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Las Vegas casinos, gamblers battle record temperatures

Las Vegas has always been known for its dry, oppressive heat, especially during the summer. But new all-time high temperatures have been set over the last week, presenting challenges and opportunities for casinos. It's so hot, that in one viral post, a box of crayons melted into a rainbow puddle. And the Bruce Solutions Center, which offers…
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Las Vegas casinos, gamblers battle record temperatures
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ECL Entertainment unveils plans for $250 million Nash Casino in New Hampshire

ECL Entertainment, a Las Vegas-based gaming company, has announced plans for a new charitable gaming casino, The Nash Casino, in Nashua, New Hampshire. The $250 million project will be located at the former Sears site in the Pheasant Lane Mall and is scheduled to open this winter. The two-story, 180000-square-foot venue, initially referred to as…
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ECL Entertainment unveils plans for $250 million Nash Casino in New Hampshire
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Mirage closing on Las Vegas Strip: What you need to know

The July 17 closing of The Mirage hotel-casino, one of the Las Vegas Strip's most iconic properties, will mark the end of an era. But before the resort shuts its doors, there are a number of steps that need to be taken. Hard Rock International, which purchased The Mirage from MGM Resorts International in 2023 for $1.08 billion, has a detailed plan…
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Mirage closing on Las Vegas Strip: What you need to know
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Developers reveal designs for new casino in Nashua

Developers have unveiled new designs and the name for the casino planned for the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua. ECL Entertainment, a Las Vegas-based gaming company, announced this week the new facility will be called The Nash Casino. The two-story, 180000-square-foot space will take over the vacant anchor store last occupied by Sears. Plans for the…
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Developers reveal designs for new casino in Nashua
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Caesars and MGM to Benefit from Las Vegas Casino Closures

According to a Las Vegas-based gaming analyst, the recent closures of two significant properties on the Las Vegas Strip will likely benefit the largest casino operators, Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International. These two giants, which collectively oversee 16 casino-hotels and five non-gaming hotels, stand to see substantial economic…
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Caesars and MGM to Benefit from Las Vegas Casino Closures
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Woman sues over slot game payout; 13 others make same claim

This Nov. 12, 2021, photo shows a screen shot of a demonstration version of the Capital Gains online slot game. Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 | 1:17 p.m. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A Pennsylvania woman is suing the manufacturer of a popular online slots game, claiming it wrongly refused to pay her a $100000 jackpot due to "a bug" in the product. New Jersey…
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Woman sues over slot game payout; 13 others make same claim
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Are These 3 Casino Stocks a Good Buy Now?

Casino stocks can be a lucrative opportunity for investors with a high risk appetite. Casinos have enormous growth potential, as they often benefit from increased during good economic times. Furthermore, the rise of online gambling and has provided exciting new revenue streams for traditional casino operators. The post-pandemic market is showing…
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Are These 3 Casino Stocks a Good Buy Now?
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Concord Casino attorneys say they’ve found a buyer, gaming commission unconvinced

Attorneys for Concord Casino on South Main Street say it has garnered interest from several potential buyers, including a Las Vegas-based gambling company. But the site's future remains uncertain as the Lottery Commission objects to the operator's request for an extension, unconvinced that a sale is pending. Andy Sanborn, operator of Concord…
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Concord Casino attorneys say they’ve found a buyer, gaming commission unconvinced
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Can casinos in Henderson, southeast Las Vegas revive?

While the Strip gets attention from customers and investors for its frequent revenue growth, gaming industry watchers may look to the Las Vegas Valley's east side for an idea of how a typical locals casino customer is spending - and what that suggests for the area's future gaming growth. The Boulder Highway subregion of the Las Vegas locals market…
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Bragg Gaming Partners With BetMGM To Bring Online Casino Games To Pennsylvania

Bragg Gaming has partnered with BetMGM in Pennsylvania to join their online casino market. They will offer their newest games along with Remote Gamer Server (RGS) technology. Pennsylvania is not the first state that Bragg has partnered with. They also have coverage in Michigan and New Jersey. Additionally, Bragg has 100% coverage in Connecticut. As…
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Bragg Gaming Partners With BetMGM To Bring Online Casino Games To Pennsylvania
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Dallas Cowboys Sign Sponsorship Deal With Aristocrat Gaming

