Casino workers across the country are calling on the gambling industry to pay its laid-off workers their full salary and benefits for the duration of coronavirus shutdowns. In an online conference Thursday, casino workers and […]
After being ignored by the Small Business Administration over concerns that small gaming companies were precluded from sharing in $349 billion in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loans, the American Gaming Association Wednesday took the matter […]
Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) today announced it is taking additional measures to mitigate the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in the closure of all of the Company’s properties in mid-March. Due […]
A relief fund for furloughed MGM Resorts International employees has reached $11 million following donations from some of the casino company’s high-profile entertainers. In a statement Wednesday, the company said more than a dozen of […]
Little Caesars, the global family-owned pizza chain that recently announced contactless delivery and carry-out, will donate and deliver a million pizzas to healthcare workers and first responders across the country over the coming weeks. The […]
PlaySugarHouse.com is among the first sportsbooks in the U.S. to drop the flag on virtual NASCAR races. The sportsbook has been approved by New Jersey regulators to offer betting on the 2020 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. New Jersey players will […]
Twin River Casino Hotel in Lincoln, Rhode Island is serving as a drive-through site for the rapid COVID-19 tests. According to Marc Crisafulli, Executive Vice President of Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (TRWH) and President of […]
By Howard Stutz, Executive Editor, CDC Gaming Reports Even if the gaming industry were to receive an “all clear” notice tomorrow to reopen casinos and resorts closed by the coronavirus pandemic, there wouldn’t be throngs […]
Wynn Resorts said in a securities filing Tuesday it is spending roughly $3.5 million a day to pay its 15,000 employees salary and benefits through May 15. The company, whose properties in Las Vegas and […]
Howard Stutz, CDC Gaming Reports – The stock markets had one of their best days in the past few weeks on Monday, giving shares in the gaming sector a very welcome lift. The coronavirus pandemic […]
Playport’s innovative technology provides alternatives for tribal casinos to continue to offer players games they love to play Playport Gaming Systems, LLC announced today Games-2-Go, a new and innovative solution to offer tribal casinos the […]
By Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press The unthinkable, at least for sports fans, already has happened. The games, as we know them, are shut down. We’ll never know if San Diego State was a Final Four contender […]
Nevada’s private sector task force raised more than $10 million in the past week to assist community organizations throughout the state in dealing with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The monetary contributions from some of Nevada’s […]
Caesars Entertainment said late Thursday it furloughed 90% of its total workforce, including property-level employees and corporate staff. The Las Vegas-based company’s entire casino portfolio of 53 properties in 14 states is shut down due […]
Wynn Resorts (Nasdaq: WYNN), the world’s leading resort company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, announced today that the Company will extend paying all salaried, hourly and part-time employees through May 15, for a total of […]
Multinational slot company International Game Technology on Wednesday became the latest gaming manufacturer to furlough employees as the company deals with the nationwide casino closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a brief statement, IGT […]
With Nevada’s casino industry officially out of business for all of April, the governor wants President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster for the state due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Governor Steve Sisolak […]
Gaming equipment giant Scientific Games said Monday it was furloughing an undisclosed number of employees, reducing pay and work hours for others, and slicing the salaries of executive leadership by 50%. In a statement, company […]
Gaming Arts, LLC (“Gaming Arts” or “the Company”), an end-to-end gaming equipment and technology supplier today announced the appointment of Matthew Heyerdahl as the Company’s new Chief Accounting Officer and Director of Finance. Heyerdahl will report […]
For many casino industry employees, Tuesday might be their last day with a paycheck for the foreseeable future. Industry leaders and congressional representatives hope that won’t be the case following last week’s signing of the […]
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