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By Alexander Palmer

Ocean Resort Moves Forward with Online Casino Offering

July 13, 2018

The past month has been a very busy one for Atlantic City. About a fortnight ago, Hard Rock and Ocean Resorts opened their doors to customers and this was followed shortly by an online offering from Hard Rock. The tremendous expansion of gambling options in the Garden State does not seem to have ended though […]

By Ameana Jones

Casino Workers to Receive Sexual Harassment Panic Buttons

July 9, 2018

Two of the largest casinos in Las Vegas, Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International, will soon be issuing its housekeepers, cocktail waitresses as well as other employees with panic buttons that will allow them to call for help in case they experience sexual harassment or abuse while on the job. This move follows the July […]

By Elaine West

Hard Rock Casino Debuts Online Casino Days After Reopening

July 6, 2018

New Jersey’s gambling industry is just starting to get back on track especially with the reopening of two new casinos in the last week. Hard Rock and Ocean Resorts casinos both went live in massive grand openings a little over a week ago and while they have certainly begun to return Atlantic City to its […]

By Alexander Palmer

Atlantic City’s Ocean Resort Casino Granted Gambling License

June 22, 2018

With a little less than a week till its June 28 grand opening and after two days of testimony, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission has finally approved Ocean Resort Casino’s application for a gambling license. The hearing took two days and featured Bruce Deifik, the owner of the former Revel Casino, giving a close […]

By Ameana Jones

Ocean Resorts Gets Special Hearing for Casino License

June 18, 2018

With just less than a week before the former Revel Casino reopens its doors as Ocean Resort Casino, the operator’s management is already taking the necessary steps to make sure everything goes according to plan. The casino has also been granted a June 20 hearing that if goes well will see to it that it […]

By Ameana Jones

Culinary Union Reaches Tentative Deal with MGM Resorts

June 4, 2018

Following threats of a strike and two days after the contracts of thousands of casino workers expired, the Las Vegas culinary union negotiators have today announced that they have arrived at a tentative 5-year deal with MGM Resorts International. The contract caters for about 24,000 workers at 10 different casino resorts sites on the Las […]

By Ameana Jones

South Australia Expecting Boom Thanks to Casino Expansion

May 21, 2018

Steven Marshall, South Australia’s Premier, has just announced some development plans for the Adelaide Casino expansion – this will begin in June with a AU$330 million budget and once complete, in 2020, will create up to 800 ongoing jobs. The construction work which will begin next month will create about 1,000 jobs. “It’s going to […]

By Tomas Medon

Rockets’ Tilman Fertitta-Owned Casino Pays out Warriors Bets

May 14, 2018

The Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets are set to face off in the 2018 Western Conference Finals on Monday, but if you placed your bet on the Warriors to win at the Golden Nugget casino in Las Vegas you have already won and you can go ahead and cash out. According to ESPN.com’s […]

By Alexander Palmer

Hard Rock Approved for Atlantic City, NJ Casino License

May 11, 2018

Hard Rock casino is back on scheduled to go live on June 28 following the approval of the operator’s casino license by New Jersey gaming regulators. The approval of the license by the state’s Casino Control Commission will see the global gambling, hotel, and entertainment company reopen the former Trump Taj Mahal. The move is […]

By Tomas Medon

Wynn Resorts to Drop ‘Wynn’ Name from Boston Casino

April 30, 2018

Following sexual abuse allegations filed against Steve Wynn, its founder, and former CEO, Wynn Resorts Ltd. on Friday proposed that its planned $2.5 billion Boston, Massachusetts casino be renamed to Encore Boston Harbor. The announcement was made by Matt Maddox, the company’s current CEO at a hearing before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Maddox has always […]