NHL, MLS Join List of Leagues Suspending Play Due to Coronavirus
Both the NHL and MLS announced that they would be suspending play on Thursday because of the coronavirus pandemic. The move adds to the growing list of professional sports leagues…
Melco Must Turn Over Documents to Crown Suitability Investigation
Lawrence Ho’s Melco Resorts has lost its bid to keep private company documents out of reach of an unprecedented official investigation by the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW)…
Utah Lawmakers Pass ‘Fringe Gambling’ Bill in Effort to Outlaw Machines
Utah legislators overwhelmingly passed a bill designed to get rid of “fringe gambling,” a term used to describe machines that attempt to skirt laws against games of chance in the…
Harvey Weinstein Odds Correctly Predict Lengthy Sentence, Appeal Next
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison Wednesday for raping an actress in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on his former assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 at…
Concord Card Casinos Bankruptcy Over €600 Million Tax Bill
Austria’s 12 Concord Card Casinos have been shut down forever, according to their owner, Peter Zanoni, whose CCC Gruppe filed for bankruptcy this week under the weight of a €600…
Former Players Championship Winners Underdogs at TPC Sawgrass
The Players Championship, the PGA Tour’s marquee event and so-called “fifth major,” tees off tomorrow at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Defending champion and world No. 1 Rory…
MGP, Other Gaming REITs Hit by Virus, Portfolio Diversity Matters
Gaming real estate investment trusts (REITs), including MGM Growth Properties (NYSE:MGP), are experiencing sharp share price declines alongside their operator tenants ecause of the spreading of the coronavirus throughout the…
Oklahoma Gov. Plan to Put Casino Payments in Escrow is Illegal: State AG
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) doesn’t want to spend casino revenue-share payments on education. That’s because he believes the amount of money the state’s tribal operators should pay into the…
COVID-19 Is Pandemic, Impact on Gaming Properties, Conventions
The increasing number of coronavirus cases worldwide has led to the World Health Organization declaring the illness a pandemic Wednesday. That news came as a woman who was a guest…
Coronavirus Has No Party Affiliation, but Helping Joe Biden 2020 Odds
The COVID-19 novel coronavirus shouldn’t be a political weapon, but the deadly disease is certainly helping former Vice President Joe Biden’s odds of winning the 2020 election. Joe Biden has…