This Week in Gambling

While there are rumors of some new Strip Casino closures, the Avi Resort & Casino in Laughli, Nevada, has temporarily closed again due to employees testing positive for the Coronavirus. The closure will allow the property to re-examine every aspect of the operation. Closer attention will be paid to disinfection procedures, social distancing measures, health checks, testing protocols, masking and how to best protect guests and employees. The property is expected to remain closed through at least July 10th. You can read more about this on the Yogo Net website. Also, there have been rumors circulating of more Strip Casino…

The Station Casinos President, Richard Haskins, was killed in a jet ski accident over the holiday weekend while on vacation in Michigan. He was 56 years old. The accident occurred around 2 p.m. in Emmet County Michigan, where the Sheriff’s Office said Mr. Haskins was riding a Sea-Doo jet ski which collided with a Magnum powerboat. Haskins was taken to a launch area and pronounced dead by emergency personnel. Authorities are investigating. A person from the Sheriff’s Office declined to confirm details. The board of directors of Red Rock, Station Casinos’ parent company, plans to make further announcements regarding Haskins’…

No one wants to talk about it, but another Vegas casino closure in a huge concern for Nevada business owners. The number of Coronavirus cases are climbing again across the state and country. Nevada’s COVID-19 response director, Caleb Cage, said the state’s upswing isn’t yet due to a “second wave” and is likely a result of increased testing access. Neighboring Arizona and Utah are also in the midst of a surge in COVID-19 cases a couple of weeks after relaxing business restrictions. A county health official in Arizona expressed concern that more testing wasn’t the sole factor for the spike….

Despite the fact that betting on sports in California was recently shot down, there is a renewed hope for Tribal sports betting in the state. After making sure the latest legislation to regulate the activity failed, Native American interests have begun the push for their own referendum. The Tribes sued the state for time to gather needed signatures for their own sports betting bill, and a California Superior Court judge decided to allow a coalition of federally-recognized tribes 90 more days to collect those signatures. If successful, the referendum that would go on the November ballot. “With these unprecedented times,…

There have been 111 Las Vegas Coronavirus violations of the Declaration of Emergency Directive put in place before casinos reopened in Nevada on June 4. The regulators have not specified where the violations took place, citing confidentiality rules. The Enforcement Division of the Nevada Gaming Control Board has conducted 1,453 inspections and observations of non-restricted licensees, and 6,008 in smaller gaming operations under restricted licenses. The violations that fall under the Declaration of Emergency Directive include face coverings for employees, which was extended to more widespread use on June 24, and several rules that apply to sanitation practices and social…

You can stop holding your breath now, as California sports betting will once again fail. There has been a small glimmer of hope for the legislation as it was scheduled for a vote with the state’s Senate Appropriations Committee this week, but it was removed at the last moment. Even if it had been included in the vote, it would have needed to advance through both legislative branches by this week’s deadline to earn its place on the November ballot. Its sudden removal now means that advocates could be looking at years instead of months before sports books can legally…