Category Archives: Missouri

Caesars pleads poverty; FBI descends on Vegas

Posted on October 12, 2020 by David McKee

News sources are reporting “mass layoffs” at Caesars Southern Indiana, one of the company’s more successful properties. As many as 200 staff have been given their walking papers, not just in the poker room but vital departments like servers, bartenders, … Continue reading →

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Case Bets

Posted on October 1, 2020 by David McKee

Congratulations to Plainridge Park. The Penn National Gaming racino celebrated five years in business and the renewal of its Massachusetts gaming license. The decision was unanimous. (And why not?) While Plainridge Park has seen its revenues cut into by Encore … Continue reading →

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Hiccups in Indiana, Missouri

Posted on September 11, 2020 by David McKee

Stimulus checks and pent-up demand only seem to go so far (except in Ohio). Gambling revenues in Indiana were down 10% last month, to $168 million. $5 million of that was table game play from Hoosier Park and Indiana Grand, … Continue reading →

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Indiana, Missouri, Ohio rebound, Illinois not so much

Posted on August 11, 2020 by David McKee

It was back to business as almost normal in Indiana last month. The Hoosier State was only 5.5% 0ff its July 2019 pace, grossing $171 million. (They’ve been open since June 15.) The relative novelty of table games—$5 million—at Indiana … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on July 22, 2020 by David McKee

“These kids have got to get back to school. They’re at the lowest risk possible. And if they do get Covid-19, which they will—and they will when they go to school—they’re not going to the hospitals. They’re not going to … Continue reading →

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Casinos unleash Culinary’s wrath

Posted on July 20, 2020 by David McKee

Las Vegas‘ casino industry seems to be behaving counterintuitively, reopening casinos and hotels (Vdara is the latest) at a time when visitor demand is softening. JP Morgan analyst Joseph Greff reports today that, for the July 11-18 period, Clark County … Continue reading →

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Bay State casinos to reopen

Posted on July 3, 2020 by David McKee

Although Massachusetts casinos are eligible to reopen on July 5, it’s looking far likelier that July 12 will be the dawn of a new era in the Bay State. One mandate certain to raise hackles is that players can no … Continue reading →

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Regional casinos outpace Las Vegas

Posted on June 23, 2020 by David McKee

JP Morgan analyst Joseph Greff has been keeping a watching brief on reopening trends at casinos around the country, mainly in Nevada, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Iowa. He reports that “average daily casino traffic across reopened regional casinos for the … Continue reading →

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Penn, Boyd bushwhack jobs

Posted on June 22, 2020 by David McKee

There’s still no timeline for Tropicana Las Vegas to reopen, certainly not by mid-July. That news comes as Penn National Gaming slashed 2,575 jobs over eight states. Evidently Penn doesn’t expect the current surge in business to last, as most … Continue reading →

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Atlantic City gets good news; Stanley Ho canonized

Posted on June 2, 2020 by David McKee

July 4 could spell independence for Atlantic City casinos, judging by recent statements from New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D). In a radio interview he said, “It’s probably still too early to give you a very specific answer but there’s a … Continue reading →

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Boyd comes clean; Penn Nat’l “upbeat”

Posted on May 20, 2020 by David McKee

“Boyd Clean” has been unveiled by eponymous Boyd Gaming and while nothing in it will come as a shock, it shows the company has been closely following what other companies are doing in terms of safety precautions. You’ll receive a … Continue reading →

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“Green shoots” in gaming; Mega-Jottings

Posted on May 18, 2020 by David McKee

According to the American Gaming Association, 82 of 989 casinos in the United States have reopened, many of them in Louisiana starting today. But don’t take our word for it. Use the AGA’s Coronavirus tracker, which keeps you abreast of casino … Continue reading →

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Fauci on sports; Churchill Downs “on track”

Posted on April 30, 2020 by David McKee

Bad news, sports bettors. Given the absence of widespread testing for Coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci is backpedaling on his projections that professional sports could resume this year. (As Fauci has said elsewhere, a model is just a model; when you … Continue reading →

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Gambling in the time of Coronavirus

Posted on April 20, 2020 by David McKee

Editor’s note: This roundtable was originally conducted for Casino Life magazine. For reasons unrelated to content, it was ‘put in turnaround,’ as they say in Hollywood. Rather than waste a perfectly good exchange between gaming executive Yaniv Sherman and sportswriter … Continue reading →

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Midwest: Casinos, interrupted

Posted on April 14, 2020 by David McKee

For some arcane reason, Illinois has not reported casino revenue for March. But we have a couple of neighboring states’ data and can conclude with reasonable certainty that it tracks with the Land of Lincoln. After a March 17 closure … Continue reading →

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Pandemic … of black-market slots; Jobs market reels

Posted on April 2, 2020 by David McKee

Why didn’t social distancing in casinos work? Reports Frank Legato, “the Centers for Disease Control revealed that the Covid-19 virus can survive up to two or three days on stainless steel, plastic and other nonporous surfaces—like gaming machines. An industry … Continue reading →

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Tarnished Golden; Exec blasts Japan

Posted on March 18, 2020 by David McKee

Golden Gaming was coming off a strong 4Q19: Net revenues at its Nevada casinos were 24% higher, to $134 million, and its slot routes were up 4.5% to $73 million. However, JP Morgan analyst Joseph Greff warned investors to “stay … Continue reading →

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Pritzker whistles past graveyard, Ivey more cautious

Posted on February 11, 2020 by David McKee

Casino revenue in Illinois last year was down 1.5% from 2018—and 17% from 2012, the seventh consecutive year of declines. Despite this empirical evidence, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) and his commissars for optimism remain hellbent on casino expansion, believing that … Continue reading →

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Boom in the Rust Belt

Posted on February 10, 2020 by David McKee

You’d be forgiven if you did a double take upon seeing the latest casino-revenue numbers out of the Midwest. Business is up—to sometimes-unprecedented degrees. Take Ohio, for instance. It’s always a casino-friendly state … but a 19% upsurge in revenue? … Continue reading →

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Encore owns Massachusetts; Harrah’s Reno (almost) sold

Posted on January 16, 2020 by David McKee

Massachusetts gaming-revenue numbers are out and Encore Boston Harbor is the story. It’s got 65% market share and $1.75 million casino win per day. MGM Springfield is far behind, with 19% market share and 600 dimes win per day, with … Continue reading →

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