The STRAT has debuted a cashless gaming in Las Vegas via the new ACS PlayOn payments technology.  The cashless system allows players to purchase casino chips with a debit card at table games and eliminates the need to stop by an ATM machine or cashier’s window. As reported in an article published by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Strat joins the D Las Vegas and various Station Casino properties — including the Palms — in offering this cashless system. ACS PlayOn said in a statement that the service is set to expand to the D’s sister property, Golden Gate, in…

We recently reported on a significant disagreement over the Oklahoma Tribal Gaming Compact. A disagreement with potentially millions of dollars at stake. So the question is, did the state’s compacts with Oklahoma gaming tribes expire on Jan. 1 or did they automatically renew? It’s a simple question that should have a simple answer. Yet, Governor Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma’s gaming tribes and more than a dozen attorneys lining up in federal court to fight over the issue. The answer can be found in one sentence on Page 27 of the state’s model gaming compact. Before you read that sentence, however, beware….

A federal judge has been asked to enter a ruling that Oklahoma gambling is illegal… at least certain types of games located at tribal casinos. Perhaps not all gambling, but Governor Kevin Stitt wants the judge to order the tribes to stop operating Class III games at their properties. That’s why he filed a lawsuit earlier this week. “We are reviewing the pleading his lawyers filed on his behalf,” senior counsel for the Chickasaw Nation Stephen Greetham said. “We look forward to learning what legal basis he will claim to justify the uncertainty he has endeavored to create.” Stitt not…

Caesars has announced that they will sell their Harrah’s Reno Hotel and Casino to an affiliate of CAI Investments for $50 million. Caesars will continue to operate the property until the second half of 2020, a time during which it will continue to be part of the Caesars Rewards network. The property will apparently be developed into a non-gaming 20-story boutique hotel and mixed-use development. “We recognize the long legacy of Harrah’s in Reno, where the brand began 82 years ago and our role in the community. We are pleased the Buyer (CAI Investments affiliate) is committed to the community…

Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand Sold: MGM Growth Properties and Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to form a new joint venture to acquire the Las Vegas real estate assets of the Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand for $4.6 billion. In addition, BREIT will purchase $150 million in MGP Class A shares. MGP will own 50.1% of the joint venture, and BREIT will own 49.9%. At closing, MGM Resorts International will enter into a long-term triple net master lease for both properties and provide a full corporate guarantee of rent payments….

Three of the most powerful Oklahoma Tribal Gaming interests have filed a federal lawsuit against the state’s governor. The Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw nations are asking that the court to help to resolve a dispute over gambling at casinos on their lands. The tribes would like a federal judge to determine whether the state compacts automatically renewed on January 1st for another 15-year term of Governor Kevin Stitt. The tribes contend all the conditions have been met for the compacts to renew. “For some time, we have tried to establish meaningful intergovernmental engagement regarding our gaming compacts, but you have…