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Boyd Gaming properties gear up for Chinese New Year
Gaming properties across southern Nevada will offer special gaming and dining promotions as well as lion dance performances.
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S&P revises Wynn Resorts’ outlook to negative
Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings revised on Tuesday its outlook on Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts Ltd and its subsidiaries – including its Macau unit – to “negative” from “stable”. The ratings agency said the negative outlook reflects the “significant uncertainty” over the resolution of various investigations into the allegations...
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NJ Gamblers Tell Ocean Resort Casino Owners How To Un-Revel The Revel
Former customers of Atlantic City's Revel voiced complaints about the NJ casino's glaring weaknesses in hopes Ocean Resort Casino owners are listening.
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Macau gaming-related crime cases up 2.4 pct in 2017: police
Macau recorded a total of 4,714 cases of suspected gaming-related crime in full-year 2017, according to data disclosed on Tuesday by the city’s Judiciary Police in a press conference (pictured). The figure represented an increase of 2.4 percent compared to the 4,602 such cases in 2016.
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From a distance the mountain is shaped like a saddle. It is located about 10 miles northeast of Wickenburg, AZ., nicknamed the 'Dude Ranch Capital of the World.'
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G2E Asia 2018 bigger, nearly sold out: organisers
An aggregate of 95 percent of the show space has already been sold for the 2018 edition of Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia, a casino industry trade show and conference due to be held in Macau in May, said the organisers.
Reed Exhibitions, which co-organises the event with the casino industry trade body the American Gaming Association, promised...
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Top 10 Super Bowl LII proposition bets
With Super Bowl LII just days away, Casino City's Gary Trask crunches the numbers and pores over the hundreds of prop bets available to come up with 10 wagers worth making this Sunday.
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GAN Announces Plans For New Ocean Resort Casino NJ Gambling Site In 2018
International online gambling operator GAN announced plans to open an online casino for Ocean Resort Casino, the former Revel, in the first half of 2018.
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BetSoft's Novelties Coming To ICE Totally Gaming
Our regular readers and fellow LCB'ers already know that the annual ICE Totally Gaming conference and exhibition will be held from February 6th to 8th in London – we've covered this bit of info in previous news. What we have...
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Labour group marchers target MGM China on bonuses
Nearly 2,000 people participated in a Monday gaming labour protest march in Macau, according to organiser local activist group Professional for Gaming of New Macau. The police estimated about 730 took part.
Those at the rally were demanding from local casino operator MGM China Holdings Ltd a bonus payment for non-management...
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Crown Resorts completes US$300-mln Alon Vegas land sale
Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd said in a Monday filing that its majority-owned subsidiary Alon Las Vegas Resort LLC had completed the sale of its interest in a 34.6-acre (14-hectare) vacant site (pictured) on Las Vegas Boulevard to a subsidiary of casino firm Wynn Resorts Ltd, for US$300 million.
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Wynn Resorts probes sexual misconduct claims against boss
U.S.-based casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd is to investigate the allegations of sexual misconduct made against its founder and chairman-cum-chief executive Steve Wynn (pictured in a file photo).
The firm said on Friday it would form a special committee consisting solely of independent directors to investigate the claims against...
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The world of cryptocurrencies just got another huge boost within the online gambling industry. Bitcoin.com, the number one info portal for all things Bitcoin, has had their own casino gaming platform called Bitcoin Games for a while now – it was...
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Japan's bitFlyer Starts Operations In Europe
One of the leading exchange platforms for digital money in Japan, bitFlyer, has propelled on the old continent after receiving a license to work within the European Union. The trade presently supports BTC/EUR transactions, with...
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Not-So-Perfect TEN: The Story Of Atlantic City’s Revel Casino
The complete history of $2.4 billion Revel Casino in New Jersey, which was supposed to revolutionize gambling in Atlantic City, but went belly up.
