How great is the danger to public health? Should Las Vegas reopen before it’s impossible to recover? The governor says things should stay closed, but the mayor believes it’s time to get Sin City up and running again. Carolyn Goodman, Las Vegas mayor, said that the non-essential business closures in the state are “total insanity” during a weekly City Council meeting. “I am asking: Open the city. Open Clark County. Open the state,” Goodman said. “For heaven’s sake, being closed is killing us already, and killing Las Vegas, our industry, our convention and tourism business that we have all worked…

We have a love-hate relationship with the owner and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands… and most of the time it’s more ‘hate’. But during this pandemic crisis we must admit that the Sheldon Adelson Coronavirus help has been more than any other corporation in Las Vegas… or America, for that matter. He has paid more of his employees more money than most… and now this. Mr. Adelson’s private plane delivered a donation of two million surgical masks recently. His plane first stopped in Albany, New York, where it delivered 500 boxes holding one million masks from China for health…

As well all wait for the Coronavirus to subside and our lives to return to (somewhat) normal, you may be wondering how casinos may change one the pandemic is over. Certainly, things will be different… some for the short term and some much longer. But not all of the changes possible will be negative. The days of buffets and large production shows are probably over, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be entertainment. It just won’t be on the scale that it used to be, which could mean big troubles for Cirque du Soleil and others. Nightclubs and public pools…

The threat of massive casino job losses from the Coronavirus pandemic is a very real danger. Actually, the fear of crowds and a lack of expendable money could shut down the entire tourism industry across America for years. In Nevada, where casino companies reign, an estimated one in three workers is directly or indirectly employed by the leisure and hospitality industry, according to analysts. States like Nevada, Hawaii and Florida could be devastated. However, under the new Coronavirus stimulus package signed by President Trump, some casino workers may actually earn more money from unemployment benefits than what they earned before…

With no casinos open and no sports being played, it appears that political betting in West Virginia is on the radar. If approved, they would becoming the first state to allow betting on politics. The state lottery recently stated that officials initially approved plans to allow FanDuel and other sports book operators offer bets on politics, but said they needed more time to “fully work through the implications and research it further.” If the plan goes forward, it raises a number of questions, including whether other states will follow, and what the federal government may say about it. The Commodity…

SiGMA Group has announced that, due to the COVID-19 global crisis, both the SiGMA Manila and AIBC Manila expos, planned for 8-9 June 2020, will now be rescheduled to 27-28 May 2021. In line with SiGMA Group’s commitment to facilitating new business opportunities for key players in the global iGaming and emerging tech sectors, and together with Clarion Gaming’s ICE Asia, SiGMA Manila will also carry out an online conference in 2020. ICE-SiGMA Asia DIGITAL will take place on 8-10 June. You can register here. The three day conference will cater for both gaming and tech audiences, with free-of-charge content…