In January, MGM National Harbor tallied GGR just north of $67 million. Live! Casino & Hotel was a distant second at $54.6 million.<\/p>\n
Ohio and Maryland have both lifted mandatory indoor mask mandates, including the wearing of face coverings inside casinos.<\/p>\n
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) canceled his emergency mask mandate effective June 2, 2021. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) ended his mask mandate on May 15, 2021, after the US Centers for Disease Control issued new guidance that featured mask-free life for fully vaccinated individuals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Only 10 states still have some sort of indoor mask mandate. They are California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington.<\/p>\n
However, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced this week that the state’s face covering mandate will expire next week on February 16. That could prompt Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) into lifting his state’s masking order.<\/p>\n
Maryland casinos hope to further grow gaming revenue by way of sports betting. Retail sportsbooks went live at the casinos in December.<\/p>\n
Ohio lawmakers and DeWine signed off on a sports betting bill in December. The statute allows casinos, racinos, and professional sports stadiums to seek retail and mobile sports betting licenses. However, operations aren’t expected to commence until the latter part of 2022, as the Ohio Casino Control Commission is embarking on determining rules that will govern the expanded gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Casinos in Ohio and Maryland began 2022 in unprecedented fashion. Following nearly two years of pandemic-related business disruptions and lingering public concerns, Ohio’s 11 casinos and video lottery racinos enjoyed a record January to start the new year. Gross gaming revenue (GGR) totaled $171.2 million, a nearly 18 percent year-over-year gain. Maryland’s six casinos fared […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":200927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,33810],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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