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Encore Boston Harbor easily leads Commonwealth; $49 million first-month haul more than double Springfield GGR

August 16, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Massachusetts

With first-week figures coming out last month and the gambling landscape on the East Coast becoming increasingly competitive, it's not surprising that Encore Boston Harbor, Wynn Resorts Ltd's glistening, new fi...

Encore Boston Harbor celebrates long-awaited Grand Opening on Sunday

K Morrison

June 23, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino openings, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Massachusetts

After years of preparation and controversy and just over a week ago receiving approval from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s (NASDAQ: WYNN) $2.6 billion casino, hotel and entertainment c...

Ellen Whittemore hired by Wynn Resorts Ltd

Marie Kelley

July 24, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Employment & Careers, Nevada

Wynn Resorts Ltd, a casino operator based in the United States, has hired Ellen Whittemore for two roles within the company. Ms. Whittemore has been named the company’s new general counsel as well as the execut...

Kim Sinatra to leave Wynn Resorts this month

Marie Kelley

July 6, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Employment & Careers

Yesterday, Wynn Resorts Ltd announced that Kim Sinatra will no longer be working with the company, leaving several roles empty. Hired in 2004, Ms. Sinatra will be stepping down from her role as the executive vi...

Wynn Las Vegas, Encore to do away with parking fee beginning July 1

K Morrison

June 11, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Casino News

After in August 2017, the self-parking garages at Wynn Las Vegas and Encore began to charge visitors and registered hotel guests for parking, Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN), recently announced that effective ...

Wynn Resorts fills newly created Chief Sustainability Officer role

K Morrison

June 8, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Employment & Careers

Las Vegas-based developer and operator of high-end hotels and casinos, Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN), has named Erik Hansen (pictured) its first Chief Sustainability Officer. The newly created position will ...

Wynn Resorts set to open Encore Boston Harbor June 2019

Marie Kelley

June 8, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Massachusetts

Officials of Wynn Resorts Ltd (NASDAQ:WYNN) have announced that the company’s casino project in the city of Everett is still on track to open next June. The casino has steadily progressed, with several changes ...

Wynn Resorts spends 2xs original estimate to clean up Mystic River near Everett casino

K Morrison

May 17, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino project updates, Massachusetts

After having been home to a succession of chemical manufacturing plants from the 1860s onward, cleaning up the 33-acre property on the Mystic River in Massachusetts, abandoned for decades due to the extent of c...

Adelson reigns as king on Forbes list of wealthy gaming investors

K Morrison

March 12, 2018

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Macau, Singapore, Nevada

Forbes recently published its World's Billionaires list and a number of casino tycoons from the US and abroad rank among them. Despite descending one position in the overall ranking, Sheldon Adelson (picture...

Wynn Macau Ltd announces 2018 salary increase to workers

K Morrison

February 9, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Macau, Labor Relations

With the exception of senior management, effective March 1 all eligible employees of Macau casino operator Wynn Macau Ltd (1128:HK) will receive a salary increase. According to the firm’s press release on Thurs...

Fourth Las Vegas hotel in the works for Steve Wynn

K Morrison

January 24, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, New Hotels

Las Vegas will soon be home to another Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN:NASDAQ GS) property as casino magnate Steve Wynn reportedly told shareholders on Monday that he is planning to build a fourth hotel on the site of ...

Steve Wynn to begin working on Paradise Park in Las Vegas before end of 2017

K Morrison

January 29, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Casino proposals

Steve Wynn reportedly told investors and analysts during a call on Thursday, that Wynn Resorts Ltd. hopes to begin construction of its expansive new development in Las Vegas, Paradise Park, before the year’s en...

Vegas Casinos leaving Warren Buffett’s Nevada Utility

K Morrison

May 22, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Nevada

NV Energy, a utility owned by billionaire Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., will have two less customers beginning October 1 when casino giants Wynn Resorts Ltd. and MGM Resorts International stop buying...

High-profile advisers from U.S. named to Imperial Pacific’s new advisory committee

K Morrison

April 25, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Hong Kong, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan

A three-member advisory committee has been established by Hong Kong-listed Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd (1076:HKG) to provide the firm’s management with “sound strategic and tactical advice,” rep...

Major Las Vegas expansion project announced by Wynn Resorts

K Morrison

April 7, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Casino proposals

Steve Wynn is planning quite the transformation for the golf course behind his Las Vegas resorts. The expansive new development includes a 38-acre lagoon attraction, 1,000-room hotel tower, meeting space, resta...