Typhoon Hato in August<\/a>. The strongest storm to hit the city in 53 years, casino operators quickly opened their checkbooks to provide aid. Las Vegas Sands gave $12.3 million, while Wynn Resorts donated $3.75 million.<\/p>\nAnd it’s not only when casualty strikes a region where casinos are invested. After Hurricane Harvey pummeled Houston, Texas, Wynn Resorts gave $3.75 million to assist local families, specifically the financially disadvantaged.<\/p>\n
In response to the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, Las Vegas Strip properties have donated both money and resources to help the hundreds of victims and their families.<\/p>\n
Fire Cause Still Unclear<\/b><\/h2>\n
There’s still no clear cause as to what ignited the recent Tubbs Fire. Right now, fire experts believe that high winds may knocked down power lines at numerous locations as their best guess.<\/p>\n
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) initially said winds were at “hurricane strength” in the days after the fire began. But investigators say that’s not true, and weather data shows that wind speeds topped out at around 41 mph.<\/p>\n
State law mandates that power lines be built to withstand wind speeds of at least 56 mph. The first lawsuit against PG&E has already been filed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northern California’s wine country casinos are providing temporary shelter for those recently displaced by the\u00a0\u00a0wildfires that have burned over 36,000 acres in Napa, Sonoma, and Lake counties. Twin Pine Casino in Middletown and Graton Casino in Rohnert Park both became evacuation centers earlier this month, as a dozen large fires simultaneously broke out on October […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":61156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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