This Week in Gambling

Two gambling giants have made Las Vegas face masks mandatory for their casino employees. Caesars Entertainment and the Las Vegas Sands have a combined eleven properties in Sin City, and employees who refuse to wear masks may face termination. We also have news of another casino reopening, even while the Governor of Nevada warns some closures could be on the way.   In an attempt to bolster efforts to comply with the Nevada Governor’s order that everybody wear a face-covering in public, casino operators Caesars Entertainment and Las Vegas Sands have announced that wearing masks in their Las Vegas properties…

The Circa Las Vegas Casino in downtown Las Vegas is set to open on October 28th and will feature a multi-level pool amphitheater. Calling it the Stadium Swim, the pool will be open 365 days a year and overlook the downtown Las Vegas area as well as the Strip. The venue will also feature Ultraviolet Ligh sanitation and water-recirculation patterns, according to a release. Developers said this will provide guests with “the cleanest and healthiest public pool experience in Las Vegas.” There will be six pools and two spas. Each body of water will be a different temperature ranging from…

The Coronavirus couldn’t keep the city closed, but the current Las Vegas heat wave may keep guests out of pools. Temperatures in Nevada have soared to more than 110 degrees in the valley. Meanwhile, Governor Sisolak strongly urged people at public pools to follow the state’s directive to wear face coverings. Last week he announced that bars would return to Phase 1 of the Nevada recovery plan followed by an announcement that pools and gyms are also in his sights for a reversion. The Governor said that “…unless you are actively walking into a pool, swimming in a pool, or…

Plans have been announced for the Bally’s reopen on the 23rd of this month, according to Caesars Entertainment. If all goes as planned, the hotel and casino will welcome guests back beginning at 10am. The latest reopen for Caesars comes after the successful reopening of their other Las Vegas properties at the Flamingo, Harrah’s , Paris, Caesars Palace and the gaming floor at The LINQ. “We continue to see solid customer interest in visiting Las Vegas this summer and, as a result, we are pleased to announce the reopening of Bally’s Las Vegas – gaming, hotel, restaurants and other amenities…

As Nevada continues to report record new cases of Coronavirus, some Las Vegas casino employees could be terminated for refusing to wear face masks. Spokespersons for The Venetian and Caesars have both indicated that masks are a condition of employment. The Las Vegas Sands Corporation, who run The Venetian, has said that employees who fail to wear a face-covering “will be subject to progressive discipline up to and including termination”. Meanwhile, Caesars CEO Tony Rodio said “the failure to wear your mask at work will be grounds for termination.” Guests are still being required under the current mandate to wear…

California stands as the “crown jewel” of American gambling. Online poker has failed there for years, and the battle for California sports betting is now heating up between state legislators and Tribal Gaming. We also look at new casino closures in Nevada, update the Justice Department online gambling case, and have sad news to report from Las Vegas.   A Superior Court judge made official his tentative ruling to allow a coalition of federally-recognized tribes 90 more days to collect signatures for a legal California sports betting initiative that would go on the November 2022 ballot. The tribes sought an…