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MGM Follows Suit Against Las Vegas Shooting Victims with Charity Offer
Sep 17 2018 // An unprecedented legal move by MGM Resorts International to sue surviving victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting took another unusual turn last week when the casino-operator offered to make $500 charitable donations in the...
Super Typhoon Mangkhut Targets China After Killing More Than 50 in Philippines
Sep 16 2018 // A super typhoon made landfall in China’s Guangdong on Sunday, the country’s most populous province, after wreaking havoc in Hong Kong and Macau and killing potentially more than 50 people in the...
Elevator Company Wants Judge to Reconsider $2M Nevada Jury Verdict
Sep 5 2018 // An elevator company is asking a judge to reconsider a jury’s $2 million award to a California man who claimed in a lawsuit he was injured by a sudden drop in a Lake Tahoe casino elevator. Schindler Elevator Co. filed...
Shooting at Florida Gaming Tournament Highlights Event Security Issues
Aug 30 2018 // A champion gamer’s decision to open fire Sunday afternoon during a video competition in Jacksonville, Fla. – killing two people and wounding nine others before killing himself – has prompted calls from gamers for...
Nevada Court Dismisses Casino Mogul Defamation Case Against News Outlet
Aug 28 2018 // A Nevada judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit by casino mogul Steve Wynn against The Associated Press and an AP reporter based on a report about two women’s accounts to police alleging sexual misconduct by...
Oklahoma Concert-Goers Injured by Powerful Storm
Aug 21 2018 // An Oklahoma casino says 14 people suffered cuts and bruises when a powerful rainstorm toppled entrance trusses and disrupted the start of an outdoor concert by the Backstreet Boys. Kym Koch-Thompson, spokeswoman for the...
MGM Facing Boycott for Suing Las Vegas Shooting Victims
Jul 19 2018 // It took just minutes for the hashtag #BoycottMGMResorts to appear on Twitter, and for people to declare they would no longer patronize the largest casino owner on the Las Vegas Strip. “Was going to stay in November...
Iowa Riverboat Casino Settles Revenue-Sharing Lawsuit for $1.5M
Apr 9 2018 // The owners of a former Sioux City, Iowa, riverboat casino have agreed to pay $1.5 million to a nonprofit group that had filed a lawsuit over unpaid revenue-sharing funds. The Community Action Agency of Siouxland and the...
Worker at Boston-Area Casino Construction Site Dies
Apr 9 2018 // A worker helping build the Boston area’s new casino has died. A spokesman for Wynn Boston Harbor said in a statement that the 56-year-old male worker died operating an excavator on site. The Middlesex District...
Shareholders Sue Wynn Board for Not Investigating CEO Accused of Misconduct
Feb 8 2018 // The board of Wynn Resorts has been sued by shareholders, claiming the board knew for years that Steve Wynn, founder and chief executive of the casino operator, had been accused of sexual misconduct and failed to...
Public Firms Now Face Question of When to Disclose Sexual Harassment Claims
Feb 6 2018 // The steep drop in the stock price of Wynn Resorts Ltd. following a report that chairman Steve Wynn subjected female staff to unwanted sexual advances offers an illustration of how such allegations may now be...
Super Bowl Gaming App Part of a Promising Real-Time Trend, Expert Says
Feb 2 2018 // This is just in time for the Super Bowl and people who love gambling and football – but don’t want to make the trip to Las Vegas. During Sunday’s Super Bowl, an app-based company called WinView is offering...
Detroit’s Greektown Casino to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit for $140K
Jan 30 2018 // A Detroit casino operator has consented to pay $140,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by federal officials. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported that its lawsuit charged...
Casino Backers Sue Maine Commission Over $500K Fine
Jan 26 2018 // The backers of a failed multimillion-dollar campaign to build a third casino in Maine are suing the state ethics commission over a $500,000 fine. The Portland Press Herald reports casino entrepreneur Shawn Scott’s...
Florida Casino Boat Fire that Killed 1 Under Investigation
Jan 17 2018 // A casino company said Monday it never had a problem with the shuttle boat that burst into flames off Florida’s Gulf Coast, leading to the death of a female passenger. Tropical Breeze Casino spokeswoman Beth Fifer...
2018 Insurance Industry Meetings & Events Directory
Jan 8 2018 // CIWA Industry Days Jan 8-10 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, Calif. California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) Contact: Thomas Shovlin, thomas@ciwa.net The 19th Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference Jan...
Officials Confirm Oklahoma Casino Hit with EF1 Tornado
Nov 6 2017 // Emergency managers say an Oklahoma casino had part of its roof torn off by an EF1 tornado during a concert that the state’s governor was attending in late October. The twister touched down in Cleveland County, one of...
Officials Confirm Oklahoma Casino Hit with EF1 Tornado
Oct 25 2017 // Emergency managers say an Oklahoma casino had part of its roof torn off by an EF1 tornado during a concert that the state’s governor was attending. The twister touched down in Cleveland County, one of several...
Governor Evacuated from Beach Boys Concert as Oklahoma Hit with Severe Storms
Oct 23 2017 // Emergency managers and the National Weather Service are surveying damage from storms that spawned as many as four tornadoes in southwest Oklahoma. Meteorologist John Pike says officials were in Tillman, Comanche, McClain...
Sunday Update: Weakened Tropical Storm Nate Brings Rain, Tornado Warnings to South
Oct 7 2017 // Hurricane Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday after coming ashore in Mississippi, flooding roads and buildings but sparing the state from catastrophic damages. Maximum sustained winds from Nate, the fourth...
