Missouri: Groundbreaking held for new hotel at Century Casino in Cape Girardeau Amber Ruch, KFVS-TV · May 26, 2022 at 6:13 pm A new era began Thursday for the Century Casino in Cape Girardeau. A groundbreaking ceremony was held at 9 a.m. at the site of what will be a new hotel. The 68,000-square-foot hotel will stand six stories tall and have 69 rooms. Rob Gilligan is the president and CEO of the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce. He said the new hotel will be the first in the city to have rooms that … [Read more...]
Las Vegas: The STRAT, Life is Beautiful unveil new ‘Dancing in the Desert’ murals Martha Cruz, KSNV-TV · May 26, 2022 at 6:08 pm The STRAT Hotel and Casino, along with Life is Beautiful, have come together with artist Antonyo Marest to unveil a new set of murals on display at the casinos front. A ceremony to unveil the murals was held on Wednesday, with Marest in attendance alongside Stephen Thayer, Vice President and General Manager of The STRAT Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas City Councilmember Olivia Diaz, Councilmember … [Read more...]
California: Club One Casino reopens in new central Fresno location KFSN-TV · May 26, 2022 at 6:02 pm Club One Casino is back open, but this time in central Fresno. The club held a ribbon-cutting for its grand reopening at Granite Park on Cedar and Dakota Avenues in the old Cabo Wabo location. After operating downtown for the past 25 years, the casino was forced to shut down due to the pandemic. The opportunity to relocate soon became a reality, with officials sharing new possibilities for … [Read more...]
California tribe begins construction on new casino near Chico Tori Apodaca & Kelli Saam, KHSL-TV · May 26, 2022 at 5:53 pm Construction is underway at the site of a new casino in Butte County. The Mechoopda tribe is building a new casino near the interchange of Highway 99 and 149. The location is near the town of Durham about eight miles south of Chico. The new casino will be built off Openshaw Road. Crews broke ground just a few weeks ago. Few details are available. Tribe spokesman Doug Elmets said the … [Read more...]
OPINION: Iowa’s casino cartel strikes again Todd Dorman, The Gazette · May 26, 2022 at 5:45 pm As I’ve written many times, whatever the casino cartel in Iowa wants under Iowa’s Golden Dome of Wisdom, it usually gets. Backers of a Cedar Rapids casino learned that the hard way again this week This time, it was a legislative Blitzkrieg, hitting so fast that local leaders and their Statehouse lobbyists had no time to react. On Tuesday morning the Senate voted to add an amendment to a … [Read more...]
Getting ahead of likely ban, Crystal Palace become first English Premier League club to ditch betting sponsor Ben Rumsby, The Telegraph · May 26, 2022 at 5:41 pm Crystal Palace have become the first Premier League club to ditch a gambling firm as their main shirt sponsor ahead of a planned ban on them. The club confirmed on Thursday that cinch, the online car marketplace, would replace W88 on the front of their men’s and women’s kits on a multi-year deal from next season. A ban on Premier League clubs signing front-of-shirt gambling sponsors has been … [Read more...]
Polish cross-party committee calls for rethink of sports betting taxes Ted Menmuir, SBC News · May 26, 2022 at 5:31 pm Pressure is mounting on Poland’s Ministry of Finance to undertake a review of its gambling tax structure, revitalising income generated from licensed bookmakers. A cross-party Sejm (lower parliament) committee representing ‘Polish consumers and entrepreneurship’, had announced that it has submitted a proposal advising the Ministry “to abandon the 12% turnover tax applied to sports … [Read more...]
Argentine Football Association agrees to sponsorship deal with BetWarrior Conor Porter, SBC Americas · May 26, 2022 at 5:29 pm The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has agreed to a four-year sponsorship deal with sports betting platform BetWarrior. Under the terms of the deal, BetWarrior will be an official sponsor of the Argentine national team, beginning on June 1 when the men’s team plays against Italy in London. The sports betting platform will also sponsor the AFA’s Argentine Cup and the National … [Read more...]
