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Hard Rock Atlantic City Plans 200 Live Music Shows a Year
200 live shows a year would provide many full-time jobs at Hard Rock’s concert hall for Atlantic City residents. Hard Rock Atlantic City Casino plans to make live music a huge part of its draw. Hard Rock International, which is opening its Atlantic City casino...
Parx Casino Places 4th Pennsylvania Mini-Casino in Cumberland County
Pennsylvania passed a satellite casino bill in October 2017. Parx Casino gained the fourth mini-casino location this week, after the Las Vegas Sands choice of Mercer County in Western Pennsylvania was invalidated. Parx Casino chose a general location along Interstate...
Atlantic City Casinos and CCC Announce April 19 Jobs Fair
Ocean Resorts Casino and Hard Rock Atlantic City plan to add most of the 1500 jobs. The New Jersey Casino Control Commission, the American Legion, and the state Parole Board are co-hosting a jobs fair on April 19 for potential casino worker. Saying the casinos...
Massachusetts Bill Would Legalize Daily Fantasy Sports
Boston is home to DraftKings, the biggest daily fantasy sports site in the United States. After two years of debate by lawmakers, Massachusetts State Sen. Eileen Donoghue introduced a bill this week which would legalize daily fantasy sports in the commonwealth. DFS...
Mystic River’s Casino Footbridge Criticized by Residents
The Mystic River footbridge would connect Wynn Boston Harbor with the City of Somerville. Massachusetts state officials approved preliminary designs for a 780-ft footbridge which would connect Assembly Square in Somerville with the Wynn Boston Harbor, across the...
NBA’s Adam Silver Proposes 1% Integrity Fee on Sports Betting
Adam Silver has supported legal sports betting since 2014, but only if the NBA receives a cut of the revenues. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said at a press conference Satruday his basketball league should receive a royalty from sportsbooks, if the Supreme Court...
Tropicana Hotel Fire Linked to Customer’s Meth Lab
Michael Pillar’s meth lab caused an evacuation of the hotel’s 44th floor. Michael Pillar has been taken in to custody by police for setting up a methamphetamine lab in a room in the Tropicana Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. Casino staff and police alike...
Hostage Situation at Argosy Casino in Riverside Ends without Harm
Bobby Jo Dennison later denied having taken a hostage, despite being caught in the hotel room after a 9-hour standoff. A Kansas City man threatened to cut a woman’s throat during a hostage situation at the Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa on Thursday night....
US Senator Writes ESRB about Video Game Loot Boxes
Loot box legislation is now being pushed at the state and federal levels of government in the United States. U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) wrote a letter to Patricia Vance, the head of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), asking the ESRB to do a...
Pennsylvania GCB’s Casino Licensing Begins on April 2
Online vendor licensing begins in April and end in July, with rollout expected by October or November 2018. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced it would begin accepting casino license applications on April 2, 2018. The PGCB continues to fine-tune regulations...
