{"id":128750,"date":"2020-03-03T06:04:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T14:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=128750"},"modified":"2020-03-03T12:39:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T20:39:26","slug":"four-queens-binions-back-up-after-slots-outage-other-systems-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/four-queens-binions-back-up-after-slots-outage-other-systems-affected\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Queens, Binions Back Up After Slots Outage, Other Systems Affected at Downtown Vegas Casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six days after slots were taken down at two downtown Las Vegas casinos, service is apparently resuming. However, it\u2019s still not quite business as usual for either the Four Queens Resort and Casino or Binion\u2019s Gambling Hall, its sister property.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128753\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-128753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5e598666df304.image_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5e598666df304.image_.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5e598666df304.image_-142x107.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5e598666df304.image_-147x110.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5e598666df304.image_-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-128753\"class=\"text-description\">A slot machine at Binion&#8217;s Gambling Hall last week indicated it was down. Similar outages took place at its sister location, the Four Queen&#8217;s Resort and Casino. Both are located in downtown Vegas. (Image: Fox5Vegas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The trouble started last Wednesday at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/two-more-women-implicate-four-queens-security-guard-in-alleged-las-vegas-sex-assaults\/\">Four Queens<\/a> and Binion\u2019s Gambling Hall, which are catty-corner from each other on Fremont Street in downtown Vegas, when systems apparently shut down. That prompted rows upon rows of video slot machines to display dreaded blue screens, indicating they were out of service.<\/p>\n<p>While games were playable Monday at Four Queens, machines were not printing vouchers, according to the <em>Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The paper also reported Monday that service had returned to normal at Binion&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the Nevada Gaming Control Board told<em> Casino.org<\/em> Monday they were aware of the outages.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\"><p>We are actively monitoring the situation,\u201d the GCB said in a statement. \u201cAs this is an ongoing investigation, we have no further comment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A message to a Binion&#8217;s representative was not returned on Monday.<\/p>\n<h2>More Than Slots Affected<\/h2>\n<p><em>Las Vegas Locally<\/em> reported both casinos were hacked last week. Not only did it affect the slots, but it also took out computers responsible for processing loyalty programs, credit card payments, and hotel reservations. ATM machines were apparently affected as well.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of slot play, and the loud buzzing and ringing that accompany the machines, turned the downtown casinos into near ghost towns. Video posted by <em>Las Vegas Locally<\/em> showed you could hear music being played inside the gaming halls.<\/p>\n<p>One patron reported on social media they could only pay for their hotel room and security deposit with cash over the weekend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Staying there Sunday night..Cash only for room and security deposit..but hey no resort fee!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; -Lance Pinckney (@RamsPhilsGSW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RamsPhilsGSW\/status\/1233951978520117249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even as slot play resumed, web sites for both casinos were still down in the overnight hours Tuesday morning. Neither site had posted a Twitter update since Feb. 26.<\/p>\n<h2>Casinos Owned by TLC<\/h2>\n<p>The two casinos are owned by TLC Casino Enterprises, which is owned by Terry Caudill. The company also owns Skinny Dugans Casino and Lounge, an off-strip venue that apparently wasn\u2019t affected by the outage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Within the past year, TLC has invested millions into its downtown properties. Last summer, it opened Whiskey Licker Up, a 6,500-square-foot saloon directly above the Whiskey Liquor saloon located at the southwest corner of the Binion\u2019s property.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The cornerstone attraction to the new bar has a rotating bar as its centerpiece. TLC said in a release at the time that it was a first-of-its-kind attraction in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Binion\u2019s also celebrated the opening of Hotel Apache, a historic 1930s era hotel TLC renovated. The building includes the first electric elevator in Las Vegas, and the boutique hotel features 81 rooms with d\u00e9cor inspired by the building\u2019s nearly 90-year history.<\/p>\n<p>TLC\u2019s investments downtown have come as others have also looked to attract visitors off the Strip. The Fremont Street Experience invested $32 million to install new panels for its signature Viva Vision light show attraction in the area. Recently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/downtown-grand-construction-hits-milestone-as-tower-now-topped\/\">Downtown Grand topped off construction<\/a> of its new seven-story tower hotel.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of this year, developer Derek Stevens is expected to open the 777-room Circa Resort and Casino. The nearly $1 billion investment will be the first new construction casino in downtown Vegas in about 40 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six days after slots were taken down at two downtown Las Vegas casinos, service is apparently resuming. However, it\u2019s still not quite business as usual for either the Four Queens Resort and Casino or Binion\u2019s Gambling Hall, its sister property. The trouble started last Wednesday at Four Queens and Binion\u2019s Gambling Hall, which are catty-corner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":128753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,69293],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Four Queens, Binions Back Up After Slots Outage, Other Systems Affected<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Something caused systems at Four Queens and Binion&#039;s to shut down last week. 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