Coronavirus

29th July 2020

Boyd Q2 revenue falls 75% after Covid-19 closures

Regional casino operator Boyd Gaming saw revenue for the quarter ending 31 June collapse by 75.2% due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, as the…

24th July 2020

Bally’s Las Vegas resumes operations

Caesars Entertainment-owned Bally’s Las Vegas resumed its gaming and hospitality operations yesterday, July 23. Bally’s represents Caesars’ latest Las Vegas reopening, following on from Caesars…

23rd July 2020

Las Vegas Sands loses $1bn in H1 amid Covid-19

Land-based gaming giant Las Vegas Sands saw revenue fall 73.1% year-on-year for the six months ended 30 June, 2020 after Q2 revenue collapsed to almost…

16th July 2020

Online shift helps GA Lottery grow charitable contribution in FY2020

The Georgia Lottery Corp. announced today that fiscal year 2020 profits transferred a record $1,.24bn (£983.9m/€1.08bn) to the State Treasury’s Lottery for Education Account. Despite…

15th July 2020

Ontario gaming venues to begin reopening from July 17

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) will permit certain casinos and charitable gaming centers to resume operations when the province enters stage 3 of…

13th July 2020

NV closes bars, restricted gaming sites amid Covid-19 spike

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak has ordered all bars – including those in Las Vegas casinos – and restricted gaming locations in seven counties to close for…

9th July 2020

The Road Back day two roundup

The second day of ICE North America’s Road Back series focused on how the gambling sector can work with regulators and legislators to help create…

9th July 2020

State of the Union: PointsBet, OK, CA and more

This week’s State of the Union, in partnership with Segev LLP, includes the first partnership between a sportsbook and a Major League Baseball team, as…

8th July 2020

Circus Circus sues AIG over unpaid Covid-19 claim

Circus Circus Casino has filed a lawsuit against insurance company AIG for damages exceeding $75m in the United States District Court for Nevada, arguing the…

7th July 2020

Miami-Dade county casinos close just weeks after reopening

Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) has announced the temporary suspension of operations at Calder Casino in Miami Gardens, Florida. The closure followed a Miami-Dade county emergency…

29th June 2020

Culinary Union to sue Las Vegas casinos over Covid-19 safety

Culinary Union Local 226, the largest labor union in Nevada, will file a lawsuit against a series of “major Las Vegas Strip casinos” today, arguing…

25th June 2020

State of the Union: NJ, CA, IL and more

This week’s State of the Union, in partnership with Segev LLP, covers the reopening plans for New Jersey casinos, the withdrawal of a bill to…

25th June 2020

Caesars and MGM require masks for all customers

Land-based gaming giants Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts have announced customers will be required to wear masks at all venues throughout the US in order to…

18th June 2020

Masks required at Nevada gaming tables

Gamblers in Nevada will be required to wear masks if they wish to play at gaming tables that do not have barriers in place, according…