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Professional Sports Leagues Keeping Close Track of Coronavirus
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...
8 Convicted of Stealing $5.2M from South Florida Casino
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,...
OJ Simpson Sues Las Vegas Casino Saying He Was Defamed
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...
Ex-Salon Chief Suing Wynn Resorts for Spying on Him
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...
Minor Injuries When Roof Collapses at California Casino
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...
Dutch Insurer Weighs Cutting Cover for Gambling, Arms, Nuclear Power
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...
Gamblers in Pennsylvania Claim Illegitimate Decks of Cards Lost Them $250K
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...
Lawsuit Blames Nevada Casino Restaurant for Salmonella
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...
2019 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 7 2019 // 2019 CIWA Industry Days Jan 6-8 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, CA CIWA www.ciwa.net 2019 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 9-12 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch St. Louis, MO Independent Insurance Agents...
Texas Lawmaker: Build Casinos on Coast to Subsidize Wind Insurance
Dec 18 2018 // A Texas lawmaker has proposed subsidizing the state’s underfunded windstorm insurance and flooding assistance by building casinos in coastal counties. State Rep. Joe Deshotel filed the bill on Dec. 7 to cover the...
Corporations Talking Clawback Policies for Executives’ #MeToo Misconduct
Oct 10 2018 // Corporate boards across the U.S. are weighing whether bosses who lose their jobs for bad behavior should surrender part of their compensation. Several high-profile executives resigned or were ousted in the past year...
Hong Kong, Southern China Restoring Operations After Super Typhoon
Sep 17 2018 // The financial hub of Hong Kong began clearing up on Monday after being battered by one of the strongest typhoons in recent years, with financial markets and offices operating as normal. Super typhoon Mangkhut, with...
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...
