Millions of people head onto the casino floor each day in search of excitement, camaraderie and the opportunity to earn a fortune. Many fall short in their quest to seize a profit, but there have been some remarkable stories of players cleaning out casinos over the years. These are five of the most fascinating stories from the casino floor: Elmer Sherwin Cashes in at The Mirage World War II veteran Elmer Sherwin was among the first customers when The Mirage flung open its doors in 1989. The 76-year-old retiree was travelling around the US in a mobile home with his…

Fans of the MGM Resorts may be interested to know that the Aria casino reopen has been scheduled for Independence Day! A company spokesperson said that acting CEO Bill Hornbuckle made the announcement during interviews after reopening the Bellagio last week. Thermal checks, face masks and social distancing reminders were spread across the Bellagio, and Hornbuckle said some of the new standards, such as using QR codes and mobile devices to check in, are here to stay, Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. MGM will “take a deep breath” before continuing to roll out its remaining four Las Vegas properties — Park…

It will take a constitutional amendment to get California sports betting, and a Senate Committee in the state has now taken a step in that direction. A bill passed the committee by a partisan vote of 9-3 vote, with all Democrats voting for the bill and all Republicans voting against. Now the bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, with a hearing scheduled for next week on 9 June. The bill sets out plans to allow for a statewide referendum on the sports betting, which would have to be backed by two-thirds of voters before it could…

MGM Resorts has announced that their Excalibur Casino reopens next Thursday on June the 11th, a full week after other properties on the Las Vegas Strip began welcoming guests back. Those casinos included MGM sites Bellagio, New York-New York, and the MGM Grand. All MGM casinos, along with other properties that have reopened, have strict health and safety guidelines in place as well as measures to ensure social distancing on the gaming floors. Read more on how and when the Excalibur Casino reopens at Yogo Net.

Everyone is excited for the Las Vegas reopen and to see things get (somewhat) back to normal. But what most people don’t know is the scary little secret about how returning visitors could have their whole vacation ruined before it even begins. The Nevada Gaming Control Board has added a new requirement to casinos reopen plans that might have you thinking twice about heading to Sin City. That requirements includes an order that casinos provide a “holding area” for people who aren’t not cleared to check in to a hotel by the health screening process. People who have probably flown…

The wait is finally over for Las Vegas casino openings! Here is a (mostly) complete list of which properties on the Strip, off the Strip and on Fremont Street will be welcoming customers this week: Strip Casinos Opening June 4th: Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Circus Circus, Cosmopolitan, Encore, Flamingo, MGM Grand, New York-New York, Palazzo, Sahara, The Strat, Treasure Island, Venetian and Wynn. Strip Casinos Opening June 5th: Harrah’s Strip Casinos Not Yet Scheduled for Opening: Aria, Bally’s, Cromwell, Excalibur, Linq, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, Mirage, Paris, Planet Hollywood, and Park MGM. Fremont Street Casinos Opening June 4th: Binion’s, California Casino, The D, Downtown…

While the big name casinos get most of the attention in Sin City, the world famous Fremont Street Experience reopens on June 3rd… a full day ahead of Vegas Strip properties. Visitors will be able to walk beneath the famous canopy beginning at 9 that morning, more than two months after COVID-19 shut down the city. The street performers and retail shops should follow shortly. The Fremont Street Viva Vision canopy is 1,500 feet long and 90 feet wide… suspended nearly 100 feet above the street itself… will display a 144-hour countdown to the moment casinos reopen on June 4….

The Democratic Chairman of Atlantic County, Michael Suleiman, has challenged the Governor of New Jersey to reopen Atlantic City casinos safely by the July 4th holiday. The July 4 weekend precedes the July 7 Democratic primary, which in Atlantic County features a fiercely contests race for Congress. “The Atlantic City metro area saw a stunning 32% decline in employment, and we run the real risk of having one or more casinos stay shuttered if the casinos can’t capitalize on Fourth of July weekend, which would result in thousands of middle-class and working-class residents losing their jobs,” Suleiman said. He continued…