Cambodian PM Orders Nationwide Casino Shutdown amid Covid-19 Pandemic

Cambodian PM Orders Nationwide Casino Shutdown amid Covid-19 Pandemic

by March 30, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen today ordered the nationwide closure of casinos as the tally of coronavirus cases keeps climbing in the Southeast Asian nation.The country reported four new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of infected people to 107.On ...

Detroit Casinos Extend Coronavirus Shutdown, Stop Paychecks for Workers

Detroit Casinos Extend Coronavirus Shutdown, Stop Paychecks for Workers

by March 30, 2020

Thousands of workers at Detroit’s three casinos will have their pay stopped as the properties have extended their shutdown amid the raging coronavirus pandemic.MGM Grand Detroit, Greektown Casino, and MotorCity Casino will now remain closed until at least April 13.The t ...

Osaka Pushes End of Casino RFP Process to Later Date

Osaka Pushes End of Casino RFP Process to Later Date

by March 30, 2020

Japan’s Osaka prefecture has pushed back the end of its request-for-proposal (RFP) process, an important phase in its effort to win the right to host one of the country’s first casino resorts, by three months.News emerged this past Friday that the prefecture will now close t ...

GVC Strengthens Gambling Safeguards as Customers Self-Isolate amid Covid-19 Pandemic

GVC Strengthens Gambling Safeguards as Customers Self-Isolate amid Covid-19 Pandemic

by March 29, 2020

Multi-brand gambling group GVC Holdings on Friday announced that it would implement a set of practices to strengthen its responsible gambling safeguards amid the coronavirus pandemic.GVC’s Friday announcement came just hours after the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), the in ...

Caesars Announced Mass Layoffs Days Before Coronavirus Casino Closures

Caesars Announced Mass Layoffs Days Before Coronavirus Casino Closures

by March 29, 2020

Caesars Entertainment Corp. informed the Nevada employment department that it would lay off thousands of casino workers in the face of the coronavirus crisis just days before it was forced to close its properties in the state, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.In a letter to ...

Penn National Sells Tropicana Las Vegas, Furloughs 26,000 Workers to Mitigate Covid-19 Impact

Penn National Sells Tropicana Las Vegas, Furloughs 26,000 Workers to Mitigate Covid-19 Impact

by March 28, 2020

Casino operator Penn National Gaming announced on Friday the sale of Tropicana Las Vegas to its real estate investment trust Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. to keep the business healthy amid the unfolding coronavirus crisis.Penn National confirmed the sale of the Strip ho ...

Delays, Coronavirus Disruptions Could Derail Caesars-Eldorado Merger

Delays, Coronavirus Disruptions Could Derail Caesars-Eldorado Merger

by March 28, 2020

As the coronavirus rages on around the US, and the rest of the world, fears that the highly contagious virus might derail what could be the largest casino industry merger are rising by the day.When Eldorado Resorts, a Reno, Nevada-based regional casino operator, announced it ...

GAN Partners Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians to Enter Michigan’s Nascent Online Gambling Market

GAN Partners Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians to Enter Michigan’s Nascent Online Gambling Market

by March 27, 2020

Provider of online gambling software GAN today announced that it is set enter another state as part of its strategy to grow its regulated presence across the United States.The European company said today that under a recently signed partnership with the Sault Tribe Chippewa I ...

Flutter-Stars Marriage to Go Ahead Despite Covid-19 Disruptions; Irish Group Drops Dividend Plan

Flutter-Stars Marriage to Go Ahead Despite Covid-19 Disruptions; Irish Group Drops Dividend Plan

by March 27, 2020

Gambling operator Flutter Entertainment has scrapped cash dividend plans to keep finances at hand for its £10-plus-billion merger with Canadian gaming and sports betting powerhouse The Stars Group.Flutter said Friday that as a result from the unfolding Covid-19 crisis, the c ...

Nevada Gambling Regulator Permits Betting on CS:GO as Coronavirus Cancels Traditional Sports

Nevada Gambling Regulator Permits Betting on CS:GO as Coronavirus Cancels Traditional Sports

by March 27, 2020

With literally no traditional sports left to bet on amid the unfolding global coronavirus crisis, the Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday came to the rescue of locally licensed sportsbooks.The regulatory body approved wagering on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s ESL P ...

Atlantic City Casinos Announce Mass Layoffs amid Coronavirus Crisis

Atlantic City Casinos Announce Mass Layoffs amid Coronavirus Crisis

by March 27, 2020

Almost all of Atlantic City’s nine casinos have furloughed their workers as the economic fallout from the dangerous coronavirus continues to reverberate across the United States and the rest of the world.Most of the gambling venues located along Atlantic City’s famous Boardw ...

William Hill Incoming CFO Decides Against Joining Bookmaker Citing Covid-19 Uncertainty

William Hill Incoming CFO Decides Against Joining Bookmaker Citing Covid-19 Uncertainty

by March 26, 2020

William Hill’s incoming Chief Finance Officer has made a sudden u-turn informing its new employer that he has decided to keep his current CFO role at international packaging company DS Smith due to ongoing market uncertainty stemming from the global coronavirus crisis.The Br ...

Eldorado Must Pay Caesars $2.3 Million in Ticking Fees as Tie-Up Misses Deadline

Eldorado Must Pay Caesars $2.3 Million in Ticking Fees as Tie-Up Misses Deadline

by March 26, 2020

Eldorado Resorts must start paying Caesars Entertainment Corp. nearly $2.3 million in daily ticking fees after failing to complete its planned tie-up with the Las Vegas casino and hospitality powerhouse before a previously set deadline.After months of negotiations, the transa ...

Wind Creek Bethlehem Worker Sues Casino over Minimum Wage Violations

Wind Creek Bethlehem Worker Sues Casino over Minimum Wage Violations

by March 26, 2020

A former Wind Creek Bethlehem employee has filed a class-action lawsuit against the casino, claiming that it paid him and other tipped employee below the minimum wage required under state and federal law.Jacob Bartakovits filed his complaint in the US District Court of the E ...

Bozhkov-Owned Bookmaker Eurofootball Ordered to Close Shop over Unpaid Taxes

Bozhkov-Owned Bookmaker Eurofootball Ordered to Close Shop over Unpaid Taxes

by March 26, 2020

The Bulgarian State Gambling Commission temporarily suspended the operating license of Bulgarian bookmaker Eurofootball (Еврофутбол) at a Wednesday meeting, saying that the operator had for years failed to pay proper taxes to the country.Eurofootball was the first private bo ...