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Norfolk Harbor Park Stadium Address Change Allows Temporary Casino Operation
Norfolk's Harbor Park minor league baseball stadium has changed addresses. The change will help the effort to temporarily bring casino gambling to the venue. Harbor Park is home to the Norfolk Tides baseball team, which plays on the Triple-A level -- one...
Downtown Las Vegas Gambler Wins $543K Progressive Table Game Jackpot
The California Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas was the site of the latest life-changing win in Southern Nevada. Boyd Gaming, which owns and operates the Cal, said a lucky guest who wished to remain anonymous hit a table progressive jackpot...
Las Vegas Raiders Give $1M to Uvalde School District to Fortify Campuses
The NFL Las Vegas Raiders have bequeathed $1 million to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) in Texas. The Uvalde CISD's Robb Elementary School was the site of the May 24, 2022, mass shooting that killed 19 students, two teachers and...
North Carolina Senate Sports Betting Bill Will Finally Receive House Consideration
The North Carolina sports betting bill, passed by the state Senate in August 2021, is expected to finally receive consideration in the General Assembly's lower chamber. Senate Bill 688 gained favor in the upper chamber last August by way of a 26-19...
Las Vegas Casino Consultancy Says Smoking Bans Not Detrimental To Gaming Revenue
Eliminating tobacco use has little to no negative consequence on the house's net win. That was the finding of a Las Vegas casino consultancy in a recent probe of the impact smoking bans have on gaming revenue. C3 Gaming is an analytical...
Las Vegas Juneteenth Pays Homage to Black Americans Who Helped Shape Strip
Today is Juneteenth, the annual observance recognizing the 1865 freeing of enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Tx., who were the last to learn of them emancipation. While celebrations date back to 1866 -- the year after Union Army General Gordon Granger issued...
Floyd Mayweather Joins LeBron James in Lobbying NBA for Las Vegas Team
Floyd Mayweather is the latest global superstar to voice his support for bringing Sin City an NBA franchise. Speaking this week at Penn National Gaming's M Resort Spa Casino south of the Las Vegas Strip in Henderson, "Money" Mayweather echoed LeBron James'...
Maryland Sports Betting Commission Responds to Governor’s Demands
The Maryland sports betting agency assigned with deciding how to issue mobile licenses has responded to Governor Larry Hogan's (R) demands. Hogan had asked that the regulators do everything in their power to assure that online wagering is up and running in...
Tilman Fertitta Acquires Prime Las Vegas Strip Real Estate for Staggering $270M
Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta has acquired 6.2 acres of prime real estate on the Las Vegas Strip for a whopping $270 million -- or more than $43.5 million per acre. Clark County property records show the sale closed June 15 on the...
Atlantic City Casinos Post Best May in Nearly a Decade, Land-Based Win Tops $233M
Atlantic City casinos experienced their best May in almost a decade, as brick-and-mortar gross gaming revenue (GGR) exceeded $233 million. May 2022 represented a more than 9% year-over-year gain and 4.5% improvement on pre-pandemic May 2019. The land-based win marked the best...
