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PT’s Owner Golden Entertainment Intends To Sell Slot Routes; To Concentrate On Bars, Casinos

On Monday, March 6, Golden Entertainment, owner of PT's Taverns Chain and The Strat headquartered in Las Vegas, reported that it is selling its distributed gaming business to J&J Ventures Gaming, an Illinoi...

MGM Resorts Finalizes Sale of Gold Strike Tunica; Churchill Downs Incorporated Sells Arlington Heights Property To Chicago Bears

On February 15, MGM Resorts International, a leading internationally recognized hospitality and entertainment company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, reported that it has completed the sale of its subsidiary Gold S...

Illinois Regulators Give Approval For Temporary Gambling Hall At Medinah Temple; Chicago Casino Proposal Moving Forward

The Chicago Plan Commission and Illinois Gaming Board, known as Illinois regulators, are still assessing Bally’s entire casino proposal, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Bally’s Chicago, which the company presented in Au...

Casino Queen Marquette Gets Approval From Iowa Regulator To Move Ashore

On Thursday, its St. Louis-based owner, Queen Casino and Entertainment, publicly announced that Casino Queen Marquette, one of Iowa's boathouse casinos, received approval from the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commiss...

Virginia’s First Stand-Alone Casino Opens in Portsmouth

After several years under construction, first stand-alone casino in Virginia, Rivers Casino Portsmouth by Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming, will officially open on Monday at 10 AM at Portsmouth. Humanitarian...

FanDuel Sportsbook has launched US-first single account for sports and horse racing betting

North American top-tier online gaming operator, FanDuel, launched a new platform last week to enable its customers to use a single account to access parimutuel betting on horse racing, as well as traditional sp...
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Chicago Plan Commission Approves Bally’s Chicago Casino Proposal

The plans for the Bally's casino in Chicago are already prepared. The one thing that everyone was waiting for was approval from the city's planning agency, which was finally announced on Monday.    The zonin...
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Bally’s Chicago Casino Gets $500 Million Lease

Bally's Corporation has announced important news – the company is partnering up with a real estate private equity firm from Chicago to build Bally's Chicago casino.    The investor has acquired the Tribune P...

Rush Street Gaming obtains a license from Virginia regulator for new casino project

In order to open a new casino in Virginia, Rush Street Gaming, a leading Illinois-based casino operator, has officially obtained a license from the Virginia Lottery Board. The regulator unanimously issued a lic...

Aurora approves Penn Entertainment Incorporated loan arrangement

The plan from Penn Entertainment Incorporated to relocate its riverboat Hollywood Casino Aurora facility onto dry land reportedly received a huge boost on Tuesday afternoon courtesy of the host Illinois city’s ...

Bally’s Corporation inks pair of Chicago casino construction deals

American casino operator Bally’s Corporation has announced the signing of multi-project agreements with a pair of construction labor unions regarding its coming $1.7 billion Bally’s Chicago property. The Pro...

Penn Entertainment Incorporated unveils $850 million redevelopment plan

American casino operator Penn Entertainment Incorporated has announced that it intends to spend approximately $850 million over the course of the next several years so as to bring its pair of its Illinois river...