This Week in Gambling

With tourism down, a pandemic still raging and the holidays approaching, The Palazzo Las Vegas has decided to close their hotel until at least the 23rd of December. The Sands Corporation said the move will “better reflect occupancy patterns”, and that their guests are still welcome to stay at their sister property, The Venetian. The Palazzo has already shut down hotel operations during the week in July. However, restaurants, bars and shops at the Grand Canal and on the resort’s casino floor remain open. This closure represents the falling midweek occupancy rates across Las Vegas. In October, the Las Vegas…

We’ve have an abundance of gaming news to cover this week! That includes online and mobile sports betting, casino news from Las Vegas, online gambling news, and the continued expansion of betting on sports in America! Howdy players! Thanks for joining me on another edition of this week in gambling where counting this show i only have two more of these to produce this year before I can take the rest of the month off for the holidays! So, let’s make it count and get things started with online gambling news… followed by land-based casino news… followed by land-based sports…

The state Casino Control Commission has given a license for Golden Nugget New Jersey. They also conditionally approved a merger of Golden Nugget with an existing special purpose acquisition company already traded on the Nasdaq. Federal regulators must still approve the merger before it becomes final. Vice President of Golden Nugget Atlantic City, Richard Liem, testified that the primary benefit of taking an online gaming entity public was access to capital. He stated that “You need to have adequate access to capital to be able to grow and compete effectively in this nascent and very quickly growing industry.” Casino Control…

The first Native American casino in Sin City will have to wait a bit longer as Virgin Las Vegas has announced they will delay their opening. Although Virgin owns the hotel, their casino will be run by Mohegan Gaming. Virgin issued a statement on the delay via their CEO of JC Hospitality, Richard Bosworth: “Due to the continuously evolving COVID-19 situation not only in Nevada, but nationwide we have made the decision to delay the Jan. 15, 2021 opening of Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. The construction for the project is on time and this decision was predicated on the current…

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The fight over online sports betting in New York has been raging for the past several years. Now, it’s back again. Lawmakers in the state are hoping that a looming budget deficit and falling revenues may finally help regulate internet sports bets. State Senator Joseph Addabbo and Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow have been long time advocates of the activity, and have now hinted that online wagering legislation could pass out of the legislature before the end of the year. “My colleagues know that we need the money and there will be revenue deficiencies next year compared to this year, so…