The Dallas Cowboys have signed a multi-year deal with Las Vegas-based slot machine company Aristocrat Gaming. It will allow Aristocrat Gaming to feature promotional content throughout AT&T Stadium and show off in-game advertisements on the team's jumbotron during games. However, the deal won't enable Aristocrat Gaming to set up its slot machines,…
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Indy Gaming: Merger rumblings percolate after investor suggests Penn sell casinos

When a company's stock price tumbles for a prolonged period, activist investors often weigh in and question management. That's what happened with M Resort operator Penn Entertainment, which has seen shares decline more than 40 percent compared with its peers. Could Penn's issues affect other gaming companies, including Nevada operators? A Los…
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Indy Gaming: Merger rumblings percolate after investor suggests Penn sell casinos
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Gambling on Gaming: Dallas Cowboys Partner with Las Vegas Slot Machine Company

The Dallas Cowboys have signed a multi-year partnership with Las Vegas-based Aristocrat Gaming. [Video still: Aristocrat Technologies] For generations, American sports leagues kept their distance from the world of gambling, gaming, and sports betting. But that's changed in recent years, as gaming aligns more and more with the bottom line of leagues…
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Gambling on Gaming: Dallas Cowboys Partner with Las Vegas Slot Machine Company
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Cowboys ink deal with slot machine company as NFL, teams cozy up to gambling industry

The Dallas Cowboys have signed a multi-year deal with Las Vegas-based slot machine company Aristocrat Gaming. It will allow Aristocrat Gaming to show off promotional material all throughout AT&T Stadium, do in-game advertisements on the team's jumbotron during games and more. Though the deal won't enable Aristocrat Gaming to set up its slot…
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Cowboys ink deal with slot machine company as NFL, teams cozy up to gambling industry
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Will the United Arab Emirates become the ‘Las Vegas of the Mideast?’

It was the late 1990s when anyone in Southern Nevada started thinking about Macao as "the Las Vegas of the East." Now, we should start thinking about the United Arab Emirates as "the Las Vegas of the Mideast." Las Vegas Sands Corp. was one of the early believers in Macao, the densely populated, 12.7-square-mile enclave at the mouth of the Pearl…
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Will the United Arab Emirates become the ‘Las Vegas of the Mideast?’
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Technology has slot machines staring back at players

In the not too distant future, slot machine players might not need to insert their loyalty cards to rack up points. Using facial-recognition technology, the machines will simply "look" at the gambler and know who is playing. At the Global Gaming Expo earlier this month, Las Vegas-based casino games developer Konami Gaming showed off a system that…
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Two states come down on illegal gambling operator

Bovada is one of -- if not the -- leading black-market sports betting operators taking wagers in the US. Already banned in five states, regulators in Michigan and Connecticut are now taking aim at keeping the platform out of their markets. Since the US Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act in 2018, a key goal…
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Two states come down on illegal gambling operator
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PT’s Taverns chain expanding in Las Vegas Valley

The valley's largest tavern operator is getting bigger. The PT's Taverns chain, which has been in operation in Nevada for more than 40 years, will push past 70 locations by the end of the month with a new strategy involving the use of new brands. "We did a couple acquisitions of alternative operators last year, which Golden has never really done…
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PT’s Pub chain expanding in Las Vegas Valley

The valley's largest tavern operator is getting bigger. The PT's Pub chain, which has been in operation in Nevada for more than 40 years, will push past 70 locations by the end of the month with a new strategy involving the use of new brands. "We did a couple acquisitions of alternative operators last year, which Golden has never really done…
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Acres Cashless Casino product now operating in first tribal casino

Las Vegas-based Acres Manufacturing Co. has launched its cashless gaming product that enables cash-free wagering on any slot machine regardless of its manufacturer in a tribal casino for the first time. The company on Tuesday said its Cashless Casino product is in operation at Rolling Hills Casino & Resort in Corning, California, and is now used in…
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Eastside Cannery casino closed, business licenses still active

Operators of the Eastside Cannery can keep the shuttered casino closed for up to two more years without losing several business licenses, county officials said in approving a plan Tuesday. Clark County officials unanimously approved a request from Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming, the operators behind the Boulder Highway hotel-casino that's been closed…
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Eastside Cannery casino closed, business licenses still active
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The Mirage’s contribution to Las Vegas history remembered as closure announced

