“We’ve always been very active in the community and have always tried to do our part in the community,” Horseshoe PR exec Shelli Murphy said. “This is just one more way\u2026 We’re making lemonade out of lemons.”<\/p>\n
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Las Vegas is dark after Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) ordered a mandatory shutdown of all gaming operations for 30 days. MGM Resorts says it will donate food items to the Southern Nevada community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Las Vegas Sands, owner of The Venetian and Palazzo, announced a $250,000 donation to Las Vegas nonprofits serving the community.<\/p>\n
Tribal casinos have also provided food to area food banks, one being the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians. The owner of Harrah’s Southern California gave 8,000 pounds of produce and refrigerated items to the San Diego Food Bank.<\/p>\n
Slowing COVID-19<\/b><\/h2>\n
The number of confirmed 2019 coronavirus cases passed the 200,000 mark on Wednesday, and the death toll has exceeded 8,000. There are more than 7,000 COVID-19 cases in the US, with New York and Oregon currently hardest hit, each of those states with at least 500 cases.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump is urging Congress to pass a $1 trillion rescue package to help the collapsing economy and send relief checks to Americans. The Treasury Department is calling on two $250 billion cash infusions, with checks issued to Americans depending on family size and income.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Casinos throughout the country are closed. But that isn’t stopping some of the gaming companies from assisting local communities in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. MGM Resorts stock continues to plummet, shares losing nearly 80 percent of their value over the last few weeks. But in Springfield, Massachusetts, where the company’s $960 million integrated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":130441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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