The Sahara Las Vegas casino is not making plans for a permanent shutdown. That's the message the company wants the world to know and they're not afraid to back up that assertion in a court of law. It's a message that the Las Vegas blog Vital Vegas is learning the hard way after reporting rumors…
When the world went into lockdown during the winter and spring of 2020, land-based casinos shut down with them. With their favorite land-based casinos closed, gambling critics worried that frequent gamblers would turn into problem gamblers as they shifted their activities online. As it turns out, those worrywarts got themselves all worked up for nothing.…
Florida is on track to become the second southern state to reopen its casinos as the US slowly emerges from a two and a half month COVID-19 lockdown. The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is leading the way with plans to have its Tampa Bay location open for business as soon as today. But casino…
The Venetian Las Vegas is gearing up to reopen its Strip hotel and casino on June 1 with enhanced safety protocols for guests and staff, according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. It's an ambitious goal that sets a new standard for Vegas casinos and it will be interesting to see whether or…
Is it safe to head back into a casino? That's a question that Mississippi casino operators are set to answer this week when they reopen their businesses for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdown began. Operators in the southern state got the OK from the Mississippi Gaming Commission (MGC) to resume operations on Friday,…
Casino owners across the world are, understandably, interested in re-opening their shuttered facilities as soon as it is safely possible to do so. In many cases, they're getting ready to open their doors sooner rather than later using new governmental safety guidelines such as those recently published by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. But while…
Should small casinos qualify for federal assistance to help them cover payrolls during COVID-19-related shutdowns? That's a question US lawmakers are posing their nation's president as businesses of all sizes struggle to stay afloat during the unprecedented lockdown that has most Americans staying very close to home. The issue of whether or not small casinos…
In the mind's eye, the glimmering casinos of the Las Vegas seem like the last places on earth that would be impacted by US President Donald Trump's trade war with China, but that's not exactly the case. Casino construction and remodeling, it turns out, is heavily reliant on steel beams. Most steel, it also turns…
2018 was a very good year if you happened to own a land-based casino in the United States. That's the word from the the American Gaming Association's (AGA) State of the States 2019: The AGA Survey of the Commercial Casino Industry. According to the report, America's casinos clocked in a record-breaking $41.7 billion in revenue…
A former casino executive for Boyd Gaming is suing the company for alleged acts of racial and sexual discrimination. Among the claims made by former sales director Kim Carpenter is that the company avoids booking musical acts that would attract large African American or Hispanic audiences to its casinos. Carpenter, whose duties included booking acts…
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