Alan Feldman remembers the anxiety that reigned on Nov. 22, 1989, the evening when The Mirage first opened its doors. "There was the normal chaos that occurs anytime you open a new property with all the last-minute things that had to be done," he recalled. Feldman said he stood with the resort's founder Steve Wynn and his wife Elaine on the inside…
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Las Vegas Advisor: New ‘NBA-ready arena’ proposed along the Strip

A just-launched Las Vegas-based real estate company called LVXP has announced plans to build an "experiential mixed-use development" on the 27-acre former site of the Wet'n'Wild water park. The project would include what's being touted as "the city's tallest resort" with 2500 rooms and a "state-of-the-art NBA-ready arena." If that sounds familiar,…
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Las Vegas Advisor: New ‘NBA-ready arena’ proposed along the Strip
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Top 10 U.S. casinos ranked by visitor reviews

For many travelers across the U.S., the casino environment is a relaxing one for enjoying nights away from the day-to-day grind. The casino scene can be misinterpreted for solely gambling purposes when in fact there is much more to visiting these hot spots. Using Instagram hashtags and TripAdvisor reviews, OLBG decided to investigate the most…
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Top 10 U.S. casinos ranked by visitor reviews
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Unveiling G2E 2023: Squid Game, Wheel of Fortune, & Whitney Houston Slots Take Center Stage

Las Vegas-based Light & Wonder builds on the global success of its Monopoly-themed content, unveiling three new Monopoly games. Additionally, their new Squid Game-themed slots headlined the attraction, riding high on the popularity of the hit South Korean series. Meanwhile, Aristocrat Gaming generated significant buzz with the debut of one of its…
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Unveiling G2E 2023: Squid Game, Wheel of Fortune, & Whitney Houston Slots Take Center Stage
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CEO pay towers over employees at big Las Vegas companies

With its economy fueled by tourism, Las Vegas' workforce is heavy on lower-paying service jobs. Las Vegas' corporate chieftains, on the other hand, earn paychecks that card dealers, housekeepers and cocktail servers can only dream of. The pay ratios of CEOs to their typical employees shot past 100-to-1 last year at several Las Vegas-based companies…
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CEO pay towers over employees at big Las Vegas companies
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Indy Gaming: International flights on the rise in Las Vegas

I spent the last two weeks in South America - Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Iguazu Falls on the Brazil-Argentina border and Machu Picchu in Peru. I will simply say it was an amazing trip. Restoring direct international travel to and from Las Vegas following the pandemic was a top concern for the tourism industry. Given the numbers from March and recent…
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Indy Gaming: International flights on the rise in Las Vegas
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Boyd Gaming Faces Uncertain Odds Amid Intense Las Vegas Casino Competition

The dog-eat-dog world of the Las Vegas gambling scene was evident today as a few deck chairs on the Titanic known as Boyd Gaming shifted uncomfortably. The Las Vegas-based casino operation had unsettling first-quarter results, which sent investors into a tumultuous sell-off. The significantly lower-than-expected earnings per share of $1.51 instead…
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Gambling revenues take a dip in downtown Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - Gaming win totals at downtown Las Vegas casinos decreased 13% in March when compared to the same month in 2023, according to a report released Thursday. The Nevada Gaming Control Board says downtown casinos raked in just under $76.2 million in gaming win in March, down from $87.4 million in March 2023. Overall, the state's 444…
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Gambling revenues take a dip in downtown Las Vegas
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Las Vegas Casino Unions Preparing To Take On Trump Again

It is the Democrats' not-so-secret weapon in Nevada -- a vast army of maids, cooks and bartenders that helped deliver this razor-tight swing state for Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in 2016 and 2020. Now ahead of November's election, the Culinary Union, which represents 60000 mainly Las Vegas-based hotel and casino workers, is preparing to mobilize…
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Las Vegas Casino Unions Preparing To Take On Trump Again
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Las Vegas casino unions preparing to take on Trump again

It is the Democrats' not-so-secret weapon in Nevada -- a vast army of maids, cooks and bartenders that helped deliver this razor-tight swing state for Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in 2016 and 2020. Now ahead of November's election, the Culinary Union, which represents 60000 mainly Las Vegas-based hotel and casino workers, is preparing to mobilize…
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Why Strip casinos continue to add electronic table games