Court rulings and future of tribal gaming topics at NCLGS Summer Meeting in Boston CDC Gaming Reports · May 26, 2022 at 3:00 pm A panel of lawyers, legislators, and Native American leaders will discuss court rulings and how they affect the future of Indian gaming when the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS) holds its Summer Meeting on July 7-10 at the Westin Copley Place in Boston. As the only gaming conferences where the legislative decision-makers meet, the NCLGS semiannual meetings attract … [Read more...]
California: Governor signs off on 25-year deal for Valley tribe to run local casino San Joaquin Valley Sun · May 26, 2022 at 2:55 pm Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Wednesday a bill introduced by state Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) that would exempt certain tribal gaming projects from review under the California Environmental Quality Act. Senate Bill 900 ratifies gaming compacts, the basic agreement authorizing tribal gaming, between the state and two groups: the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut Tribe and the Middletown … [Read more...]
Vegas visitors ready to party like it’s 2019 as Memorial Day nears McKenna Ross, Las Vegas Review-Journal · May 26, 2022 at 2:52 pm Memorial Day in Las Vegas is on track to look like a pre-pandemic holiday weekend, experts say, despite gasoline prices and other high costs from inflation. More than 39 million Americans across the U.S. are expected to travel for the long weekend and unofficial start to summer, according to estimates by AAA. About 35 million are expected to travel by car, reflecting the highest estimates since … [Read more...]
College sports eye gambling money amid safeguard concerns Ralph D. Russo, Associated Press · May 26, 2022 at 2:36 pm SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - The NCAA stance against gambling on sports by its athletes and those who work in college athletics is summed up simply by the slogan on the posters the association provides to its member schools: "Don't Bet On It." The rules have been unambiguous for decades, part of the bedrock guidance in place for a half-million amateur athletes. But with sports betting now legal in … [Read more...]
Crucial summer for Atlantic City starts with new investments Wayne Parry, Associated Press · May 26, 2022 at 2:32 pm ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - This summer is a crucial one for Atlantic City as it tries to recover lost business during the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, and casinos and non-gambling resorts are putting millions into renovations and new attractions to compete for visitors. Casinos and non-gambling companies are making big investments in what they hope will be a corner-turning season … [Read more...]
Strip sets April gaming-win record, thanks to NFL Draft, BTS concerts, and international visitation Buck Wargo, CDC Gaming Reports · May 26, 2022 at 11:43 am Led by a 23% increase on the Strip, a record for April, Nevada gaming revenues topped $1 billion for the 14th consecutive month as international visitation recorded its best showing since the pandemic began, while hotel occupancy reached a pandemic-high 84%, despite the highest monthly room rates on record. The state also set an April record with $1.12 billion in revenue, an 8.57% gain over the … [Read more...]
Gaming Laboratories International promotes two team members Rege Behe, CDC Gaming Reports · May 26, 2022 at 9:20 am Las Vegas-based Gaming Laboratories International recently announced the promotions of two professionals in its Engineering and Client Solutions departments. Malvina Mikaelian is the new Director of Engineering, and Kelly Myers has been promoted to Manager of Client Solutions. Mikaelian has been with GLI for more than 20 years, starting when GLI opened its lab in South Africa. She’s most recently … [Read more...]
QCI named title sponsor of Casino Marketing & Technology Conference Rege Behe, CDC Gaming Reports · May 26, 2022 at 9:13 am Tribal organization Raving and Quick Custom Intelligence Thursday announced that the San Diego-based technology company will be the title sponsor of the Casino Marketing & Technology Conference and the Host Player Development Conference. Scheduled for July 12-14, 2022 at the South Point Casino Hotel & Spa in Las Vegas, the conference is dedicated to marketing and the technology that drives … [Read more...]
Culinary Union, Resorts World Las Vegas reach agreement on 3-year contract Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal · May 25, 2022 at 8:56 pm Representatives of working groups at Resorts World Las Vegas and the Culinary Union on Tuesday reached agreement on a three-year union contract. Union officers said Wednesday that the resort’s first contract was overwhelmingly ratified by workers Friday after negotiating teams reached a tentative agreement on May 17. The deal takes effect June 1 and runs through May 31, 2025. Details of … [Read more...]
