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Final Decision on New Queens Casino Expected

After months of intense negotiation and public pushback, New York State Senator Jessica Ramos went public by saying she is nearing a decision about whether or not to endorse a new casino and resort at Citi Field's complex in Queens. Citi Field is home to the New York Mets. Steve Cohen owns the Mets. This past Wednesday was the third and most…
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Final Decision on New Queens Casino Expected
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Hofstra president Susan Poser debunks Sands casino as bad bet, urges local lawmakers to nix it

The president of Hofstra University is urging Long Island lawmakers to nix a plan for Las Vegas Sands Corp. to put a casino at the Nassau Coliseum near its campus - claiming it'll be more trouble than it's worth. "The casino proposed by Las Vegas Sands runs directly counter to the interests of our local population and will create dangers rather…
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Hofstra president Susan Poser debunks Sands casino as bad bet, urges local lawmakers to nix it
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Developer proposes mega resort, casino in Las Vegas’ Historic Westside

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Could a mega casino be the Historic Westside's future? There is a proposal to build a 60-story casino development with a 764-room hotel and more than 450 multi-family residential units on the Historic Westside of Las Vegas. The proposed development at Jackson Avenue and F Street will go before the City of Las Vegas Planning…
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Developer proposes mega resort, casino in Las Vegas’ Historic Westside
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What are the odds of a casino in Asheville? State considers expanding legalized gambling

North Carolina can support as many as nine Las Vegas-style casinos with gambling throughout the state, including one in the Asheville area, according to a report commissioned by the General Assembly. The new casinos would be in addition to the three already operating on tribal lands, an independent consultant, Spectrum Gaming Group, told lawmakers…
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Separating fact from fiction: How much do you really know about the mob in Las Vegas?

Lake Mead is losing water, but as it does, people in Las Vegas and around the world are gaining something entirely different: a glimpse into the past. Since spring, several sets of human remains have been discovered in the receding lake. Many are thought to be drowning victims. But in early May, a man's body was found inside of a barrel and it's…
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Separating fact from fiction: How much do you really know about the mob in Las Vegas?
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Reno Nevada Offers More To Do Than Casino Thrills

In my travels to just about every corner of the world and all but two U.S. states, I still haven't made it to Las Vegas. But, to get a taste of the gaming and entertainment scene that lures people to Nevada's urban hotspots, I recently spent a few days investigating what to do in smaller Reno, a city of 264000, and nearby Lake Tahoe. For years I…
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Reno Nevada Offers More To Do Than Casino Thrills
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How Frank Sinatra helped end racial segregation in Las Vegas

It's well known that The Beatles refused to play to a segregated audience during their 1964 American tour. What's less known is that Frank Sinatra and The Rat Pack did something very similar in Las Vegas years earlier, helping to bring racial segregation to the attention of major policymakers. As in most other American towns in the 1950s and…
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How Frank Sinatra helped end racial segregation in Las Vegas
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Cordish's revenge? It emerges as operator of proposed Petersburg casino

The Cordish Companies, a well-established casino developer spurned by Richmond last year in the sweepstakes to build a gaming resort in the capital, has emerged as the preferred operator of a proposed casino in Petersburg that got a big boost this week from the state's legislative watchdog agency. The Petersburg City Council unanimously approved…
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Cordish's revenge? It emerges as operator of proposed Petersburg casino
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One-on-one with Las Vegas Raiders president Sandra Douglass Morgan

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - A graduate of Eldorado High school, Sandra Douglass Morganhas deep roots in Las Vegas along with a long history of working in the sports, entertainment, and gaming industry. From 20 years as an attorney, to serving as the first African American chairwoman for the Nevada Gaming Control Board, to becoming the first Black city…
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One-on-one with Las Vegas Raiders president Sandra Douglass Morgan
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MGM Has Created the Dream High-roller Las Vegas Experience

I arrived at Los Angeles International Airport late afternoon, avoiding my normal visit to the main terminal in favor of experiencing semi-private airline JSX's only route from LAX, where a quick one-hour flight into Las Vegas is made even simpler by their streamlined process which allows you to arrive at the JSX hanger just 20 minutes prior to…
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MGM Has Created the Dream High-roller Las Vegas Experience
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New museum plans could shed new light on historic westside of Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - It was once dubbed as a thriving area where only blacks could live and enjoy entertainment, now the historic westside Las Vegas could be sharing its rich history in a new museum. "I feel like the westside is being left behind, due to the area and the high crime rate," Brianna Kelly a Las Vegas resident said. However it wasn't…
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New museum plans could shed new light on historic westside of Las Vegas
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North Las Vegas, Nevada

North Las Vegas is the fourth-largest city by population in the state of Nevada, United States. Given its proximity to Las Vegas, it shares much of the same climate and culture, thus making it a destination for year-round fun with favorable seasonality. It is best known for the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which hosts NASCAR races, and the National…
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Las Vegas vs Atlantic City: Where Should You Go?

