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Jackpot! More than $5 million to Niagara Falls for hosting two casinos

The entrance to Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls. The second quarter payment for hosting Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara was another jackpot for Niagara Falls as they were handed another $5387008 for the city coffers. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) second-quarter runs from July 1 to Sept. 30 and thus far this…
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Jackpot! More than $5 million to Niagara Falls for hosting two casinos
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North Carolina casino legislation: Winners and losers

Much of the news emanating from North Carolina this last year revolved around online sports betting. But a recent draft casino bill circulating among legislators in the Tar Heel state has gained some support. The bill has the potential to disrupt fledgling casino developments in Virginia, especially Caesars Virginia in Danville. It also potentially…
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North Carolina casino legislation: Winners and losers
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New Sportsbook Opens In Las Vegas Casino

Betfred at Mohegan Sun Sportsbook made its debut and welcomed bettors with the help of UNLV Rebels and Cincinnati Bengals star Elbert "Ickey" Woods. The brand-new sportsbook is located at Mohegan Casino inside Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, part of the Curio Collection by Hilton. Betfred at Mohegan Sun Sportsbook is operated by Mohegan Casino Las…
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New Sportsbook Opens In Las Vegas Casino
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The Mirage in Las Vegas to see big changes via Hard Rock International

Florida-based Hard Rock International, which is operated by the Seminole Indian Tribe, has publicly announced it's intention to close Las Vegas-based, The Mirage, renovate the entire three-wing hotel and casino, and invest billions in improving and making the property larger, starting in late 2023 or 2024. Buying The Mirage: After nearly four-hour…
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The Mirage in Las Vegas to see big changes via Hard Rock International
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Aristocrat’s Lightning Dollar Link Machine Debuts at Pechanga Resort

Aristocrat is further expanding its foothold in the US market, with news of its brand-new Lightning Dollar Link slot machine being installed in the Californian Pechanga Resort Casino, making sure the process gets lots of attention. The new machines combine elements of some fan favorites and seem to be generating a lot of interest from casino owners…
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Mohegan Launched Aristocrat Machines in Connecticut

Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment, a tribal developer and operator of premier global integrated entertainment resorts, has launched new slot machines at the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut. The new additions are courtesy of Aristocrat Technologies, a global expert in the slots sector. The machines Mohegan added are Aristocrat's proprietary Dragon…
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Mohegan Launched Aristocrat Machines in Connecticut
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Ontario's Online Gambling Marketplace Is Huge

Ontario is five approved online gambling operators away from catching up to New Jersey. That's significant because the Garden State is renowned for having the most operators of any state in America. So at 34 sites, Canada's most populous province has more approved operators than most US online casino states. New Jersey, though, houses 39 "internet…
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Ontario's Online Gambling Marketplace Is Huge
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Best Online Casinos in Ontario: The Complete Guide and FAQ

For a long time, online gambling has been a gray zone in all of Canada, with local online casinos not allowed to operate in the majority of the country, even though players were free to play at international casino sites that would accept their registrations. For the first time in history, players in Ontario will have a chance to play at fully…
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Best Online Casinos in Ontario: The Complete Guide and FAQ
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Both Niagara Falls casinos are shut down after midnight tonight

If Niagara Falls residents or tourists were hoping maybe playing the slots or some casino table games would take their mind off all the new COVID-19 restrictions, they are out of luck. The new restrictions limit smaller facilities to 50 per cent capacity but when it comes to the larger ones, such as the Niagara Falls Convention Centre or the…
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Both Niagara Falls casinos are shut down after midnight tonight
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Tribe begins hiring to reopen newly purchased Vegas resort

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The new owners of the shuttered Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas want to rehire hundreds of former employees who lost their jobs when the property closed in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cynthia Kiser Murphey, general manager of the off-Strip property now owned by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, told Nevada…
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Tribe begins hiring to reopen newly purchased Vegas resort
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Ontario Auditor General Has Concerns About Privatized Online Gambling

Ontarians expected to see private online gambling operators join the province's iGaming market this month. Unfortunately, they will have to wait a little longer. Competition for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is now expected to occur in Q12022. The delays seem to be merely procedural, but a larger problem may loom. A new report…
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Ontario Auditor General Has Concerns About Privatized Online Gambling
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The survivor: Casino Niagara beats the odds to mark 25 years of gambling

