Renovations and a transformation will see the venue emerge as the Virgin Hotel In April of last year, Sir Richard Branson purchased the iconic Hard Rock Café hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Excited with his new toy, he began putting in motion plans to convert it into what will certainly be something even bigger, the […]

A buyout may be the only way Resorts World Catskills can avoid crashing The largest upstate casino in New York is not having a good year. Empire Resorts, the parent company of Resorts World Catskills (RWC), is seeing a lot of red and the casino reported a net loss of $36 million – just in the […]

The Las Vegas casino guard had been accused of raping a casino patron in 2017 Robert Laws is a free man, although he had to suffer two years of hell to receive his freedom. The former casino security guard had been accused of rape and kidnapping stemming from an incident in 2017, but has now been […]

The case dates back to a gang fight from 2011 Almost everyone had forgotten about the fight in a Northern Nevada casino eight years ago between rival gangs. Everyone, that is, except for Jeffrey Pettigrew’s friends and family. The “godfather” of a Hells Angels chapter out of San Jose, CA was gunned down by Ernest Manuel Gonzalez […]

Almost all of the state’s gambling houses are doing better each month Ohio is one of the many states that accepts gambling as a means to improve its economy. It seems to be working so far, as the local market saw its gross gaming revenue (GGR) increase by 2.3% last month compared to July 2018. They took […]

The Foxwoods blackjack dealer was busted for helping players A former blackjack dealer who was busted in 2016 for helping at least one casino patron pocket more than she should have has finally had her day in court. Despite having ripped the casino off for $18,000, Alysia OLeary won’t be spending any time behind bars. Others have […]

The group includes former employees of the casino A ragtag group of employees at the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming property in Florida wanted to earn some extra money. They put their heads together and came up with a plan that makes the scheme from Office Space seem brilliant. They tampered with video slot machines in order to […]

The newly approved casino expansion in Arkansas is seeing life Arkansas voters have approved more gambling for the state, with four new casinos authorized. Two are up and running and the fate of another is still up in the air. While relationships are massaged to try and seek approval for that venue, the fourth is […]

The losses were worse than analysts had expected Revenue in the second quarter of the year for Caesars Entertainment increased to $2.22 billion from $2.12 billion a year earlier, but the 4.9% rise wasn’t enough to settle the company’s financial woes. The casino operator has reported an adjusted loss of $0.06 a share, twice what had […]

The Gateway property is looking for ways to cut expenses and has already let go more than 100 employees Over the past couple of weeks, Casino Rama Resort in Ontario has been letting workers go. The Gateway Casinos and Entertainment-operated property, like many others owned by the company, is facing difficult economic times and needs to […]

The crook has been on the run for almost a month A man who robbed a gambler in a violent attack almost a month ago is now behind bars. Oscar Glover has been looking over his shoulder since July 1, when he robbed a gambler after a successful night at the poker tables at Harrah’s Missouri. He […]

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office has filed charges against the former slot technician A former slot machine tech for MGM Springfield had a good racket going. Instead of taking care of the machines, he was taking care of himself, ultimately staling around $22,000 from the Massachusetts casino. This is according to Maura Healey, the Massachusetts […]

The Strip has seen its casino win increase by 18% Las Vegas has had to contend with a growing gambling market in the US that is becoming increasingly more competitive. As a result, domestic gambling in the gaming mecca has faltered somewhat from previous years, but June saw a decent turnaround, according to the Nevada […]

The men had attempted to pass a fake bill at a gas station before heading to the gambling house Two Las Vegas men will be spending time behind bars in Texas learning how to perfect their craft. Vincent Matlock and James Guerrie were picked up by police at a casino in Mesquite last Friday and […]

Ken Strauss needs help. He made that painfully obvious during the recent WSOP series of tournaments, when he jumped on a poker table, stripped off his clothes and decided to flash anyone whose eyes glanced up from their cards. If that weren’t enough to get the requisite 15 minutes of fame, Strauss has decided to […]