If you're looking for a raucous getaway filled with excess, glitter, glamor, and gambling, there are two destinations that might come to mind. These are, of course, Las Vegas and Atlantic City. For many, the OG Sin City Las Vegas is the place to go, given Atlantic City's largely undeserved reputation for being a tired and less trendy version of its…
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Las Vegas vs Atlantic City: Where Should You Go?
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Tourism board charts upswing of Las Vegas visitor diversity

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has released its annual visitor profile after a one-year hiatus. The report is an in-depth peek at the habits of the millions of people who visit southern Nevada each year. In 2019, about 42 million people visited the Las Vegas area, though that number was cut in half in 2020 because…
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The millennial future of gambling

Slot machines are out, table games are in It's logical to assume that due to their enthusiasm for video games, younger people who enjoy courting Lady Luck at brick-and-mortar casinos would be drawn to the increasingly sophisticated slot machines that occupy most of a gambling den's real estate. But according to gaming-industry insiders, it's the…
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The millennial future of gambling
The Nevada Independent

Las Vegas coalition aims to close Black homeownership gap

When Shanta Patton discusses the gap between Black and white homeownership rates, she starts with the game of Monopoly. It's as though for more than 400 years, your opponent has been able to go around the Monopoly board without ever giving you a chance to play, she said. Then, suddenly, you're allowed to play, but you don't have the accumulated…
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Las Vegas coalition aims to close Black homeownership gap
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Rivers Casino emphasizes team bonding

For employees at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, working in an environment that's bustling with activity and excitement is more than just fun and games. The workplace culture creates a positive, productive atmosphere that draws the team closer together. "Everything we do is supported by our four fundamentals as a casino: fun, service, integrity and…
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Rivers Casino emphasizes team bonding
Richmond Times

UPDATED: Mayor Stoney releases statement on ' failure of the casino gaming referendum'

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney issued a statement Wednesday morning "on the failure of the casino gaming referendum." "From the beginning, we said the people would decide. They have spoken, and we must respect their decision," Stoney wrote. "While I believe this was a $565 million opportunity lost to create well-paying jobs, expand opportunity, keep…
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UPDATED: Mayor Stoney releases statement on ' failure of the casino gaming referendum'
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Richmond casino referendum too close to call: opponents have small lead over proponents

The result of the Richmond casino referendum remained unclear late Tuesday, though early returns showed those opposing the proposal were leading by 2200 votes. With 71 precincts of 72 reporting, 51.4% of the voters opposed the casino proposal in South Richmond. Most of the precincts in Richmond's West End and North Side voted against the proposal,…
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Richmond casino referendum too close to call: opponents have small lead over proponents
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Rev. Al Sharpton stumps for Urban ONE casino just days before election

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton came to Richmond on Friday to voice his support for the Urban ONE casino project in the midst of Richmonders casting their referendum votes early and by mail. Sharpton said it wasn't his radio contract with Urban ONE that drew him to supporting the project but the historic opportunity…
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Rev. Al Sharpton stumps for Urban ONE casino just days before election
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Indiana The Talk Of Southland Cook County Casino License Applicants

About the only thing missing from presentations Wednesday by the four applicants for a casino license in Southland Cook County was the declaration of the childhood phrase, "One, two, three, four, I declare a border war!" The promise to keep gaming tax revenue dollars in Illinois and out of Indiana while building communities was a prevailing theme…
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Indiana The Talk Of Southland Cook County Casino License Applicants
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Bo Jackson joins investment group looking to open Calumet City casino

He knows football. He knows baseball. But does Bo know casinos? Two-sport pro legend Bo Jackson is trying his hand at the gambling game with a stake in a development group vying for a license to open a new casino in Chicago's south suburbs. The Heisman-winning running back and former White Sox slugger - and the face of one of Nike's most famous…
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Bo Jackson joins investment group looking to open Calumet City casino
The Roanoke Times

Casino referendum campaigns ramp up ahead of Election Day next month

Richmond voters are barrelling toward a decision about whether the One Casino will rise. Urban media magnate Alfred Liggins says his plans for a $565 million casino resort with a 250-room luxury hotel off I-95 can transform a part of south Richmond that residents and city leaders say has been neglected for far too long. Critics, however, say that…
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Casino referendum campaigns ramp up ahead of Election Day next month
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As Las Vegas rebounds from virus, community’s input needed

Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 | 2 a.m. Editor's note: Following a longstanding tradition, Brian Greenspun turned over his Where I Stand column to others in August. Today, we continue to present columns submitted by those guests. In presenting this year's series of columns from community leaders, we feel it is important that our readers, trying to emerge…
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Urban One's Casino Gets Big DC Spotlight

While Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins is campaigning to transform a rundown part of Richmond, and bring opportunities to the African American Community, there are others not in favor of the One Casino plan. The Washington Post writes, "gambling and equity make strange bedfellows." Liggins tells the paper, "We always thought we were in the business of…
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Urban One's Casino Gets Big DC Spotlight
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7 Things To Know About Urban One's New Casino In Richmond, Virginia

Black-owned media conglomerate Urban One is expanding yet again. This time it's not another media outlet but a casino based in Richmond, Virginia. The One Casino Resort is still in the planning stages but will take Urban One into a different business sector. Newly divorced, single mother Cathy Hughes founded Urban One (formerly Radio One) in 1980…
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7 Things To Know About Urban One's New Casino In Richmond, Virginia
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Richmond Leaders OK Casino Host Community Agreement

A proposal for the construction of a $600 million casino-hotel resort in the Virginia City of Richmond has cleared yet another important hurdle after the City Council voted on Monday to approve the required host community agreement with property developers. The agreement outlines the expectations that both the city and the resort's developer, Urban…
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Richmond Leaders OK Casino Host Community Agreement
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Richmond picks Urban One casino in South Side for November referendum

A panel of Richmond officials has selected Urban One's casino project in South Richmond, concluding a months-long evaluation of various casino development plans the city requested. While Richmond voters will decide whether to permit the project in a referendum on Nov. 2, pending City Council approval, the evaluation panel's decision means that the…
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Richmond picks Urban One casino in South Side for November referendum
The Washington Post

Alliance of Democrat and Republicans could bring casino gambling to Virginia

RICHMOND - An unlikely alliance between a black Democrat and white Republicans from the opposite end of the state has Virginia poised to pull the lever on casino gambling after decades of resisting its lure. The Senate and the House of Delegates have approved versions of a complicated bill that would permit casinos in five cities - and potentially…
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Alliance of Democrat and Republicans could bring casino gambling to Virginia