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Pennsylvania Casino Diversity Report Shows Employment Demographics Unchanged
The Pennsylvania casino industry continues to employ about as many diverse people as the state's overall demographics suggest it should. On Friday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) released its 15th diversity report. The annual review is required under the state's commercial...
Alabama Supreme Court Rules Against Electronic Bingo, Three Casinos to Close
The Alabama Supreme Court has issued the final say on a years-long legal dispute regarding the legality of electronic bingo machines located outside of tribal lands in the state. The state's highest court says electronic bingo machines, which closely mimic traditional Las...
Macau Casinos Suffer Another Dismal Month, Gaming Win Down 50 Percent
Macau casino operators continue to bleed cash, keeping their multibillion-dollar integrated casino resorts open despite an inadequate number of visitors traveling to the Chinese enclave. Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau said casinos won just MOP2.96 billion (US$370 million) in September 2022....
Pope County Casino License Still Unsettled as Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit
Pope County in Arkansas was allocated a single commercial casino license through a gaming ballot referendum passed by state voters in November 2018. Nearly four years later, the recipient of that lone development opportunity remains unclear. The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma led...
Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino Breaks Ground on $275M Expansion
Harrah's Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel has long played second fiddle to Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort, the tribe's larger sister property in North Carolina. But Caesars Entertainment and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) are ready to pour more than...
Nevada Casino Revenue Tops $1B for 18th Consecutive Month, August Win Totals $1.2B
Nevada casino revenue has topped $1 billion in each of the previous 18 months, an unprecedented streak that seemingly has no end in sight despite a host of economic headwinds. The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) says August's gross gaming revenue totaled...
UNLV Law Forms Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program
The William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) has appointed the inaugural leaders of its new Indian gaming program. In February 2020, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians bestowed UNLV with a $9 million...
Viva Las Vegas: Harry Reid International Sets Three-Month Passenger Record
Harry Reid International, Las Vegas' primary commercial airport, is busier than ever. Less than three years since the COVID-19 pandemic brought life to a standstill, shuttering every Las Vegas casino and making the Strip an eerie dark corridor, the region's airport is...
Problem Gambling Council: Smoke-Free Casinos Might Promote Responsible Play
Smoke-free casinos might be better suited to promote responsible gambling than their smoking counterparts. That's according to a national nonprofit committed to minimizing gambling-related harms. In a recent letter addressed to the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly, National Council on Problem...
Las Vegas Airline Employees, Including at Southwest, Seek Better Working Conditions
Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas was part of a nationwide picket this week by employees of Southwest and United airlines. Called a "Day of Action," Southwest and United workers held protests at 14 airports across the country. No airline is...
