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Hollywood Morgantown<\/strong> will open Dec. 22, just in time to capture a share of end-of-year business. The $111 million Penn National Gaming<\/strong> facility will feature 750 slots, 30 table games and cashless betting … The Seminole Tribe<\/strong> continues to offer sports betting<\/a>, in defiance of a federal court order. Clearly the Seminoles think there’s one set of rules for them and another for everybody else. Wrote the plaintiffs’ attorneys, “the compact creates a gambling scheme that violates state and federal laws and makes unwitting bettors into accomplices in the violations of those laws.” Incidentally, aforesaid compact included a severability clause for OSB, a clear indication that the tribe and Florida<\/strong> Gov. Ron DeSanti<\/strong>s (R) knew it probably wouldn’t pass muster … Speaking of legal troubles, junket operator Suncity<\/strong> has closed its VIP rooms<\/a> in Macao<\/strong> (wiping out half the VIP market in town) following the arrest of CEO Alvin Chau<\/strong> for money laundering and other offenses. Casino stocks have been sliding on the Hong Kong<\/strong> bourse, with Wynn Macau<\/strong> down 18% … <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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It looks as though the first Virginia<\/strong> casino to get its shovels into the ground<\/a> will be Rivers Portsmouth<\/strong>, (pictured<\/em>) set to turn the first spadefuls of earth next Tuesday. Few details are available but 1,400 construction jobs are promised … Add North Dakota<\/strong> to the roster of states offering retail sports betting. Tribally owned Dakota Magic Casino<\/strong> debuted its book this week<\/a>, planning a full rollout in time for the Super Bowl<\/strong>. The Lege has thrice failed to legalize sports wagering for the private sector, with a little help from the not-disinterested tribes … <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No dollar amounts are available but words like “phenomenal<\/a>” are being tossed around to describe the launch of retail sports betting in Louisiana<\/strong>. The state is making no promises but hopes to go live with mobile wagering next month … Hard Rock Cincinnati<\/strong> was the laundromat through which a Palestinian fugitive washed $789,541 in ill-gotten gains. It’s an international soap opera<\/a> that also involves a Facebook<\/strong> wedding and quickie divorce … Station Casinos<\/strong> unloaded 89 acres in Reno<\/strong> for $32.5 million to Panattoni Development<\/strong>. Warehouse space is among the planned uses<\/a> of the site … Mehmet Cengiz \u00d6z<\/strong>, medical advisor to Donald Trump<\/strong>, is the odds-on favorite<\/a> to be the next senator from Pennsylvania<\/strong>, according to futures-trading site PredictIt<\/strong> … Our apologies for the dearth of content this week but we have major, life-threatening surgery coming up on Pearl Harbor Day<\/strong>, a prospect which is weighing rather heavily upon the mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hollywood Morgantown will open Dec. 22, just in time to capture a share of end-of-year business. The $111 million Penn National Gaming facility will feature 750 slots, 30 table games and cashless betting … The Seminole Tribe continues to offer sports betting, in defiance of a federal court order. Clearly the Seminoles think there’s one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83928,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1728],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83928"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}