Electronic table games have been in casinos around the world for more than two decades, but post-pandemic factors have made the games ubiquitous - and more diverse - in the Las Vegas market. Tom Mikulich, senior vice president of innovation and slots for locals operator Station Casinos, said the company has had electronic table games for about a…
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Why Strip casinos continue to add electronic table games
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Downtown Grand hotel-casino searching for new GM

A downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino is searching for a new general manager following the departure of its latest leader. Andrew Economon left his role at the helm of the Downtown Grand in late February to deal with family matters, he and resort leadership confirmed this week. Economon joined the downtown resort, operated by Las Vegas-based Fifth…
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Downtown Grand hotel-casino searching for new GM
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BetMGM Unveil Excalibur Hotel and Casino Inspired Slot

BetMGM has expanded its iGaming offering by unveiling a new online slot featuring imagery from the Excalibur Hotel and Casino, owned and operated by joint-parent company MGM Resorts. Excalibur, developed by Entain's in-house studio Win Studios, incorporates medieval themes with the "bright lights" of Las Vegas. Excalibur is BetMGM's latest slot…
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BetMGM Unveil Excalibur Hotel and Casino Inspired Slot
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Next Las Vegas Strip property heading for big change: The Mirage

The transformation of the Tropicana has begun, and the public said farewell last week to one of the Strip's historic gaming establishments. The next property headed for big change: The Mirage. You have to imagine that there will be a greater outcry of support for The Mirage than the Tropicana because its history is fresher in people's minds. The…
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Las Vegas Sands Files Petition to Bring Legalized Casinos to Texas

The casino and resort company recently filed a petition through its Texas Destination Resort Alliance in hopes of building of four and five-star casino hotels in the state. Las Vegas Sands Corp. is continuing its efforts to bring legal sports betting to the Lone Star State. The casino and resort company recently filed a petition through its Texas…
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Las Vegas Sands Files Petition to Bring Legalized Casinos to Texas
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Four years ago, Las Vegas’ casinos shut down for 78 days. The fallout was brutal

Four years ago few believed that Las Vegas' casinos would be forced to close to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 virus that was rampaging worldwide. But they did. And the fallout was brutal. About a month after casinos in Macao were closed for 15 days to slow COVID's spread, then-Gov. Steve Sisolak on March 17, 2020 ordered all casinos as well…
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Four years ago, Las Vegas’ casinos shut down for 78 days. The fallout was brutal
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Gun Lake Casino’s $10M renovation to add new restaurants, gaming space

Gun Lake Casino will start construction next week on an extensive interior renovation that will add a new restaurant, bar and lounge as well as a high-stakes gaming room. The casino, a venture of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi, or Gun Lake Tribe, located at 1123129th Ave. in Wayland Township will begin construction Monday on a $10…
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Gun Lake Casino’s $10M renovation to add new restaurants, gaming space
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Innovations To Help Online Gambling To Survive, Panel Says

Speaking about the future of online gambling at the Next.io conference on March 7, an industry panel said that in the future it will be more focused on the individual interests of the players, more engaged with said players and more social. Online gambling needs to evolve to survive: Online gambling, which is still in its early childhood stage…
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Innovations To Help Online Gambling To Survive, Panel Says
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IGT presence returning to Las Vegas through a $6.2B merger

Nearly a decade after slot machine giant International Game Technology (IGT) merged with worldwide lottery conglomerate GTECH, the casino equipment provider will return to its roots in Nevada through a $6.2 billion transaction with Las Vegas-based Everi Holdings. Under the terms of the deal announced Thursday morning, IGT's slot machine division…
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IGT presence returning to Las Vegas through a $6.2B merger
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Luxor Casino inspired Online Slot Unveiled by BetMGM

BetMGM has expanded its igaming offering by unveiling a new online slot game inspired by the Luxor Hotel and Casino, owned and operated by joint-parent company MGM Resorts. Luxor Fortunes, developed by Light & Wonder, showcases imagery of the Las Vegas -based casino, which includes the Luxor Pyramid and Ancient Egyptian theme. While BetMGM plans to…
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Casino workers applaud introduction of bill to quash indoor smoking in Kansas

WICHITA, Kan. (KCTV) - Casino workers across the Sunflower State have applauded the introduction of a bill that would eliminate smoking on casino floors in Kansas. Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects, an action group in Kansas, gave its stamp of approval on bipartisan legislation introduced on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The move would amend the…
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Casino workers applaud introduction of bill to quash indoor smoking in Kansas
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Indy Gaming: Vegas set to prosper in ‘fun economy,’ UNLV experts say

Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. If a colleague or associate emailed this newsletter to you, please to sign up and receive your own copy of Indy Gaming in your inbox. - Howard Stutz The term "fun economy" might sound cheesy,…
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Indy Gaming: Vegas set to prosper in ‘fun economy,’ UNLV experts say
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Indy Gaming: Red Rock’s long-stalled tribal casino deal near Fresno moving forward

Approval from Indian gaming regulators allows the central California project to start construction nearly two decades after the initial agreement was signed. Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. If a colleague or associate…
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Indy Gaming: Red Rock’s long-stalled tribal casino deal near Fresno moving forward
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Supply chain issues snarling slot machines’ path to casinos

When the books are closed for 2022, Nevada's gaming equipment suppliers expect to have delivered more than 13700 new slot machines to roughly 30 North American gaming projects, including new casino properties and expansions to existing casino floors. But only if the supply chain cooperates. In the past few months, casino operators and gaming…
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Supply chain issues snarling slot machines’ path to casinos
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Indy Gaming: After $600M renovation, what’s next for Las Vegas Convention Center?

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill said the facility now has more than 15.4 million square feet of meeting space -enough to attract additional events. Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. If a colleague or associate emailed this newsletter to…
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Indy Gaming: After $600M renovation, what’s next for Las Vegas Convention Center?
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Las Vegas may have had it’s best year ever in 2023

It's hard to argue against the position that Las Vegas had its most successful year in its history in 2023. And what do you do after one successful run? Come back for more. That's what local gaming and tourism analysts figure will happen in 2024 after wrapping up a year filled with record gaming revenue and union contract signings, airport…
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Las Vegas may have had it’s best year ever in 2023
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Indy Gaming: Despite losses, Mohegan Gaming not walking away from Vegas casino

The off-Strip casino saw a 42 percent revenue decline; operators blamed a lower hold on table game wagers. Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. If a colleague or associate emailed this newsletter to you, please to sign up and…
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Indy Gaming: Despite losses, Mohegan Gaming not walking away from Vegas casino
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iGaming is a bad bet for Maryland

By Jason Chorpenning and Shane Sterry Chorpenning is president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 27 and Sterry is assistant vice president of the Seafarers Entertainment and Allied Trades Union. On behalf of the more than 5000 UFCW and SEATU represented employees working at three of Maryland's casinos - Rocky Gap…
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Las Vegas-based company Light & Wonder continues as a leader in slot machines

In March, the slot machine maker formerly known as Scientific Games made a big change. The company switched its name to Light & Wonder, a change necessitated by the sale of its sports betting and lottery businesses, the latter of which kept the Scientific Games moniker. The past year has been one of change for Light & Wonder, which employs about…
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Gaming company’s latest slot offering appeals to players’ inner child

When she was a child, Jennifer Whitaker would sometimes play the hand game rock, paper, scissors with her brother to determine who would do which household chores. On Friday, Whitaker, now grown up and on vacation with her mother, played the popular game not with another person but at a slot machine at the downtown Circa Las Vegas. "I don't know…
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Barona Resort & Casino Leads with the Launch of Konami Gaming’s Newest Big-Screen Slot

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 5, 2023-- Barona Resort & Casino and Konami Gaming, Inc. announced the arrival of a new big-screen slot machine to the floor of the award-winning Southern California casino. Players at Barona are the first players outside Las Vegas to enjoy Konami's large-format machine made of three stacked 43-inch screens in 4K…
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Durango casino heralds a new Red Rock Resorts growth spurt

The company has six potential casino parcels totaling 500 acres throughout the valley. Tuesday morning's opening of the $780 million Durango Casino Resort comes 15 years after the company opened its last development. Red Rock Resorts President Scott Kreeger said a dry spell like that won't be repeated. The company already has a few locations in…
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Durango casino heralds a new Red Rock Resorts growth spurt
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Casino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet again in New Jersey Legislature

TRENTON, N.J. - A bill to end smoking in Atlantic City's casinos that appeared headed for its first vote Thursday was delayed yet again when Democratic lawmakers said they did not have enough votes to advance it. They also said they would listen to alternatives proposed by the casino industry including enclosed smoking rooms in which no employee…
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Indy Q&A: Interblock CEO charts electronic table game growth and online expansion

