All the headlines from our Casino Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 14 2020 // Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed legislation expanding workplace safety protections for hotel and casino employees and shielding businesses that follow health directives from coronavirus-related...
Aug 7 2020 // Nevada lawmakers voted to shield certain industries from coronavirus-related legal liability and require hotels and casinos to enact worker protection measures after days of complicated negotiations with Gov. Steve...
Aug 5 2020 // Nevada will shift this week from broad restrictions in response to the coronavirus to an ongoing, county-by-county review where officials hope to target hot spots and specific businesses where the virus is spreading.Gov....
Jul 22 2020 // Unions representing 65,000 Las Vegas-area casino workers have dropped two MGM Resorts International properties from a lawsuit accusing companies of skimping on protective measures and putting employees at risk of illness...
Jul 20 2020 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by nine women who alleged they were sexually harassed by former casino mogul Steve Wynn.The women, manicurists and makeup artists in a salon at the Wynn Las Vegas, were unnamed...
Jul 6 2020 // From nursing homes in New York and a landfill in Utah to Disney World and the Las Vegas Strip, employers are wrestling with workplace safety in the age of Covid-19 and making fraught calculations about how to safeguard...
Jul 1 2020 // Unions representing 65,000 Las Vegas-area casino workers accused some resort operators on Monday of putting employees at risk of illness and death during the coronavirus pandemic by skimping on safety measures like a...
Jun 23 2020 // Insurance specialist LeConte Moore and professional fine art appraiser Vincent Wiener deal with high-profile performers and artists and their works so hearing talk of big dollar figures is not unusual.Moore says he and his...
Mar 24 2020 // A Native American tribe on Tuesday sued a group of insurance companies, asking a court to declare that losses it is incurring from shutting down its casinos during the coronavirus pandemic are covered by insurance.Among...
Mar 23 2020 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis banned all onsite dining at restaurants statewide Friday and the Seminole Tribe closed its casinos, the latest virus -related closures affecting a state that is heavily dependent on tourism to pay...
Mar 18 2020 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf extended a shutdown order Monday to the entire state of Pennsylvania in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus, although he also maintained that he will not send the National Guard...
Mar 2 2020 // Major North American professional sports leagues are talking to health officials and informing teams about the coronavirus outbreak that has led to the first reported deaths in the U.S.Officials from the National...
Feb 11 2020 // Four former South Florida casino employees and their wives have been convicted of stealing $5.2 million from the business over several years.The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami announced Tuesday that Michel Aleu,...
Nov 12 2019 // O.J. Simpson is suing a Las Vegas hotel-casino that banned him in November 2017, alleging that unnamed employees defamed him by telling a celebrity news site he had been drunk, disruptive and unruly.Simpson, on parole in...
Oct 22 2019 // A former beauty salon director who went public about sexual misconduct allegations against casino mogul Steve Wynn nearly two years ago is suing Wynn Resorts and company executives, alleging they invaded his privacy and...
Jul 17 2019 // Eleven people suffered mostly minor injuries when a roof collapsed Monday at a Los Angeles area casino, raining debris into the lobby area, authorities said.The Los Angeles County Fire Department received multiple calls...
Jun 24 2019 // Europe’s biggest insurers refuse to sell policies to coal miners and arms producers. A Dutch firm may go further by denying coverage to gambling companies and nuclear-power generators.The asset-management arm of ASR...
May 30 2019 // Two gamblers have filed a federal lawsuit against a Philadelphia casino claiming they lost $250,000 because of faulty shuffling machines and illegitimate decks of cards.The lawsuit against SugarHouse was filed in...
Mar 27 2019 // A Nevada man is suing the corporate owner of a casino restaurant in Elko where he says he was infected with salmonella after eating contaminated ham or eggs there earlier this month.Harry Wiseman of Elko says he is one of...
Jan 7 2019 // 2019 CIWA Industry DaysJan 6-8 Hilton La Jolla Torrey PinesLa Jolla, CACIWAwww.ciwa.net2019 Big ‘I’ Winter MeetingJan 9-12 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the ArchSt. Louis, MOIndependent Insurance Agents &...