Virginia: Bristol’s housing shortage is impacting Hard Rock employees, hiring David McGee, Bristol Herald Courier · May 25, 2022 at 8:00 pm Hiring efforts to staff the Bristol Casino are ongoing, but some workers who want to relocate here are struggling to find housing, Hard Rock Bristol President Allie Evangelista said Wednesday. The Bristol Casino, future home of Hard Rock, is on track to hire between 600 and 700 employees before its planned July 8 opening in part of the former Bristol Mall. The full Hard Rock Hotel and Casino … [Read more...]
Chicago’s first casino is being billed as a pension solution. Some say it won’t be enough. Becky Vevea and Mariah Woelfel, WBEZ Radio · May 25, 2022 at 7:59 pm A Chicago casino passed Wednesday, with city officials touting it as a way to pay for the retirements of city workers. “This revenue source in my opinion, is probably one of the last larger pieces of revenue that we will be afforded – short of increasing the property taxes – to meet these [pension] obligations,” said Ald. Jason Ervin, 28th Ward, one of the 41 aldermen who voted in favor of the … [Read more...]
Las Vegas restaurants criticize proposed 27% fee hike Mary Hynes, Las Vegas Review-Journal · May 25, 2022 at 7:57 pm Restaurants and other food operations in Southern Nevada say that a proposed 27 percent across-the-board hike in health inspection and permitting fees would deal a crushing blow to businesses struggling to get back on their feet after pandemic downturns. “We are just now hiring back our team that was furloughed in March 2020,” said Astor Chocolate’s Tori Halfon, who estimated her business would … [Read more...]
Former WSOP bracelet winner charged with fraud, money laundering related to $25M sports betting scheme David Purdum, ESPN · May 25, 2022 at 7:48 pm A professional poker player was arrested Wednesday on charges of fraud and money laundering related to a sports betting scheme that brought in more than $25 million from alleged victims. Cory Zeidman, of Boca Raton, Florida, faces federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of the scheme that spanned from 2004 to 2020, … [Read more...]
Massachusetts: MGM Springfield employee headcount up 23%, although net yet at pre-pandemic levels Jim Kinney, masslive.com · May 25, 2022 at 7:40 pm MGM Springfield ended the first quarter of 2022 with 1,203 employees and it expects to keep hiring as it reopens operations and brings back 24/7 table games. But the hiring still lags the 2,500 employees MGM had in March 2020, before it shut down to comply with COVID regulations then spent the last 26 months rebuilding and recovering. As of now, table games like blackjack and roulette are … [Read more...]
Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino workers rally over wages and staffing levels, march to company’s Rhode Island HQ Steve Ahlquist, Uprise RI · May 25, 2022 at 7:38 pm Over 200 Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino employees and members of the hospitality and food service workers’ union, UNITE HERE Local 26, and their allies, gathered in front of Providence City Hall to demand that Bally’s restores pre-pandemic staffing and scheduling at the company’s flagship casino. The workers were joined by Bally’s employees from Atlantic City and Las Vegas as well as Encore … [Read more...]
Resorts World New York collaborates with local college on ‘introduction to gaming operations’ course Bill Parry, QNS · May 25, 2022 at 7:30 pm Resorts World New York City and York College announced their new partnership on an “Introduction to Gaming Operations” course. The six-week program, which is open to the public, is designed to expose participants to casino operations with the goal of creating a pipeline of local job opportunities at RWNYC, which is just 20 minutes from York’s campus in Jamaica. The collaboration is part of … [Read more...]
After Minnesota sports betting bill dies, lawmakers say new approach needed Matthew Kredell, PlayUSA · May 25, 2022 at 7:27 pm After another year of Minnesota sports betting legislation falling by the lakeside, one Minnesota lawmaker called on the legislature to take a different tact next session. “Whatever we’ve been doing has not been working so we’re going to have to take a different approach at it next year,” Rep. Pat Garofalo told PlayUSA. “It’s just embarrassing that so many states can get this done while here in … [Read more...]