John Connelly spent his first years as CEO of Interblock Gaming getting the North American casino industry comfortable with the idea of offering customers electronic table games. Connelly was a top executive at slot machine giant Bally Technologies for 11 years before it was acquired by Scientific Games in 2014 for $5.1 billion. A year later, he…
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Indy Q&A: Interblock CEO charts electronic table game growth and online expansion
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Indy Gaming: Judge says New York county erred in leasing site for Sands’ proposed $5B resort

An analyst said the decision is the least of the problems troubling the state's slow process to approve New York City-area casinos. Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. If a colleague or associate emailed this newsletter to you,…
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Indy Gaming: Judge says New York county erred in leasing site for Sands’ proposed $5B resort
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Ron Winchell-owned company to buy two downtown Henderson casinos

FILE: Emerald Island Casino in Henderson has been sold, along with Rainbow Club, to a Las Vegas-based company. (Ambar Rodriguez | News3LV) LAS VEGAS (KSNV) - Two casinos in downtown Henderson will be sold to a Las Vegas-based gaming and hospitality company. Boulder Highway Gaming, LLC and Water Street Gaming, LLC, announced the pending sales of…
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Ron Winchell-owned company to buy two downtown Henderson casinos
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Las Vegas hotel and casino workers reach tentative deals to avoid strike

Over seven months of tense negotiations, mandatory daily room cleanings underscored the big issues that Las Vegas union hotel workers were fighting to address in their first contracts since the pandemic: job security, better working conditions and safety while on the job. From the onset of bargaining, Ted Pappageorge, the chief contract negotiator…
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Las Vegas hotel and casino workers reach tentative deals to avoid strike
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MGM CEO: Tentative deal to avoid strike will be reached with Las Vegas hotel workers

LAS VEGAS -- MGM Resorts International, the largest employer on the Las Vegas Strip, has joined rival Caesars Entertainment in reaching a tentative deal with the Las Vegas hotel workers union to narrowly avert a sweeping strike. Taken together, the pending agreements cover more than 30000 hospitality union workers who had threatened to walk out in…
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MGM CEO: Tentative deal to avoid strike will be reached with Las Vegas hotel workers
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How could hotel-casinos operate during a Las Vegas Strip strike?

Managers at some Strip properties are making contingency plans for a possible hospitality worker strike, including the steps a worker needs to take to serve alcoholic drinks. Some management-level workers at MGM Resorts International are training to obtain an alcohol management card, a required step in bar-related service jobs, an employee at…
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How could hotel-casinos operate during a Las Vegas Strip strike?
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Jamul Casino Hosts the RunGood Road Trip in San Diego From Nov. 14-19

RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) will stop at Jamul Casino in San Diego from November 14-19 for one of the last stops on its Road Trip series. The stop will feature 12 ring events, including a $250 DeepStack with two opening flights and a $25000 guarantee, as well as a $150 Ladies Event League of Nations. It all culminates in the $600 Main Event with…
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Jamul Casino Hosts the RunGood Road Trip in San Diego From Nov. 14-19
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Nevada's Casino Win Boosted By Strip's Performance

During September, the Las Vegas Strip was able to generate impressive revenue as it increased the state's overall monthly gambling revenue, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB), Nevada's gaming regulatory body. Strip's licensed casinos as main revenue generators: The 60 officially licensed casinos located on the Strip managed to…
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Nevada's Casino Win Boosted By Strip's Performance
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Caesars Entertainment beats Q3 profit estimates on steady demand in Las Vegas casinos

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Caesars Entertainment (CZR.O) beat third-quarter profit estimates on Tuesday, as steady demand in Las Vegas casinos helped boost revenue. Discretionary consumer spending has been shifting away from goods and towards experiences, profiting casino operators such as Caesar's Entertainment. Las Vegas-based casino operators benefited…
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Caesars Entertainment beats Q3 profit estimates on steady demand in Las Vegas casinos
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Indy Gaming: Aristocrat execs say NFL slot machines have scored a touchdown

Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. If a colleague or associate emailed this newsletter to you, please to sign up and receive your own copy of Indy Gaming in your inbox. - Howard Stutz At the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) a year…
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Indy Gaming: Aristocrat execs say NFL slot machines have scored a touchdown
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Global Gaming Expo In Las Vegas Sees Strong Attendance