It was the casino born with an asterisk beside its name. Casino Niagara opened with a splash 25 years ago, on Dec. 9, 1996, maybe the biggest thing to hit Niagara since water started falling. But to locals, it was the'interim' casino - a multimillion-dollar, noisy, blazing neon placeholder that would suffice until it was replaced by something…
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The survivor: Casino Niagara beats the odds to mark 25 years of gambling
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That's a quarter century for Niagara Falls casino

Casino Niagara was lit up in yellow and green last night to celebrate its 25th anniversary. (Photo: Twitter) Casino Niagara celebrated a big birthday yesterday (December 6), marking its 25th anniversary. Ironically, it wasn't meant to last this long. While Casino Windsor - now Caesars Windsor - was the first casino to open in Ontario in 1994,…
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That's a quarter century for Niagara Falls casino
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Mohegan Backs Out of $9.3bn Greek Casino Project Plans

US casino giant Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment has officially withdrawn its plans to develop and operate a casino in Greece. Instead, the company intends to increase its focus on the Asian market. the new backdrop created by the COVID-19 global pandemic" The company announced that it had backed out of the plans on Friday last week. It cited "the…
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Mohegan Backs Out of $9.3bn Greek Casino Project Plans
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The inside story of how the OLG lost control of Ontario’s online gambling market

Hundreds of dollars in sign-up bonuses. Candy-coloured slots and fast-paced games of blackjack and poker. And then... those intense dopamine hits that come with a big win. All from the smartphone in your hand. It's no surprise that over the past two decades, online gambling has grown into a massive global market. With billions in revenue going to…
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The inside story of how the OLG lost control of Ontario’s online gambling market
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MGM Resorts makes shrewd move to acquire The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Last week, the largest employer on the Strip made the surprise announcement that it's acquiring the operations of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for $1.625 billion. It's part of a larger $5.65 billion real estate deal for Blackstone with a method in vogue in the gaming industry these days: A group of investors is buying the real estate beneath The…
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MGM Resorts makes shrewd move to acquire The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
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Coronavirus recuperation for Atlantic City casinos

The nine casinos in Atlantic City reportedly saw their aggregated gross gaming revenues for August increase by 31% year-on-year to just over $427.6 million as they continued to recover from the turmoil of last year's coronavirus pandemic. According to a Thursday report from the Associated Press news service citing official information from the New…
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Coronavirus recuperation for Atlantic City casinos
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Chicago Casino is Failing to Attract Big Vegas Operators

Major Las Vegas casino operators do not appear to be interested in developing the first-ever casino in downtown Chicago. Companies originally had until August 23 to submit proposals for this project, a deadline Mayor Lori Lightfoot has extended to October 29. The Las Vegas Strip's four biggest operators - Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas Sands, Caesars…
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Chicago Casino is Failing to Attract Big Vegas Operators
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Ontario Releases License Application Guide For Online Gambling

Ontario is making rapid progress on its path towards privatization of online gambling in the province. The latest step on that path is the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) releasing a guide last week, informing interested companies of how to register and apply for a license. However, it won't be accepting those applications for a few…
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Ontario Releases License Application Guide For Online Gambling
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Casino Niagara in Niagara Falls, Canada Welcomes Back Table Games

Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada is welcoming back its casinos. Fallsview Casino and Resort and Casino Niagara, both operated by Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment, reopened last month, but only Fallsview launched round-the-clock operations. Casino Niagara limited its capacity and operating hours, as well as the gaming options it offered. The casino…
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Casino Niagara in Niagara Falls, Canada Welcomes Back Table Games
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Chicago’s casino resort plan thwarted by high tax rate, abundant competition

If everything had gone according to plan, we would all be buzzing this week about which company would have the best opportunity to build a casino resort in Chicago. But it hasn't gone according to plan. When Chicago started hearing crickets in response to its request for proposals, the city's leadership hit the brakes and pushed back the deadline…
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Chicago’s casino resort plan thwarted by high tax rate, abundant competition
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Live table games have returned to Casino Niagara in Niagara Falls

When both Niagara Falls casinos reopened on July 23, only Fallsview Casino and Resort was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Casino Niagara's initial reopening hours were a more modest 10 am to 2 am daily.Without any fanfare earlier this month, they matched their cross-town partner by never locking the doors, shifting to 24/7 operations, as…
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Casinos Austria Reveals Nagasaki IR Plans

