He noted that the Trump administration showed \u201chostility toward online gambling by pursuing litigation to find that Federal law prohibits states from allowing regulated Internet gambling,\u201d Cabot added. \u201cThis could impact current online poker and sports offerings and future attempts to expand these offerings to casino games.\u201d<\/p>\n
He further predicted the chance of federally-mandated national closures under a potential Biden administration is \u201cremote, and mask and social distancing mandates are already in force in the casinos, and regulated by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also, Stephen M. Miller, director of UNLV\u2019s Center for Business and Economic Research, where he also teaches economics, says the US economic recovery is tied to controlling the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n
Because Las Vegas relies so heavily on economic activities that require gathering together — tourism and hospitality, eating and drinking, sports entertainment, and so on — the Southern Nevada economy will take longer to recover than other metro areas in the United States,\u201d Miller told Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAbsent vaccines, effective therapeutics, and more wearing of face masks, \u201cThe economy will continue to partially open and partially close as COVID-19 cases cycle around with our efforts to control the spread of the virus,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n
When asked about the election, Robert Jarvis, a professor at Florida\u2019s Shepard Broad College of Law, based at Nova Southeastern University, told Casino.org<\/em>, \u201cI would expect that whoever wins the presidency, pandemic plans will continue to be set at the state level rather than the national level.<\/p>\n\u201cNevada currently is experiencing an uptick in cases, and if this trend continues, state and local officials might have to become more aggressive in their containment efforts,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
US Election Attracts Many Foreign Wagers<\/h2>\n
More than $1 billion<\/a> was wagered through legal foreign channels on the US election, and likely much more at offshore books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Las Vegas\u2019 gaming industry, still rebounding from the coronavirus pandemic, is anxiously watching for final tallies of Nevada\u2019s votes for president. An official announcement is expected Thursday morning. Given the close race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, both campaigns are eager to capture the state\u2019s six Electoral College votes. As […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":150388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Las Vegas Casino Sector Awaits Presidential Vote Count in Nevada<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n