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Nevada Casino Regulators Planning Sexual Harassment Regulations
Becky Harris said Nevada casino operators have been supportive of the prospective sexual harassment policies. The Nevada Gaming Control Board plans to unveil statewide sexual harassment regulations in the coming weeks, as most casino companies have agreed that...
Scientific Games Fined $315 Million in Antitrust Lawsuit
Scientific Games is easily overlooked, but the company’s gaming equipment and logos are seemingly ubiquitous in the US gaming market. A Chicago court fined US lottery giant Scientific Games $315 million for what it considered a frivolous patent lawsuit. The...
Mount Airy Casino Signs Online Gaming Deal with Stars Group
Mount Airy Casino is located north of Philadelphia in northeast Pennsylvania, near the border with New York State. Mount Airy Casino in Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania signed a deal with The Stars Group on Friday to allow PokerStars to offer online poker, casino gaming,...
Las Vegas Performers Have ‘No Cellphone’ Policy at Shows
Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart each pointed out that comedians’ material is useless if the fans see the same material online. The latest trend with Las Vegas Strip performers is to collect smartphones at the door, so audience members do not interrupt live...
Stockton University Buys Atlantic Club to House Classes
The Atlantic Club had several names over the years, including Steve Wynn’s Golden Nugget Atlantic City, Bally’s, and Hilton AC. Stockton University received approval from its board of trustees to purchase the former Atlantic Club Casino Hotel and house...
How a Security Guard Beat McDonald’s Monopoly Prize Game
Jerome Jacobson’s 6-year crime spree was ended by the FBI’s Operation: Final Answer sting operation. Most people have heard of the McDonald’s Monopoly Game. In fact, a big percentage of Americans have played the McDonald’s Monopoly Game...
Ex-Harrah’s CEO Phil Satre to Be Wynn Resorts Vice-Chairman
The relatable Phil Satre is known to write opinion pieces in Nevada newspapers. Wynn Resorts named former Harrah’s Entertainment executive Phil Satre as its vice-chairman, in a move which is being characterized as a peace offering to Elaine Wynn. Elaine Wynn...
Atlantic City Casinos Employ Over 30,000 People in July
Hard Rock AC (pictured) employs over 4300 and Ocean Resort Casino employees over 3,800. For the first time since 2014, Atlantic City casinos are employing over 30,000 workers. One would have to go back to the August 2014, before Showboat and Trump Plaza closed,...
Culinary Union Agrees to Contract with SLS, Downtown Grand
Five more casinos and 2,400 union workers still do not have a new collective bargaining agreement. Downtown Grand and SLS Las Vegas became the latest Las Vegas casinos to reach 5-year labor deals with the Culinary Union, a 50,000-member strong workers union in...
Colorado AG Coffman Gives Opinion on Sports Betting Laws
Colorado lawmakers could pass a law without a constitutional amendment or statewide vote. Cynthia Coffman, the Colorado Attorney General, said it will take a change in her state’s laws to legalize sports betting. Coffman added that Colorado’s legislature...
