Casino
Casino Royale Las Vegas to lay off 98 employees
Casino Royale, located on the Las Vegas strip and owned by hotel chain Best Western, is to lay off 98 employees because of the impact…
MGM appoints InterActiveCorp leadership to board
MGM Resorts International has appointed a number of executives from online media giant InterActiveCorp (IAC) to its board of directors. IAC chairman and senior executive Barry Diller…
State of the Union: DraftKings, Covid-19, Puerto Rico and more
This week’s State of the Union, in partnership with Segev LLP, includes DraftKings’ first financial statements since its merger with SBTech and public listing on…
New Jersey iGaming Dashboard – August 2020
Online casino continues to go from strength to strength in the Garden State, while the resumption of sporting events and reopening of the state’s casinos…
Galaxy warns of trouble paying debts amid 88% Q2 revenue hit
Table games supplier Galaxy Gaming saw revenue collapse 87.8% year-on-year to just $664,000 in the second quarter of 2020 as it warned it may struggle…
Illinois introduces new restrictions amid Covid-19 spike
The Illinois Gaming Board has announced new restrictions for land-based gambling facilities in the state in response to an increase in novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases.…
Penn’s M Resort announces 58 more layoffs
Penn National Gaming’s M Resort Spa Casino Las Vegas has announced an additional 58 permanent layoffs, on top of 352 previously announced redundancies. The operator…
PA betting & igaming mitigate land-based decline in July
Gambling revenue in Pennsylvania more than doubled month-on-month in July to $283.1m, as the state’s market continued to recover from the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) shutdown.…
MGM’s The Mirage to reopen August 27
MGM Resorts International announced that its Las Vegas-based Mirage resort will reopen for business on August 27, following several months closed due to the novel…
US GGR down 45.6% in H1 as Covid-19 wreaks havoc
US commercial gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the first half of 2020 fell 45.6% year-on-year to $11.70bn, according to the latest figures from the American…
State of the Union: Caesars, New Jersey, college football and more
This week’s State of the Union, in partnership with Segev LLP, covers the first results update from Caesars Entertainment since the merger between the former…
NJ sports and igaming grow, but casinos struggle in July
New Jersey’s sports betting revenue climbed 65.2% year-on-year in July, but the state’s land-based casino market saw further declines as it continued to feel the…
Caesars launches campaign for new Virginia casino
Caesars Entertainment has formally launched a campaign to garner public support for a new casino in the city of Danville, Virginia. Launched ahead of a…
DraftKings launches first retail sportsbook in New Hampshire
DraftKings has launched New Hampshire’s first retail sportsbook, in partnership with the state lottery and Eureka Casino-owned venue The Brook. The DraftKings Sportsbook at The…