An additional number of NFL-themed slots were revealed at the yearly Global Gaming Expo (G2E), which took place in Las Vegas from October 9-12. Additionally, 25000 global gaming operators and manufacturers came to the Las Vegas Strip just for this event to showcase their latest innovations and products and find new products to add to their…
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Global Gaming Expo In Las Vegas Sees Strong Attendance
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Global Gaming Expo opens its doors in Las Vegas Monday

When 25000 gaming industry professionals roll into The Venetian Expo Monday for the start of the four-day 22nd edition of the Global Gaming Expo they'll be confronting unprecedented times and issues. Never has the industry been so successful, racking up record revenue total after record revenue total nationwide. But never has the industry appeared…
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Global Gaming Expo opens its doors in Las Vegas Monday
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Netflix set to enter the gambling industry with Squid Game slot machines

Streaming mogul Netflix is in the news and not for any upcoming film or show, but for a very quirky reason - A new Squid Game slot machine has received approval from Netflix, marking the streaming mogul's first licensing agreement in the casino and gaming sector. The South Korean survival drama series is one of Netflix's most-watched series of all…
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Netflix set to enter the gambling industry with Squid Game slot machines
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Gaming Arts to Redefine Gaming Experience at G2E 2023

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gaming Arts, the Las Vegas-based trailblazer in the gaming industry, is gearing up to unveil a remarkable lineup of games and technologies at G2E 2023. With an unwavering commitment to creativity and innovation, Gaming Arts is poised to captivate audiences and set new industry standards for the benefit of…
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Data breach at MGM Resorts expected to cost casino giant $100 million

NEW YORK (AP) - The data breach last month that MGM Resorts is calling a cyberattack is expected to cost the casino giant more than $100 million, the Las Vegas-based company said. The incident, which was detected on Sept. 10, led to MGM shutting down some casino and hotel computer systems at properties across the U.S. in efforts to protect…
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Data breach at MGM Resorts expected to cost casino giant $100 million
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Cyberattack at MGM Resorts expected to cost casino giant $100 million

The data breach that MGM Resorts is calling a cyberattack is expected to cost the casino giant more than $100 million ByWYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP business writerOctober 6, 2023, 11:06 AM NEW YORK -- The data breach last month that MGM Resorts is calling a cyberattack is expected to cost the casino giant more than $100 million, the Las Vegas-based…
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Cyberattack at MGM Resorts expected to cost casino giant $100 million
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Las Vegas-based company to debut ‘Squid Game’-themed slot machine

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Las Vegas-based company, Light & Wonder, Inc., on Friday announced that it is set to debut the first-ever "Squid Game"-themed slot machine. According to a news release, the "Squid Game" slot machine will be debuted at the company's booth for the Global Gaming Expo (G2E). Light & Wonder noted that the "slot game marks a…
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Las Vegas-based company to debut ‘Squid Game’-themed slot machine
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Netflix's First Casino-Gaming Deal: Squid Game Slot Machine Due 2024

Netflix has given the green light to a new " Squid Game " slot machine - the streamer's first licensing deal in the casino and gambling industry. The slot game is based on one of Netflix's most popular shows of all time, the South Korean survival drama "Squid Game." Built by gaming company Light & Wonder, it will integrate several iconic (and…
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Netflix's First Casino-Gaming Deal: Squid Game Slot Machine Due 2024
Review Journal

Casino hacking was on the minds of Nevada regulators in 2022

It was almost as if Nevada regulators anticipated cyber trouble back in December when they approved revisions to Regulation 5 that call for plans to address cyberattacks on casino companies. Nevada licensees have until Dec. 31 to deliver risk assessments of their business operations and develop cybersecurity best practices. But in late August,…
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Casino hacking was on the minds of Nevada regulators in 2022
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Dubai to pass Las Vegas hotel room inventory

While Dubai is on track to surpass the number of hotel rooms in Las Vegas, a Southern Nevada gaming and hospitality industry analyst who knows the United Arab Emirates landscape well says it shouldn't become a major competitor as long as Las Vegas continues to invest in its infrastructure. "As long as Las Vegas stays on its game, nothing will be…
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Dubai to pass Las Vegas hotel room inventory
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MGM Resorts computers back up; analysts eye effects of casino cyberattacks