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See Grand Funk Railroad at Apache Casino Hotel
Guests can enjoy the five-member band's collection of hits on 23 March.
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Macau licensed junket consolidation plateaus: insiders
The aggregate number of Macau licensed gaming promoters, also known as junkets, is not likely to change very much this year, following a period of mergers and shutdowns, several representatives of the sector have told GGRAsia.
Data published on Wednesday by Macau’s casino regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, showed...
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Slotastic Gives Away 50 Free Spins On Fu Chi
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Sands China announces salary increase, bonus to staff
Macau casino operator Sands China Ltd announced on Friday a salary increase and a discretionary bonus for eligible staff. The firm was the first among Macau casino operators to publicly announce a pay rise this year.
The company said in a press release it would increase salaries of employees “of eligible grades” by an average of 2.5...
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Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood announces LHPO winner
Darryll Fish won the Florida casino's Lucky Hearts Poker Open, taking home over $500,000.
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MGM Cotai opening postponed to February: firm
Macau-based gaming operator MGM China Holdings Ltd has delayed the opening of casino resort MGM Cotai (pictured) to February. The firm had previously said the property was scheduled to open on January 29.
“We put out an announcement today indicating that we will not open the doors of MGM Cotai on January 29th,” the company said in a press...
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IP Casino reveals December jackpot winners
The casino awarded several mega jackpots in December, including a $50,000 win.
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Five Years Later, NJ Online Gambling Bill Signed By Chris Christie Is Considered A Success
As the five-year anniversary nears, we look back at the successes for NJ's online gambling bill after it was signed into law by then-Gov. Chris Christie.
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Apache Casino Hotel hosts Queen tribute band
Queen Flash, a six-piece band that has been performing since 2000, will perform at the Oklahoma casino on 2 February.
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Hunterton leaves Melco Resorts, Sisk to oversee CoD Macau
Asian casino operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd announced on Wednesday changes to several key executive positions, including the departure of Macau casino industry veteran Gabriel Hunterton. Mr Hunterton had been appointed property president of casino resort City of Dreams Macau in January last year.
The firm said...
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Landing seeks balanced revenue mix at Jeju Shinhwa World
Management at the Jeju Shinhwa World resort say they want a “50-50” balance of gaming to non-gaming revenue. Currently the recently-launched project doesn’t have a working casino, but hopes to have one soon, subject to approval from the authorities in Jeju, the semi-autonomous South Korean island that plays host to the scheme.
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Slayer to visit Mohegan Sun on final tour
The Grammy-winning heavy metal band will perform at the Connecticut casino on 1 June.
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New Jersey Lawmakers Double Down On Sports Betting With DOJ Letter
A group of 10 NJ lawmakers sent a letter to the DOJ asking the department to uphold their 2011 Wire Act decision that legalized online gambling sites.
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Top 10 Super Bowl viewing parties in Las Vegas
With the Big Game on its way, Sin City is pulling out all the stops to make sure fans have the time of their lives come 4 February.
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Macau authorities declare casino attack drill a success
Emergency and other Macau government workers joined a simulation drill overnight on Monday at the Galaxy Macau casino resort operated by Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. The government said the drill (pictured) had been designed to test the ability of public-sector departments and the local casino industry to coordinate and handle...
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NJ Online Gambling Hits Four Consecutive Years of Growth As Revenue Nears $250M
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released the state's 2017 online gambling revenue numbers and, once again, they surpassed the previous year's.
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Landing looks beyond China for Jeju Shinhwa visitors
Landing International Development Ltd, the promoter of the Jeju Shinhwa World resort on South Korea’s Jeju Island, is working to attract independent travellers from North and Southeast Asia via targeted promotion campaigns, rather than relying on visitors from mainland China, says one of its executives. The management hopes that by...
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As far as credit card conglomerates go, there is none bigger and more significant on the planet than Visa. As an institution reliant chiefly on traditional transactions and fiat currencies, it doesn't come as a big surprise that,...