Casino
MGM Resorts to reopen Aria, Luxor & Mandalay Bay for summer
MGM Resorts International has announced plans to reopen three more of its Las Vegas casinos in the coming weeks as the business emerges from the…
Operators begin to reopen Las Vegas casinos
A number of US casino operators have begun to reopen their properties in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a period of temporary closure due to the…
Covid-19 and igaming in Pennsylvania: Implications for tribal gaming
Paul Girvan tracks the progress of online gaming in Pennsylvania, to stress test claims that igaming erodes land-based casino revenue. Pennsylvania is one of three…
Twin River to reopen 90% of casinos by June 8
Twin River Worldwide Holdings has announced that it aims to reopen 90% of its US bricks-and-mortar casinos by June 8, following a period of temporary…
Playtech approved to launch online casino in New Jersey
Gaming solutions giant Playtech has secured regulatory approval from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) to launch its online casino products in the…
Scientific Games rolls out contactless gaming solutions
Scientific Games has launched a new range of contactless gaming solutions, with the aim of helping gambling venues around the world to reopen safely after…
NV governor sets target date for casino reopenings
Nevada governor Steve Sisolak has set a target date of 4 June for the reopening of the state’s casinos. All casinos in the state were…
PA Gaming Control Board set outs protocols to reopen casinos
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has published new measures designed to allow casinos in the state to safely reopen following the shut-down enforced due…
MGM Resorts to reopen in Mississippi from next week
MGM Resorts International has become the latest major US casino operator to set out plans to reopen its gambling facilities in Mississippi, after closing as…
Covid-19 impairment charges see IGT post Q1 loss
International Game Technology (IGT)’s revenue declined 17.9% to $940.2m in the first quarter of 2020, while a $296m impairment charge related to the effects of…
Louisiana casinos to reopen with 25% occupancy
Casinos across Louisiana will be permitted to reopen from today (May 18) after the state’s Governor, John Bel Edwards, lifted a number of restrictions related…
State of the Union: NJ, Scientific Games, Caesars, IN and more
This week’s State of the Union, in partnership with Segev LLP, includes quarterly financial results from some of the US casino industry’s largest operators and…
Covid-19 disruption erodes NJ revenue in April
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has reported a 68.9% year-on-year drop in gaming revenue for April, after the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic shut…
Michigan casino revenue down 39.2% in opening four months
The Michigan Gaming Control Board has revealed that revenue generated by the three commercial casinos in Detroit was down 39.2% year-on-year during the four months…