This Week in Gambling

Reports of a massive MGM cyber attack spread quickly across social media platforms yesterday, as the company faced major outages at its resorts. The outages were not restricted to Las Vegas and took down slot machines, ATM’s, electronic room key access, guest services, the ability to process credit cards, and the company website. The company seemed reluctant to label this an “attack”, and instead are calling it an “issue”. And it’s a large issue at that. The MGM cyber attack that wasn’t resulted in the company feeling that their best course of action was to completely shut down their systems……

An infamous landmark on the south end of The Strip has finally been scheduled for demolition. Plus, Las Vegas prices are going up, thanks to recent changes at Wynn and Encore that could leave guests paying more! Plus, a giant tennis ball has been seen in town! Hello friends! And welcome to This Week in Gambling! And before this goes any further, I wanted to take a moment right now and apologize for my actions at the Adele concert a couple of weeks ago. All I wanted was a damn selfie… but whatever. This week we have news about a…

The price of having a car is headed up in Sin City. Additional Las Vegas resorts have decided to follow the lead of others and bring back paid parking… and more will surely follow. Is this pure greed? Is this a cash grab? Well, yes and no. First of all, the latest Las Vegas resorts to put this plan into action are the Wynn and Encore. Their decision to charge folks for the privileged of parking in their garages follows the announcement of the Venetian and Palazzo just a few days ago. And that decision was attributed to The Sphere…

We’re up close and personal with the Lightning Fortune online slot! This is a 6-reel game with an asymmetric reel layout and a Return to Player of over 96%! This game features Scatter and Wild Symbols, Multipliers, and Bonus Spins! Plus, Kalamba has thrown in their K-Cash and K-Bonus features! The Lightning Fortune online slot has a classic theme and a non-standard 3-3-4-4-5-5 grid. Lightning Fortune uses the K-Cash feature, which offers players the opportunity to win a large. Whenever the lightning symbols on the first two reels match those on the other reels, players will receive the cash value…

The Bellagio Fountains, Fremont Street, and the Strat are all famous Las Vegas landmarks. When people visit town, they want to see things like the Mirage Volcano and the Sphere in all it’s glory. But not all attractions garner so much attention, and one is famous for all the wrong reasons: The Skyvue observation wheel towers. These infamous Las Vegas landmarks are just two monolithic concrete structures that stand in a vacant lot across from Mandalay Bay. They are reminders of a grand idea that began in 2011 but never made it. And while many projects in Sin City are…

Our friends at the American Gaming Association have once again launched the Responsible Gaming Month for 2023. This year, they are equipped with new consumer data that shows the strength of responsible awareness. This marks the industry’s 25th annual celebration of the event, with this year featuring four different weekly themes. Those weekly themes include “Empowering Customers to Play Responsibly” in week one, and “Legal & Regulated Gaming Protects Players” in the second. “Building a Responsible Gaming Culture Within” is set for the theme of week three, and wraps up with “Advancing Responsible Gaming with Research” for the final week….