There’s no denying that 2020 was a rough year for casinos, with Covid-19 being a huge threat to not only their profits, but their existence. The pandemic played a central role in the majority of our top 5 casino stories in 2020.
Although casino closings played a huge role in the year, their reopening during the summer months too. Our readers wanted to know more when the brick-and-mortar industry in Russia came back to life in July.
Even before the world shut down in mid-March, we knew trouble was coming when Covid-19 started to threaten M&A. While this deal eventually pushed through, the initial panic of the pandemic worried traders that this year was going to be bad, and nothing seemed certain.
Ontario, Canada’s biggest province in terms of population, was also one of the last to clear casinos to reopen in the summer. Even with the all-clear sounded, some operators suggested that reopening so early wasn’t worth it, and took their time to finally open the doors.
What?! A story that isn’t above Covid? That’s right! While the Japan IR race eventually had to be delayed, due to Covid and other reasons, back in May some operators were still putting their bids in, in the hopes of winning one of those coveted licenses.
While so much of the gambling industry handled the disaster of Covid-19 with grace and generosity, Rampart Casino, part of The Resort in Summerlin by Marriott, did neither. Employees got a pre-recorded phone call in May, informing them they had just lost their jobs.
Двадцать пять человек за одним столом под звуки караоке – это было шедеврально!
According to BioWare, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the first entry in the series where "the combat's actually fun" and where characters are "intentionally" the focus of the storytelling, which seems pretty unfair on the first three games
Yesterday I ignored 10 tornado warnings to finish a Destiny 2 raid, didn't get the exotic drop, and disappointed my fiancée. Is there some sort of lesson here?
CD Projekt's Pawel Sasko tells the inspiring tale of how an Estonian beet farmer in Australia became a senior quest designer on The Witcher 4
Туристов за рубежом могут оштрафовать на 600 евро из-за одежды
Матч «Факела» и «Динамо» на Адмиралтейской площади смотрели более 2000 человек
Гроссмейстер Жамсаран Цыдыпов стал победителем «Moscow Open – 2024», набрав 7,5 очков из 9, а лучшими из петербуржцев стали Владимир Шкуратов (11-е место) и Семён Пузыревский (12-е место)
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Гроссмейстер Жамсаран Цыдыпов стал победителем «Moscow Open – 2024», набрав 7,5 очков из 9, а лучшими из петербуржцев стали Владимир Шкуратов (11-е место) и Семён Пузыревский (12-е место)
Туристов за рубежом могут оштрафовать на 600 евро из-за одежды
Источник 360.ru: мужчина лишился головы под колесами поезда на юге Москвы
В Калмыкии в Международный день шахмат прошел республиканский турнир
There’s no denying that 2020 was a rough year for casinos, with Covid-19 being a huge threat to not only their profits, but their existence. The pandemic played a central role in the majority of our top 5 casino stories in 2020.