The Hotel Safety Act, legislation with roots in health policies that morphed during the COVID-19 pandemic, was introduced on Monday at the Nevada Legislature.It already has the Culinary Union’s endorsement.Senate Bill 360 (SB360) would require daily room cleaning at hotels in Clark and Washoe counti
For a year, Nicole Vitola had the same rights as everyone else in New Jersey, including the right to breathe clean air at work.It took a dangerous respiratory disease to do it, but COVID-19 led to a yearlong ban on smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos.With the industry trying to fight off a relentless
A federal jury has awarded $133,000 to a Canton man who was fired from his job at MGM Grand Detroit casino after refusing for religious reasons to get the COVID-19 vaccine.The jury in Detroit returned the verdict Thursday afternoon, finding that the casino discriminated against Harry Yeremian, 56, w
The iGaming industry, also known as online gaming, refers to the collection of companies that provide video games and gambling services through the internet. It is a vast and growing industry, offering various types of games including sports betting, casinos, lotteries, and esports.The convenience o
It’s dinner time, and also decision time, at the Cosmopolitan.The resort’s superior culinary-entertainment destination Superfrico at the Cosmopolitan is an unqualified success. It’s also positioned next to an inventively designed and inconveniently empty Opium/OPM Theater. This venue is at the cente
On April 14, 2020, six weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in New Hampshire, Andy Sanborn secured his first $95,000 federal pandemic loan.The money was awarded to the Draft sports bar in downtown Concord, which abruptly closed in March with all the other restaurants by the governor’s
DCMS has revised its economic estimates, measuring the economic contribution and productivity of the UK Gambling sector. Economic estimates and datasets have been updated for DCMS’s key sectors for the reporting period of 2011 to 2021, tracking a decade of business activity.DCMS is responsible for r
From the Montevideo executive, it was explained that maintenance tasks were carried out during those hours.Uruguay.- The Montevideo Municipality (IM) issued a statement amid the controversy arising from an investigation that revealed that 55 employees working at the municipal casino Parque Hotel wer
The administration of the Uruguayan capital paid more than 500 overtime hours to officials of its casino, even when the gaming room was closed during the pandemic. The complaint will reach the courts.Uruguay.- A request for access to information made by the local media El País uncovered a case of al
The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) has been commissioned to assess the situation regarding the prohibition of using credit cards for gambling.The UK is the first country to completely ban the use of credit cards for both online and offline gambling.There is evidence that the use of cre
Macau is projected to generate MOP18.5 billion (US$2.3 billion) in gross gaming revenue this month, slightly below the initial forecast of MOP19 billion. JP Morgan Securities Asia Pacific attributes this revision to a “slower start to the month,” Macau Business reported. In the first 14 days, the g
The average occupancy rate for Macau’s five-star hotels reached 90.8% in the first half of the year, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has reported. The figure marks a 10.2 percentage point increase from the previous year. The average room rate grew 12.4% to MOP1,582.4 ($197). The growth r
Macau's gross gaming revenue (GGR) for July reached MOP18.59 billion ($2.31 billion), marking an 11.6% increase year-on-year and a 5% rise compared to the previous month. However, the figures, reported byMacau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), reflect a near-24% decline from
Overall gambling participation in Australia has declined, according to new research from the Australian National University's Centre for Gambling Research. The study reveals a drop in gambling rates from 65.6% in 2019 to 60.3% in 2024, a decrease attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on in-pe
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