April 26, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Economy/Finance, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, the Comanche Nation has reportedly warned that revenues from its Comanche Red River Hotel and Casino could fall by as much as 25% if the fellow federally-recognized Chickasaw Nation is permitted to...

One dead and 14 injured following fire on Florida casino shuttle boat

Adam Morgan

January 17, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino Cruise Ships, Florida

In Florida, one person reportedly died while around 14 others were injured on Sunday afternoon after a wooden shuttle boat taking passengers to the offshore Tropical Breeze Casino in the Gulf of Mexico caught f...