Macao, the most lucrative casino gaming market in the world since 2006, is taking a page from an old Strip playbook.
Richard N. Velotta
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Richard N. “Rick” Velotta has covered business, the gaming industry, tourism, transportation and aviation in Las Vegas for 25 years. A former reporter and editor with the Las Vegas Sun, the Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff and the Aurora (Colo.) Sun, Velotta is a graduate of Northern Arizona University where he won the school’s top journalism honor. He became the Review-Journal's assistant business editor in September 2018.
While the Bally’s deal with Gaming and Leisure Properties could close next month, the company isn’t expecting to make any improvements on the resort for at least a year.
Massachusetts Gaming Commission announced plans for roundtable meetings with existing casino licensees one day after Gov. Charlie Baker signed sports-betting legislation into law.
The nation’s more than 460 commercial casinos are on a pace to break the all-time annual revenue record of $53 billion set in 2021.
Under the agreement reviewed by the Gaming Control Board, daily fantasy sports company FanDuel would be branded in Boyd Gaming’s Fremont sportsbook.
A request by the Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club to operate 12 bar-top poker machines has been delayed by the Clark County Commission.
Despite a strong quarter for Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Boston Harbor, results from three resorts in Macao continue to be a drag on the resort company’s earnings.
The two-month, $597.6 million project is expected to take two years, starts in March after ConExpo-ConAg and includes six time frames when there will be no work done.
Although Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker hasn’t signed a sports-betting bill passed by lawmakers Monday, the state’s Gaming Commission has started the regulatory process.
Champion Painting Specialty Services Corp. has worked on the George Washington and Verrazano Narrows bridges in New York and two stadiums in Miami.
Analysts aren’t convinced there will be a tourism and revenue rebound anytime soon even though casinos have reopened and some restrictions are being lifted Tuesday.
The installation of concrete bollards near the Southwest Airlines ticket counter at Harry Reid International Airport will lead to some traffic snags for passengers.
Gaming & Leisure Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust affiliated with Penn National Gaming, operators of the Tropicana, reported higher revenue and net income.
There was a noticeable rise in midweek hotel occupancy in June, thanks to convention attendance, but levels still haven’t reached where it was before COVID-19 struck.
The Las Vegas Strip dominated June’s gaming win numbers with more than 57 percent of the state’s total win from slot machines, table games and sports bets.
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