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Casino operator Station Casinos has now decided to keep two North Las Vegas properties shut down for an extended period of time. The company will ask the City Council in the region to approve licensing changes for the Fiesta Rancho and Texas Station. Both casinos closed back in March when the state ordered non-essential ...
In New Jersey and American casino operator MGM Resorts International has reportedly postponed the re-opening of its Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa after the eastern state opted to institute interim indoor smoking, dining and drinking bans. According to a Monday report from the Associated Press news service published by USA Today, the 2,767-room property ...
In Singapore and the casinos within the Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands facilities will reportedly partially re-open for business from Wednesday after being temporarily shuttered on April 7 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a Sunday report from Inside Asian Gaming, the two venues were allowed to begin welcoming visitors ...
The ten riverboat casinos in the American state of Illinois are reportedly set to re-open from Wednesday morning after being temporarily shuttered some 15 weeks ago owing to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a Thursday report from the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, the decision from Illinois Governor Jay Robert Pritzker (pictured) comes some two weeks ...
Operating at 50 percent capacity and with safety measures based on guidelines from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) in place, Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono reopened on Monday, June 22 after being shut down for over three months due to the coronavirus ...
Following many weeks of wait and the nine casinos in Atlantic City have reportedly been told that they will be allowed to emerge from their coronavirus-induced lockdowns from July 2 so long as they agree to keep capacity at below 25%. According to a report from The Associated Press news service published by ABC ...
Asian casino operator Genting Malaysia Berhad has reportedly announced that it will be partially resuming gambling entertainment within its Resorts World Genting development from tomorrow following an over 13-week coronavirus-related shutdown. According to a report from GGRAsia, the Kuala Lumpur-listed firm detailed that members of its Genting Rewards loyalty scheme will be able to ...
The American Gaming Association has provided their yearly State of the States report, showing that the United States commercial casino gaming industry earned $43.6 billion last year. This was a solid 3.7% increase from 2018. As the report was released, analysts couldn’t help to consider the Covid-19 pandemic and how the 2020 report will ...
After being shut-down since March 16 due to Covid-19 prevention measures, Melco Resorts & Entertainment subsidiary Cyprus Casinos (C2) will reportedly reopen four of its five casinos on the Mediterranean island from Saturday, June 13, 2020. Melco’s four satellite casinos, C2 Ayia Napa, C2 Nicosia, C2 Paphos, as well as C2 Limassol, the temporary ...
In the United Kingdom, three Genting Casino properties, Torquay, Bristol and possibly Margate, are expected to remain closed when COVID-19 operating restrictions are lifted as the company continues to deal with “unprecedented challenges” caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, widespread job losses are expected across all 32 of the operator’s UK venues. The arm ...
Two casinos have already reopened in the state of Pennsylvania and one is set to reopen this Friday, as restrictions are loosened after the outbreak of Covid-19. As a few gaming venues get back to work, it is still unclear as to when the remaining casinos will be allowed to reopen, including the Mount ...
Detroit’s trio of commercial casinos are one step closer to reopening after on Monday, June 8, 2020, the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) approved a list of “minimum reopening guidelines” to be implemented when the governor issues an order allowing that to happen. The guidelines include: Limit of 15 percent the legal capacity at ...
In New Zealand and local casino operator SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited has announced that its trio of gambling-friendly facilities have been fully re-opened with no coronavirus-related social distancing protocols. The Wellington and Sydney-listed firm used an official filing to detail that it made the move after the government of New Zealand lowered its four-tier ...
The almost twelve-week coronavirus-related shuttering of casinos in Nevada ended early on Thursday morning with the re-opening venues along the world-famous Las Vegas Strip reportedly being met by ‘long lines and packed flights’ of gamblers. According to a Friday report from Yahoo! Finance, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak ordered every one of the 442 commercial ...
Casinos in England can begin reopening on July 4th, according to information provided by the Betting and Gaming Council. The group stated this week that land-based casino operators in the country can get back to work, after more than three months of being shut down due to the coronavirus. Moving Ahead: In May, the ...
The Switzerland National Council announced this week that casinos will be allowed to reopen starting on June 6. The casinos in the country had been shut down for over two months due to the coronavirus pandemic. As the situation is improving, the venues are now being allowed to get back to work. Regulation Changes: ...
France has reportedly become the latest European nation to begin allowing its casinos to re-open following an eleven-week shutdown at the hands of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report from iGamingBusiness.com, France is home to around 200 casinos that will be permitted to begin welcoming gamblers again from later today so long as ...
Casinos in New Jersey that have been shut down since mid-March amidst the coronavirus pandemic may reopen as soon as July 4th, according to Governor Phil Murphy. The governor spoke on Sunday with WOND-AM 1400 and commented on tentative plans to reopen. Potential for Reopening: The governor was on the AC Mike Show on ...
Casino software developer Triple Cherry has announced that its premium video slots are now live at Betmotion! and BigBola online casinos. The two Latin American virtual casinos will now be able to offer their players a complete selection of high-quality games, all of which have a broad range of themes, giving them an array ...
The many tribal casinos in the American state of Minnesota are reportedly starting to re-open after being forced to close from mid-March as part of a campaign to stop the spread of a coronavirus strain that has so far killed some 850 locals. According to a report from the Star Tribune newspaper, the rural ...
As Memorial Day weekend kicked off on Friday, Nevada Governor, Steve Sisolak, announced that casinos would reopen on June 4, providing that the number of COVID-19 cases did not spike over the holiday. Casino resorts have been shut down in the region since mid-March due to the coronavirus outbreak. The result was a large ...
West Virginia’s five licensed casinos have been given the green light to reopen on June 5, while limited video lottery retailers could restart Saturday, May 30, according to a Monday announcement from the eastern U.S. state’s Governor Jim Justice. In addition to the gaming facilities, Justice also included a list of other businesses highlighted ...
American casino operator Century Casinos Incorporated has announced the signing of an agreement that is due to give British sportsbetting giant Bet365 access to the nascent online sports wagering market of Colorado. The Colorado Springs-headquartered firm used an official Tuesday press release to detail that the ten-year arrangement will allow Bet365 to operate an ...
On Monday, Station Casinos revealed their new health and safety protocols for reopening their venues in Nevada. Measures to be put in place include testing employees for the coronavirus as well as enhancing cleaning technologies on-site along with using thermal scanners. In the news release, President of Station Casinos Richard Haskins said that they ...
South Korean casino operator Paradise Company Limited has reportedly announced that its four domestic venues have just been re-opened after being temporarily shuttered last month in response to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report from GGRAsia, the Seoul-listed firm is responsible for hotel-based casinos in the cities of Seoul, Jeju and Busan as ...
