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It's a casino trend that could affect your financial wellbeing, so we're all over it. Some casinos are discreetly shortening the window of time before a TITO (ticket in, ticket out) voucher can be cashed. If your slot ticket expires, you could be SOL, and that would be FUBAR as a reminder of your Las Vegas YOLO experience. In human English, you…

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Former Wynn Las Vegas exec named president of Fontainebleau

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It's perhaps something of a surprise that USA Today readers who cast votes for the top 10 casino hotels in the U.S. selected as many from the Mississippi coast -- two -- as they did from Las Vegas. Nominees for the USA Today's "10Best" were submitted by a panel of experts in casinos, lifestyle and travel. From there, 10Best editors narrow the field…

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Parent of Las Vegas Strip casino to settle sexual harassment claim

This March 15, 2016, file photo, shows casino mogul Steve Wynn at a news conference in Medford, Mass. Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 | 5:31 p.m. A parent company of a Las Vegas Strip casino and nine unnamed women are settling a lawsuit alleging the company failed to investigate allegations that female employees were sexually harassed by the company's…

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Why did a gambler sue MGM casinos over pocket change? What to know about the payouts

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming the parent company of Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi cheated slots customers by using a redemption system that returns whole dollars only and not coins. U.S. District Court Judge Sul Ozerden ruled that disputes about a gambling debt should be heard by the state Gaming Commission, not the…

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Magic City Casino Customer Suing for Exact Change

Magic City Casino in Miami is the subject of an odd and perhaps petty lawsuit filed by one of its patrons. Nicolas Manzini of Florida filed the lawsuit in 11th Circuit Court against West Flagler Associates, Magic City's owner, saying the company is essentially stealing money from customers by "manipulating the cash-out system" and not paying exact…

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Woman hits $1.1 million jackpot at Mississippi casino slot machine

It wasn't the sound of Christmas bells, but the sound of a $1.1 million jackpot at a Mississippi casino that made one Alabama woman's holiday weekend especially bright. The woman won more than $1 million on Sunday when she bet on a progressive slot machine. The woman, who did not want to be identified, was playing the Wheel of Fortune, $1…

Winnings ・ 30 November 2022

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Woman takes home more than $200,000 with jackpot win at Mississippi casino

A New York woman was not going to be outdone by Texas furniture tycoon Mattress Mack, who traveled to the Beau Rivage casino on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to place a $500000 bet. One day after Mack's spotlight-grabbing bet, Lynda (no last name provided) walked out of the same casino with more than $200000, according to the Biloxi Sun-Herald. Lynda…

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MGM Faces Possible Class Action from Shortchanged Casino Gamblers

The latest trend adopted by a growing number of American casinos is to keep the change. When slots players cash out their tickets at the self-service kiosks, they no longer receive the change portion of their winnings. They receive only bills. The cents that the casinos keep often goes to charities, but some goes to the casinos' profits. Some…

Travel ・ 06 October 2022

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Caesars Wrongfully Keeps Casino Players’ Change, Class Action Alleges

Caesars Entertainment is among the latest casino operators to face a proposed class action that alleges slot machine players have been wrongfully deprived of their change upon cashing out. The eight-page lawsuit says the casino giant has essentially been "robbing" customers a few cents at a time, on millions of transactions, by rounding down to the…

Law ・ 29 September 2022

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MGM slot players shortchanged, suit claims

A Louisiana woman has filed suit against MGM Resorts International, claiming it shortchanges gamblers when they cash out slot machine vouchers at casino kiosks that don't pay exact change. Attorneys for Leane Scherer of New Orleans, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court's Southern District of Mississippi and hope to make the complaint a…

Travel ・ 24 September 2022

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Keep the Change? Class Action Says MGM Casinos Refuse to Refund Change When Players Cash Out

A proposed class action alleges MGM Resorts International has short-changed hundreds of thousands of slot machine players nationwide by refusing to refund cash change in its casinos, essentially robbing customers "a few cents at a time, on millions of transactions." According to the 11-page complaint, the issue arises whenever a player decides to…

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Land-based ・ 26 August 2022

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MGM Resorts Expands Beau Rivage with Aristocrat's Buffalo Zone

Aristocrat and MGM Resorts International have reached an agreement on an exclusive relationship that will see the creation of a Buffalo Zone at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, which MGM Resorts International owns. The 1500-square-foot gaming parlor will be devoted to Aristocrat's Buffalo-themed slot machines, which will be exhibited and developed…

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MGM’s Beau Rivage opens new exclusive zone for Aristocrat’s Buffalo-themed slot games

Aristocrat Gaming and MGM Resorts' Beau Rivage Resort & Casino have announced the opening of the Mississippi Gulf Coast's first " Buffalo Zone", as already anticipated in February. Located on the resort's casino floor at the base of the convention level escalators, the new 1500-square-foot'Buffalo Zone' is dedicated exclusively to Aristocrat's…

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MGM's Beau Rivage to open new Buffalo slot zone, revamp hotel rooms under new management

MGM Resorts' Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi is set to undergo a series of changes, according to Brandon Dardeau, recently appointed president and chief operating officer at the venue. A timetable to start work by April has been proposed, which would see all the hotel rooms in the property remodeled by November, along with new…

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Popular Mississippi casino planning multi-million dollar remodel, new president says

Packing a bachelor's degree in marketing fresh from the University of Louisiana-Monroe, Brandon Dardeau headed to Las Vegas and a job in the casino industry. In those days, a degree didn't impress as much, he discovered. He started at the reservation call center - earning about $10 an hour - rather than in his dream position of casino host. That he…

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MGC to cover ex-employee’s fees in slots lawsuit

BOSTON (SHNS) - The Massachusetts Gaming Commission agreed Monday to cover the legal fees its former executive director incurs responding to a subpoena issued to him in connection with a lawsuit that claims Encore Boston Harbor shortchanged slot machine players. Neither the commission nor former executive director Edward Bedrosian are parties to…

Law ・ 10 January 2022

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Travis Lunn named new president of Atlantic City's Borgata

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Travis Lunn, a veteran casino executive, was named Wednesday as the new president of Atlantic City's Borgata casino. He most recently served as the southeast group president and chief operating officer for MGM Resorts, where he led Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, and…

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New donation option opens on kiosks at Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort

Have leftover change after a round of slots? Why not take that change and donate it to a local charity. The Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort is now making that an easy option with their new donation option on their kiosks. Just take the slip with the change on it and insert it into the kiosk. It will then ask the guest if they would like to donate the…

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A Mississippi Coast casino is getting a cryptocurrency ATM

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Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort Welcomes New Food & Beverage Leadership Team, 95 Years of Combined F&B Experience to Boost Award-Winning Outlets

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South Mississippi Casinos Add Face Masks as COVID-19 Expands

As COVID-19 cases in South Mississippi, just like in other parts of the US, rise again, casinos in this region have started mandating their employees to wear masks. Palace Casino and the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino are among the latest gambling facilities to instruct staff members to protect themselves by wearing masks, while Scarlet Pearl has…

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