Casinos Austria is now officially the casino partner of Nagasaki as the prefecture looks to be one of the first three locations in Japan to host an integrated resort (IR). That selection was revealed earlier this week, and the casino operator is now ready to dig in and help the prefecture's dream become a reality. It has now revealed what the IR…
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Casinos Austria Reveals Nagasaki IR Plans
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Customer reaction mixed after Niagara Falls casinos reopen

While its opening was highly anticipated throughout its 16-month closures, visitors to Casino Niagara over the past few days had mixed reactions. With the 50 per cent capacity limits under Ontario's Step Three of reopening, it seems like the landscape has shifted somewhat in that there's far less people at the moment. Avid Las Vegas visitor and…
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Both Niagara Falls casinos eligible to reopen in Stage Three

When Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino reopened on June 10 in Niagara Falls, New York, you can be certain that a pair of Niagara Falls tourist attractions were looking across the Niagara River with envy. Both Fallsview Casino and Casino Niagara in Niagara Falls have been closed since March 2020. While eligible to open last summer during that brief…
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Niagara Falls' casinos still mum on reopening plans

Despite the July 12 news that 11 Ontario casinos would be reopening under the Step Three restrictions, meaning 50 per cent capacity, both Niagara Falls gaming spots, Fallsview Casino and Casino Niagara have maintained radio silence on potential opening dates. All 11 casinos reopening are owned by Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, based in Toronto,…
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Chicago casino resort about to enter ‘request for proposals’ stage

It shouldn't be long before Chicago unveils its request for proposals to build a casino resort in the nation's third-largest metropolitan area. It was in early March that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that an RFP is coming for a single resort that is expected to include hotel, dining, entertainment and convention amenities. Several…
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Chicago casino resort about to enter ‘request for proposals’ stage
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Nevada Gaming Commission Lauds Casino Recovery Efforts

The Las Vegas gambling scene is beginning to experience new signs of life following the global COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday, two Las Vegas casinos told the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) that they are doing well after the industry rebound from the pandemic. That's a good thing, too, because one of them has to pay a $60000 fine for violating…
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Nevada Gaming Commission Lauds Casino Recovery Efforts
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Rebranded Virgin Hotels Las Vegas has feel of desert oasis

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas is scheduled to open March 25. The reimagined and remodeled off-Strip resort features a desert theme instead of the former Hard Rock Hotel's rock'n' roll vibe. Friday, March 19, 2021 | 12:01 a.m. The opening of a new or rebranded casino in Las Vegas is typically an over-the-top celebration with fireworks, bands and people…
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Rebranded Virgin Hotels Las Vegas has feel of desert oasis
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Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment Expects to Open New Athens Casino Resort by 2026

Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment expects that a luxury casino resort on the site of the former Athens airport will be ready by 2026, a top company executive said, giving a timeframe for the first time on development plans. The consortium of Mohegan and Greek construction group GEK Terna last year won a Greek tender for the construction and 30-year…
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Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment Expects to Open New Athens Casino Resort by 2026
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California tribe to buy Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas for $650M

LAS VEGAS - A California tribe announced Tuesday that it is buying the Palms Casino Resort off the Las Vegas Strip. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is expected to acquire the 700-room Palms for $650 million from Red Rock Resorts later this year, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. It will be the second tribal enterprise to enter the Las…
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California tribe to buy Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas for $650M
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Virgin's Mohegan Sun Becomes First Tribal Casino In Las Vegas

Tribal casinos have sprouted up all over North America, but only one tribe has broken into the Las Vegas market. Last month, Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment -- the business operation of the Mohegan Indian Tribe -- began operating its first local casino. The Mohegan Sun Casino takes up almost all of the casino floor inside the new Virgin Hotels Las…
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Virgin's Mohegan Sun Becomes First Tribal Casino In Las Vegas
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Circa Resort & Casino opens in downtown Las Vegas

In Las Vegas and throughout Southern California, the coronavirus hasn't caused (safe) expansion to cease. Along with new eateries, there's also a huge, brand-new casino in downtown Las Vegas, as well as other new names on the doors of gaming operations in Sin City and Palm Springs. The 1.25-million-square-foot Circa Resort & Casino, which opened…
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Circa Resort & Casino opens in downtown Las Vegas