MGM Resorts brought to an end a 10-day computer shutdown prompted by efforts to shield from a cyberattack data including hotel reservations and credit card processing, the casino giant said Wednesday, as analysts and academics measured the effects of the event. "We are pleased that all of our hotels and casinos are operating normally," the Las…
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MGM Resorts computers back up; analysts eye effects of casino cyberattacks
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Las Vegas hotel casino lost millions after 10 day cyberattack

LAS VEGAS (AP) - MGM Resorts brought to an end a 10-day computer shutdown prompted by efforts to shield from a cyberattack data including hotel reservations and credit card processing, the casino giant said Wednesday, as analysts and academics measured the effects of the event. "We are pleased that all of our hotels and casinos are operating…
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Konami's SYNKROS Casino Management System Expands to The Queen Baton Rouge -September 19, 2023 at 06:03 am EDT

SYNKROS launch at The Queen Casino & Entertainment, Inc.'s newly opened downtown Baton Rouge property marks successful companywide roll-out of property-specific loyalty rewards programs With the grand opening of The Queen Baton Rouge, the first land-based casino in the city, The Queen Casino & Entertainment, Inc. has successfully launched Konami…
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Valdosta Daily Times

Konami’s SYNKROS Casino Management System Expands to The Queen Baton Rouge

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 19, 2023-- With the grand opening of The Queen Baton Rouge, the first land-based casino in the city, The Queen Casino & Entertainment, Inc. has successfully launched Konami Gaming, Inc.'s SYNKROS ® casino management system. Players can take advantage of unique rewards and benefits at each of the four destinations…
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Konami’s SYNKROS Casino Management System Expands to The Queen Baton Rouge
Review Journal

MGM hackers could have tried to reprogram slots to spit out TITO money tickets

The financial damage involving slot machines on the fritz at MGM Resorts International properties could have been much worse, but the company shut down machines quickly themselves to avoid further damage, a gaming industry expert says. MGM's networked slot machines are just one of the company's computerized systems under attack by hackers since…
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MGM hackers could have tried to reprogram slots to spit out TITO money tickets
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F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix hotel room rates fall

Hotel room rates for Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend have fallen by nearly 60 percent at some resorts since prices were first posted last fall. But an industry expert says that does not necessarily mean interest in the event is falling short of expectations. When select Las Vegas resorts in November 2022 opened their booking schedules for race…
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F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix hotel room rates fall
Los Angeles Times

Useless slots and cash bars annoy casino-goers after MGM cyberattack

MGM Resorts International has been saying its hotels and casinos are operational after a cyberattack over the weekend that appeared to take down everything, including payment systems and sports books. Some of its patrons begged to differ. Scanning a largely empty casino floor at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Marina Lopez said the hack has…
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Useless slots and cash bars annoy casino-goers after MGM cyberattack
The Joplin Globe

The Star Entertainment Group and Konami Gaming Strengthen SYNKROS Casino Systems Partnership for Technological Advancement

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 12, 2023-- The Star Entertainment Group (ASX: SGR), the premier casino operator of The Star Sydney, The Star Gold Coast and The Star Brisbane in Australia, and Konami Gaming, Inc., a leading provider of casino gaming and systems technology, have announced the extension and expansion of their long-standing casino…
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The Star Entertainment Group and Konami Gaming Strengthen SYNKROS Casino Systems Partnership for Technological Advancement
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UAE creates federal authority for 'commercial gaming' as casino giants flock to nation

Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 | 10:38 a.m. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates has created a federal authority to potentially run a national lottery and what it describes as "commercial gaming," likely a sign that it is on the verge of allowing gambling as major casino operators flock to the Gulf Arab nation. The state-run WAM news…
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Nevada casino revenue hits record levels in July 2023

When temperatures were hot, the state's casinos were hotter. Southern Nevada endured a record heat wave in July, and gamblers enriched the state's casinos more than in any month in history, breaking monthly gaming win records statewide and on the Strip, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Wednesday. The state's 439 licensed casinos won $1.4…
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Casino City Times

Pai Gow Progressive over $1 million at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh

Gaming News 1 September 2023 (PRESS RELEASE) -- There are more than a million reasons to visit Rivers Casino on Pittsburgh's North Shore in September … $1115380 reasons to be exact. The Fortune Pai Gow Poker Progressive at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh is now on track to become the largest jackpot in Rivers' history-when it hits. Until then, it keeps…
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