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An evening of whisky tastings, live musical performances, award-winning restaurants and more the pool at the Las Vegas Strip casino resort on 23 October.

New Jersey natives Cash Cash will reopen the Beachclub at the Atlantic City resort casino on 29 May, followed by Grammy Award-nominated Meduza on 30 May and Fergie DJ and PS1 on 31 May.

Rombauer staged a powerful rally down the stretch of Pimlico Race Course to register the upset victory in Saturday’s 146th Preakness Stakes at 11-to-1 odds.

If Medina Spirit and Concert Tour are in the Preakness starting gate, it will be the seventh time since 1970 and the third time in seven runnings that the Kentucky Derby winner has faced a stablemate in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.

Not surprisingly, revenues slipped during a seasonal slowdown in sports, while iGaming posted its third month of more than $100 million.

Due to a seasonal slowdown, Michigan experienced its first month-over-month decline in sports betting since launching, but still managed to become the quickest in the U.S. to $1 billion in online wagering.

Per the condition of entry agreement into Preakness, Bob Baffert trained horses Medina Spirit, Concert Tour and Beautiful Gift underwent three rounds of out-of-competition blood sample testing.

Beginning this evening, Wynn Las Vegas and Encore will not require guests to wear a mask and trusts guests to "take appropriate precautions based on their personal vaccination status."

Once the app goes live on Tuesday, Indiana will become the company’s fourth online sports betting market, following previously launches in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois.

The newly revamped “All-Stars Comeback Tour Powered by PokerGO” season will award tournament seats to a 64-player capped event in December, streamed from ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Masks are still required inside and all non-gaming areas remain at 80% capacity, in compliance with current government directives.

The Las Vegas casino has removed social distancing restrictions and plexiglass dividers from gaming tables and slot machines, and offers full capacity at bars on the casino floor.

Caesars Entertainment announced today that the Nevada Gaming Control Board has approved a return to full occupancy, without social distancing, on the casino floors at all nine of the company's Las Vegas properties.

James McCracken is the new assistant general manager and Ashlee Wilkerson is being promoted to director of human resources at Rising Star Casino Resort in Indiana.

Four massive land-based and online jackpots totaling more than $16 million were awarded on the Megabucks, Powerbucks, and Wheel of Fortune slots games in April.

The SAHARA Las Vegas venue will offer the special menu for $80 per person to benefit Three Square Food Bank.

As the sports scheduled thinned, Indiana sportsbooks collected $236.4 million in wagers in April, with online betting accounting for 88.4% of the handle.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has approved a waiver allowing 100% occupancy on gaming floors and no social distancing at MGM Resorts properties in Las Vegas.

In her new role, Mercer Boarini will work with bars and restaurants throughout Wynn and Encore Resort to reinvent their cocktail programs.

Medina Spirit, who upset 18 rivals in the 1 May Kentucky Derby at 12-to-1 odds, was installed as the 9-to-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 146th Preakness Stakes.