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Horseshoe Casino Baltimore Hotel Won’t Open Anytime Soon
Horseshoe Casino Baltimore is undergoing a major overhaul in hopes of reversing the casino's struggles in recent years. In an effort to regain lost market share to MGM National Harbor and Live! Casino Hotel Maryland, Horseshoe Baltimore is embarking on a redevelopment...
Powerball Jackpot Climbs to US Lottery Record of $1.9B, Players Crash Site
Powerball has done it again. For the 40th drawing in a row, no ticket matched the five white balls and lone red Powerball to win the jackpot. The $1.6 billion jackpot rolls over for the interstate lottery game's drawing on Monday, November...
Cordish Companies Pitches Petersburg, Va., Casino Resort with Conditions
The Cordish Companies says it's interested in building a destination casino resort near the convergence of Interstates 95 and 295 just south of Petersburg, Va. But the Baltimore-based gaming operator that runs Live! casinos in Maryland and Pennsylvania says its Virginia project...
No Mercy: John Stamos Takes Heat on Social Media for Promoting DraftKings
John Stamos is perhaps best known for starring as Jesse Katsopolis on "Full House," the television sitcom that ran for eight seasons from September 1987 through May 1995. But the 59-year-old actor's latest gig is encouraging his social media followers to try...
Parx Casino Shippensburg Suffers Setback, Opening Delayed to 2023
Parx Casino Shippensburg in Central Pennsylvania is pushing back its planned opening by a few months. Parx, the casino brand owned and operated by Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment, a privately held company controlled by the Green family in Pennsylvania, is spending $65...
Las Vegas Casino Union Rallying Nevada Dems, Nearing 1M Doors Goal
The Unite Here Las Vegas casino union is doing all it can to get out the Democratic Party vote for next Tuesday's November 8 midterms. The Culinary Union, an affiliate of the nationwide Unite Here trade group, represents approximately 60K workers in...
Powerball Jackpot Soars to $1.5B, Inflation and Feds Propelling Lottery Prize
The Powerball jackpot Wednesday night managed to dodge players for the 39th drawing in a row. None of the more than 150 million tickets sold for Wednesday night's drawing matched the five white ball numbers 2-11-22-35-60 and red Powerball number 23. The...
North Dakota Tribes Won’t be Afforded iGaming Under New Gaming Compacts
The five North Dakota tribes that operate Class III gaming on their sovereign lands won't be allowed to operate online casino gambling under their new 10-year compacts reached with Gov. Doug Burgum (R). The Class III gaming compacts allow the federally recognized...
Powerball Tickets Purchase Deadline Nears for Wednesday’s Estimated $1.2B Jackpot Drawing
Wednesday's Powerball jackpot is an estimated $1.2 billion, with a cash value of $596.7 million. If that jackpot is realized, it would be the game's second-largest drawing ever and the fourth-largest jackpot prize in US lottery history. The November 2 Powerball drawing...
NJ Senate President Denies Casino Smoking Mothballed Until 2023
New Jersey Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) is denying allegations that his Democratic-controlled Legislature is holding off on considering a bill ending casino smoking in Atlantic City until the 2023 election is determined. Next November, each of New Jersey's 80 General Assembly...
