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With the flagship World Series of Pokerpostponed in Las Vegas due to COVID-19 concerns organizers have announced “World Series of Poker Online,” an online poker festival spanning two months.

As Las Vegas attempts to get back to normal with Thursday's resumption of gaming perations, a new study shows just how hard we were hit by the closures put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.

After being forced to shut down for more than two months in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Nevada casinos can turn on the machines and set the tables beginning tomorrow morning at 12:01.

Following orders from Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak lifting the government-mandated closure of casino operations, SAHARA Las Vegas will reopen at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 4TH.

Casinos from Lake Tahoe to Laughlin started announcing plans Wednesday to lure back customers beginning June 4, with one downtown Las Vegas hotel owner buying more than 1,000 one-way airline tickets to boost interest around the country.

Nevada casinos will be able to open June 4, when they will have been closed for more than 11 weeks to prevent crowds from gathering and spreading the coronavirus, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Tuesday night.

Nevada could be stacking chips and claiming jackpots again starting on June 4.

Nevada gambling regulators are calling casino companies to a workshop next week with health and safety officials aimed at sharpening rules for reopening the state’s shuttered gambling establishments.

MGM Resorts International (MGM) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $806.9 million.

Mid-March casino closures in Nevada due to the coronavirus outbreak had a predictable effect, halting a streak of three $1 billion months in house winnings and costing the state half its usual amount of gambling taxes, regulators reported Wednesday.